Climate

West Coast governors: We will defend our climate policies against Trump attack

After dismantling most federal action on the global climate, the Trump administration now aims to attack state and local policies that fight climate change as well.

Washington state clean-energy funds re-frozen by Trump White House

More than $500 million in federal funding for clean energy in Washington state is being held up by the Trump Administration.

Love letter from Altadena: KUOW host revisits hometown in wake of LA fires

I've never felt so nervous while flying back to my hometown in Southern California. I also feel a sense of urgency among other passengers as we come in for a landing at Burbank International Airport. Everyone's peering through what sliver of airplane-window they can find before we touch down. We all look like meerkats. We want to get our first glimpse of the damage left behind by the Palisades and Eaton fires. Seeing it firsthand makes it real, makes it personal, especially for passengers like me.

How do the Los Angeles fires compare to the Great Seattle Fire? We mapped it out

The Palisades and Eaton fires have burned over 37,830 acres as of Tuesday afternoon. That’s a burn area 300 times larger than that of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.

Western Washington is having a dry (weather) January, and a cold one

Will Washington state do away with cap-and-trade? Voices for and against I-2117

As Washington Gov. Jay Inslee prepares to leave office, the core of his legacy is under attack on the November general election ballot.

Seattle nonprofit says effort to repeal Climate Commitment Act would eliminate new food donation sources

A hunger relief organization in Seattle has joined environmental interests in opposing Initiative 2117, a fall ballot measure to repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act.