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Central WA is eyeing nuclear power again — but on a smaller scale
The Oregon-based company NuScale designed 'cookie cutter' reactors that can be mass produced. Scrutiny has followed.
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A Washingtonian's guide to living among volcanoes
Videos of Mount Rainier 'venting' sent locals into a brief tailspin on social media this week. Here's how to know when to actually worry.
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The effort to scare seals off the salmon buffet at Ballard Locks
Researchers hope a new sonar technology, which triggers a nails-on-chalkboard-like reflex to seals and sea lions, could be a tool to protect the endangered fish.
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Despite Biden's promises, logging poses major threat to PNW forests
The president celebrated Earth Day in Seattle's Seward Park by pledging to protect old growth trees. But his measures aren't enough.
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New rules put Puget Sound's urban trees in private hands
Because the majority of the region's trees are in residential neighborhoods, responsibility for maintaining canopy coverage is shifting to homeowners.