Environment Inside the tumultuous debate behind Seattle’s tree ordinance The debate over more density or more tree canopy got personal as developers clashed with the city’s Urban Forestry Commission. by Eric Scigliano / September 1, 2023 / Updated at 9:40 a.m. on Sept. 3
Environment Podcast | How a wayward whale foretold decades of exploitation People flocked to see a young orca lost in a river near Portland. Then she was killed, pickled and left in a tank on a mountainside. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / April 14, 2023
Environment How politics have stalled tsunami prep efforts on the WA coast It’s not a matter of if but when the tsunami comes. Whether Washington is prepared depends a lot on the will of voters. by Eric Scigliano / May 26, 2022 / Updated at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 16
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: The ancient bison hunters of the San Juans The discovery of 14,000-year-old bones on Orcas Island means humans were BBQing a lot earlier than previously thought. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / January 8, 2021
Environment When Seattle cared more about coal than climate change Today we fight it, but generations ago the city thrived on it. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / March 5, 2019
Environment An out-of-this world Q&A: middle schoolers chat with astronauts If you could ask an astronaut one question, what would you ask? Here’s what a few middle school students came up with. by Stephen Hegg / January 13, 2018
Environment Synchronized swimming: Why are these sea lions flippering us off? by Eric Scigliano / April 30, 2015
Environment Earth Days to come: Will Americans stay so happy about the environment? Spin the wheel for the planet. Photo: MaryAnn Wagner by Eric Scigliano / April 23, 2015
Environment What a way to go. Woodland Park packs off its elephants. Chai's 1999 farewell. by Eric Scigliano / April 17, 2015
Environment How much is that songbird at the feeder? Finch financials in Seattle v. Berlin In Seattle, the more educated you are, the more you'll spend on feeding birds like this house finch. by Eric Scigliano / April 14, 2015