An ancient people with a modern climate plan
For 10,000 years, the Swinomish tribe has fished the waters of northwestern Washington, relying on the bounty of salmon and shellfish not only as a...
These Are The Towns Destroyed By The West Coast Wildfires
California breached a grim record on Thursday when the August Complex fire became the state’s largest-ever recorded wildfire, burning an estimated 471,185 acres north of...
A Siege of 80 Large, Uncontained Wildfires Sweeps the Hot, Dry West
"The incidence of these extreme events, which are basically outliers, will become more common," said Robert Gray, a forest fire ecologist in British Columbia.
Cities With the Highest Flood Risk in Every State
Floods accounted for three of the 14 natural disasters that caused at least $1 billion in damage in the United States in 2019. In total,...
California, Washington and British Columbia Unite to Protect Forests From Wildfires
Some of the largest wildfires on record have swept across the West in recent years. Restoring these areas and managing forests to prevent...
How a program in washington state is bringing climate change into the classroom
In some parts of the country, climate change may be the most controversial subject that science teachers bring up in their classrooms. “People oppose environmental...
To Fight Climate Change, One City May Ban Heating Homes With Natural Gas
As a progressive-minded city nestled where the Cascade mountains reach the sea, Bellingham, Wash., has long been looking to scale back its contribution to climate...
How Jay Inslee moved the ball on the climate issue – and why he fell short
Climate policy experts are already musing over the next chapter in the presidential campaign after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s exit from the Democratic field....