News Amazon reported a 12% decrease in single-use plastics for 2022 Responding to pressure from advocacy groups and investors, the mega-retailer reduced its footprint through paper packaging and eliminating mailers. by Joseph Winters Grist / July 28, 2023
Environment Podcast | Can the biodiversity crisis be reversed? Pollution, habitat loss and climate change all threaten wildlife and their ecosystems. Conservationists discuss what we can do to help. by Paris Jackson / July 25, 2023
Environment Indigenous knowledge could help restore Vancouver, B.C. fisheries Colonization decimated Pacific herring, surf smelt and eulachon populations. Now the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is trying to ‘reset the clock.’ by Lauren Kaljur Hakai Magazine / July 20, 2023
Environment Why Washington gas prices are the nation’s highest Oil companies that buy emissions from the new carbon cap program are passing the cost to consumers at the pump. But are the increases a bug or a feature? by John Stang / July 18, 2023
Environment Podcast | Solving the world’s plastics problem Following the failure of the Washington Recycling and Packaging Act, experts and a key lawmaker discuss next steps. by Paris Jackson / July 13, 2023
News One man’s mission to cycle all of Seattle, street by street In January 2022, Danny Roberts started his roughly 2,000-mile journey to bike every road in the city through rain, shine and injury. by Conor Courtney / July 12, 2023 / Updated at 10 a.m. on July 12
Culture Podcast | Why one man biked every single street in Seattle Reporter Conor Courtney explains how cyclist Danny Roberts began the passion project — and what the journey meant to both of them. by Sara Bernard / July 12, 2023
Environment Podcast | Your guide to helping combat climate change Heidi Roop shares why individual responsibility and corporate accountability aren’t mutually exclusive — and how daily habits can aid the planet. by Paris Jackson / July 11, 2023
News What is the cost of extreme heat? $1B, according to a new report High temperatures could lead to half a million hospital admissions for heat-related conditions in 2023. by Zoya Teirstein Grist / July 7, 2023
Environment What can be learned from the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 heat wave A new analysis suggests strategies to better prepare for extreme heat and prevent attributed deaths across Washington. by Mai Hoang / June 26, 2023