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
Climate
Fighting British Columbia’s pipelines to the last mile
Indigenous activists spearhead last-ditch effort to short-circuit decades-long greenhouse gas boost
Visualizing Climate-Vulnerable Communities
Mapping programs in Cascadia show how inequities extend to climate, pollution risks
Fix the climate while solving the housing crisis? Olympia’s trying
Since mid-January, Washington legislators have put forward dozens of bills aimed at the climate crisis and runaway housing costs.
After climate-protection drift and despair, a blueprint for success emerges in Cascadia
Washington state’s redoubled climate goals and fresh action plan revive hope to cut emissions. But ongoing fossil fuel development in BC could undercut Cascadia’s progress.
A Thin Green Line with Global Impact
During a decade when Cascadia's governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists fighting fossil fuel exports exceeded their wildest expectations.
A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia
Washington, Oregon and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and some epic battles, they all failed.
Outdated sewage treatment is suffocating fish in Puget Sound
Inadequately treated human waste from 79 sewage treatment plants is an important and growing cause of a breakdown in the Puget Sound ecosystem that is causing unnatural explosions of jellyfish and smelly algae, among other effects.
Trump administration buries dozens of clean energy studies
The Trump administration has bottled up at least 46 studies by government energy researchers detailing how renewable energy could slash the United States’ contribution to climate change.
With nearly 1 million homes at risk, Washington is losing the wildfire fight
In Washington state, nearly 1 million homes sit near forests threatened by seasonal wildfires.