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Authors of a new book say the 2,500-mile-long ecosystem stores more carbon than other forests — but its lack of an ‘inspiring’ name is keeping it in the dark.

Community pressure and federal legislation could help protect a hard-won South King County park from long-term development. 

Waste flushed into Puget Sound harms fish and marine life. A nutrient pricing system — like WA’s cap-and-trade program — may curb pollution.

Allocating funds from the carbon plan to minority communities most affected by pollution could draw legal battles based on the new SCOTUS decision.

The state’s cap-and-trade system is met with skepticism and grudging acceptance as companies pass the program’s cost to consumer pocketbooks.

The whale — also named Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and Lolita — was captured in 1970, but died last month before her planned return to the Salish Sea.

The debate over more density or more tree canopy got personal as developers clashed with the city’s Urban Forestry Commission. 

To reach per-acre parity with Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service lands, the government would need to increase funding by $96M every year.

'There are times where you just don’t breathe, because you can’t.'

Driven by climate change, more frequent blazes may change the way we hike, ski and camp.