Washington

As Federal Wetlands’ Protections Falter, Washington State Scientists Turn to AI as a Conservation Tool

The new Wetland Intrinsic Potential tool provides both agricultural and conservation interests a more accurate way to find wetlands that might need preserving.

By Chad Small

After a Century Powering Its Growth With Dams, Seattle Settles With Tribes That Lost Their River

By Blaine Harden

Habitat Loss Is Eroding Tribal Sovereignty

By Johnny Sturgeon

Underwater Cameras Could Help Unlock America’s Tidal Energy Industry

By Johnny Sturgeon

Trump’s Energy Secretary Orders a Washington State Coal Plant to Remain Open

By Blaine Harden

Boat Electrification Is a Climate and Health Win. Making the Switch Isn’t Easy.

By Kiley Price

Ted Bundy, Serial Killers and Lead Exposure: Exploring the Connection Between Neurotoxins and Violence

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

As California’s Emissions Rules Faces Court Battles, States Scramble To Save Their Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong

A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights

By Katie Surma

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow

‘Legacy’ Forests. ‘Restoration’ Logging. The New Jargon of Conservation Is Awash in Ambiguity. And Politics

By Nathan Gilles, Columbia Insight

The Government Is Set To Reintroduce Grizzly Bears to the North Cascades. What Happens Now?

By Kiley Price

A Washington State Coal Plant Has to Close Next Year. Can Pennsylvania Communities Learn From Centralia’s Transition?

By Rachel McDevitt, StateImpact Pennsylvania

Washington Law Attempts to Fill the Void in Federal Regulation of Hazardous Chemicals

By Emma Peterson

Q&A: A Reporter Joins Scientists as They Work to Stop the Killing of Cougars

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”

Q&A: Gov. Jay Inslee’s Thoughts on Countering Climate Change in the State of Washington and Beyond

By Ariel Gans

In the Latest Rights of Nature Case, a Tribe Is Suing Seattle on Behalf of Salmon in the Skagit River

By Katie Surma

This Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plant Is Pitched for Washington State. Can it ‘Change the World’?

By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times

Nuclear Energy Industry Angles for Bigger Role in Washington State and US as Climate Change Accelerates

By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times