Washington Climate Activists Celebrate Victory Over Massive Fracked Gas Refinery
In a stunning climate victory, Northwest Innovation Works (NWIW), backers of a controversial fossil fuel processing and export proposal in Kalama, Wash., officially abandoned its...
Washington State’s Climate Change Fight: Clean Fuels Standards And Cap-And-Trade Program
Washington recently joined California, Oregon, and British Columbia in adopting a clean fuels standard that mandates reductions in greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions attributable to transportation...
A severe drought is gripping the Western U.S. as wildfire season begins
Nearly three-fourths of the U.S. West is grappling with the most severe drought in the recorded history of the U.S. Drought Monitor, as hot and arid...
WASHINGTON STATE LEADS THE NATION ON CLIMATE ACTION
Eight years into Jay Inslee’s tenure, he finally signed a bill capping statewide climate pollution. The Climate Commitment Act (CCA), or SB-5126, passed the Senate by...
The Colville Tribes to collaborate with Inslee on climate change
The Governor of Washington State, Jay Inslee, recently called for a leaders’ summit with tribal nations to consult on climate-related issues. The Confederated Tribes of...
Agencies, nonprofits help farms adapt to changing landscape
The Farms and Fields Program and the Washington Farmland Trust are among the private and public efforts designed to help. Both have ties to the...
By necessity, local farmers grow resilient to climate change
In fall 2003, Silvana farmer Spencer Fuentes, who is also a commercial fisherman, was harvesting brine shrimp at the Great Salt Lake. His cellphone rang....
Inslee signs climate change legislative package
Gov. Jay Inslee signed a historic climate change legislative package today during a three-stop tour through King County.