
Environment
Could selling sewage save the Salish Sea?
Waste flushed into Puget Sound harms fish and marine life. A nutrient pricing system — like WA’s cap-and-trade program — may curb pollution.
Waste flushed into Puget Sound harms fish and marine life. A nutrient pricing system — like WA’s cap-and-trade program — may curb pollution.
The first legal showdown over Washington’s cap-and-trade program, which went into effect in January, will be Sept. 22 in
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.