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...
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....
Jay Inslee on Quitting the Race, and That Onion Headline
The Washington governor and self-described climate candidate told us what it was like to achieve national recognition — after leaving the presidential race.
Gov. Jay Inslee, Who Ran On Climate Change, Withdraws From Presidential Race
Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the race. "It's become clear that I'm not going be carrying the ball,...