Icebreaker Returns Home After Epic North Pole Journey An American icebreaker has returned home to Seattle after a historic mission to the North Pole. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy broke its first ice... Posey Gruener
On The Front Lines Of Climate Change, Alaskan Villages Fight To Survive Ross Reynolds talks to journalist Elizabeth Arnold about how rural Alaskan communities are dealing with fast rising tides and severe storms caused by... Allie Ferguson
Obama's Arctic Visit Highlights A Fast-Changing Region President Barack Obama becomes the first sitting president to set foot on U.S. soil north of the Arctic Circle on Wednesday. Marcie Sillman talks to... Allie Ferguson
Climate Change, Not Arctic Drilling, Drives Obama Trip To Alaska President Barack Obama is coming to Alaska later this month. The White House released a video Thursday morning to explain why he will be the first... John Ryan
Arctic-Drilling Protesters To Move Barge After Damaging Popular Dive Site Protesters of Arctic drilling have run afoul of the ocean environment in their own small way. In addition to assembling a flotilla of kayaks on Seattle... John Ryan
This Week In Fossil Fuels: What’s The Alternative? Shell Oil pulls into Elliott Bay, the University of Washington pulls out of coal and President Obama is pulled in two directions. KUOW's Bill Radke... Bill Radke
Are UW Student Activists Changing The Climate Change Debate? David Hyde speaks with Vox.com writer David Roberts who says student activists at the UW and elsewhere are changing the debate about climate change by... David Hyde
How Climate Change Could Affect The Northwest Economy Ross Reynolds speaks with economics reporter Jon Talton about climate change's affect the economy of the Pacific Northwest. Posey Gruener
Will We Soon Be Golfing At A Ski Resort? Ross Reynolds talks with University of Waterloo professor Daniel Scott about how climate change could affect the winter tourism industry. Ann Kane
Shell Arctic Drilling Fleet OK'd To Use 'Green' West Seattle Port The Seattle Port Commission decided on Tuesday to let Shell Oil's Arctic drilling fleet use West Seattle as its home port.Shell's drill rigs and barges... John Ryan