Environment

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Smoke or sunshine? WA’s new air quality map tells you what’s ahead
Diana Opong
Why mosquitoes like some humans more than others — and why we should get rid of them
Caroline Chamberlain Gomez

Patricia Murphy
‘Troublemakers’ win the day, but questions remain after Amazon drops pipeline plans

Amazon has withdrawn plans to buy natural gas from a proposed pipeline expansion in Oregon. Climate activists and some of the company’s own employees say that’s great news, but they also have questions.
Amy Radil
Train carrying hazardous sulfur derails in Whatcom County

A BNSF Railway freight train derailed in Whatcom County late Tuesday night, with six cars going off the rails near the town of Custer, Washington.
John Ryan
Seattle and Spokane are slated to get 25 electric school buses each

Federal funding is coming to 16 Washington state school districts to help pay for a total of 111 electric or propane-powered school buses.
Dyer Oxley
Skip the clam digging. Washington coastline off limits to shellfish harvest, for now

If you’re planning to head out to the beach this weekend for some clam digging, you’ll need to ditch the harvesting part. That’s because shellfish harvesting is off limits for now, as health officials have closed Washington coasts and bays due to high levels of biotoxins.
Ruby de Luna
Styrofoam containers are about to disappear in Washington

The next phase for Washington state's ban on Styrofoam is about to kick in, putting an end to an era of squeaky to-go containers used by restaurants and other businesses.
Dyer Oxley

KUOW Staff
Almost all of the 300 mountain goats moved from Olympics to the Cascades have died

Starting in 2018, state and federal officials began moving over 300 mountain goats from the Olympic Peninsula to the North Cascades. It was a joint project with local tribes, the Olympic National Park, Washington Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Forest Service. Now, more than five years later, reporting from the Everett Herald indicates the project has had mixed success.
Libby Denkmann

Hans Anderson
Officials clash over North Cascade grizzly bear reintroduction

In a recent heated committee hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, argued against bringing grizzly bears to the North Cascades.
Courtney Flatt
Federal Way's rhododendron garden has noticed how NW summer is affecting certain rhodys

What does Washington state have in common with Nepal, West Virginia, the Jiangxi province in China, and the Indian state of Sikkim?
Patricia Murphy

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