Washington courts rarely discipline guardians ad litem accused of misconduct in custody cases
Minimal oversight of court investigators makes it difficult for parents to challenge flawed reports without risking damage to their cases
Environment
Fish pay the price for failed water management
Time ran out on efforts to cooperate in the Klamath Basin — and it’s now running out for two species of suckers.
A stronger electricity grid is crucial to cutting carbon. Does that make it green?
Three viewpoints: A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates.
10 jobs that will help shape a zero-emissions future
An economy based on healing the climate could spawn new livelihoods across Cascadia.
Behold Washington’s ‘new beginning’ in its fight against climate change
As the dust settles in Olympia, the state finally has embraced cap and trade, electric cars and environmental justice.
Hundreds of firefighters. 20 bulldozers. Intentional burns: Inside Washington’s $328M push to break cycle of disastrous fires
Legislature unites in support of massive cash infusion to step up firefighting, improve forests and secure communities near the fire lines
Washington’s environmental laws don’t protect communities of color. Will the Legislature fix that?
With strong mandates stripped out, landmark environmental justice legislation approaches passage
Climate-friendly fuels again face a Democrat’s opposition in Olympia
For third time, lawmakers hope to restrict greenhouse gases escaping tailpipes
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.