Carbon tax could be uphill fight for Washington governor Gov. Jay Inslee has proposed a carbon tax within weeks of Washington voters' rejecting what would have been the nation's first such tax. Inslee's... John Ryan
Fight disinformation, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell urges scientists UPDATE, 9:30 a.m., Dec. 15: Trump officially picked Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana to be Interior secretary Thursday morning. With scientists... John Ryan
Climate scientist recommendation to her own kind: 'Be a little bit braver' Bill Radke speaks with University of Washington oceanography professor LuAnne Thompson about a recent blog post she wrote about why scientist need to be... Bill Radke
Dark days ahead: American professors on Trump presidency In the liberal bastion that is Seattle, the response to the election was acute. People cried openly on buses and in cafes. Some took time off work to... Isolde Raftery
Why are there so many rats in Seattle? Seattle has a rat problem. Rat sightings in Seattle are double the national average. Population growth is part of the problem; so is the weather. That’s... Ashley Ahearn
Should carbon emissions be taxed? Environmentalists are split If you could make energy companies pay $25 for every ton of CO2 they emitted, would you? What if that tax increased your electric bill and the cost of... Ashley Ahearn
Donors duke it out over Washington's proposed carbon tax This November, Washington voters must decide how to vote on the nation’s first ever carbon tax. Initiative 732 would increase taxes on fossil fuel... Amy Radil
Bill McKibben: Sorry for bumming you out about climate change On his recent visit to Seattle, author and environmentalist Bill McKibben apologized for his “life’s work of bumming people out” about climate change.... John O'Brien
It's not just warm spring days: How we feel climate change in Washington This Humanities Washington Think & Drink conversation addresses the effects of climate change in the Northwest. It features Amy Snover, director of... John O'Brien
What These Dead Whalers Tell Us About Climate Change When the steamship Belvedere left San Francisco in the spring of 1897, its crew members couldn’t have known what a treacherous voyage awaited them. Ashley Ahearn
