
Environment
Why isn’t the Pacific Coastal rainforest treated like the Amazon?
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.
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.
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.