Washington ferries are going hybrid-electric, but disposal of old ones poses environmental, legal risks
An abandoned ferry in the Puget Sound represents a shared struggle across the West Coast: to sell an old ship or destroy it
This month marks another milestone for InvestigateWest: national radio airplay for one of our projects. Our series on portable classrooms called Inside the Box and produced in partnership with EarthFix was featured on Here and Now, a national program from NPR and WBUR Boston that reaches 3.1 million listeners each week.
Take a listen below to Ashley Ahearn's reporting as she first tells about the problems associated with aging portables and then how some schools in the Pacific Northwest are turning to new and better models.
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