California Sets Goal Of 100 Percent Renewable Electric Power By 2045 Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill mandating that ambitious goal on Monday. He also issued an executive order calling for statewide carbon neutrality by the same year. Camila Domonoske
To Predict Effects Of Global Warming, Scientists Looked Back 20,000 Years More than 40 researchers concluded that climate change would make ecosystems such as deciduous forests, grasslands and Arctic tundra unrecognizable. Christopher Joyce
This smoke means smaller newborns and more ER visits When it comes to wildfires, the people of Wenatchee remember 2012. The air was so choked with smoke that summer camps were canceled and kids kept inside... Eilís O'Neill
Some Seattle trees have had it with these dry summers It’s been a hot, dry summer in Seattle. This July was so warm it almost broke the record — you know, the one set way back in 2015. Year after year of... Joshua McNichols
Welcome to SeaCouver! Envisioning the Northwest of the future In the struggle to shape what life on earth will be like years from now, visionary futurists inspire us with dread and hope at turns. Author Brenda... John O'Brien
What to do when the smoke starts to get to you If you're a longtime Seattleite, this may seem like one of the worst weeks ever for air pollution. Air quality experts say ... that's probably true. Paige Browning
PHOTOS: 'Mad Max' smokescape envelops Washington state The sky is ash gray; the lake is too. Wenatchee and Chelan, popular summer destinations for middle class Seattleites, look like the end of the world... Megan Farmer
Judge dismisses kids' lawsuit seeking to protect the climate they'll inherit A judge in Seattle has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of children seeking to protect their generation from climate change. John Ryan
Are smoky skies in Seattle the new summer norm? The smoky skies over Seattle may be the new summer normal, according to Sim Larkin, a research meteorologist for the U.S. Forest Service. Bill Radke
Megacities, ravaged land, and companion robots. Could that be our future? Imagine the Pacific Northwest in the future. Bill Radke
