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Heat and smoke protections for WA farmworkers may fall short
While deaths and illnesses among agricultural workers mount, state regulators face pressure to do more to protect them.
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Seven years after B.C. mine disaster, waste still flows
A local citizens group is fighting proposed changes to a ‘temporary permit’ that it fears could allow the waste to be dumped for decades.
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What would you need to give up to save salmon in WA?
Washingtonians are all for increasing fish passages to save salmon and orcas — but when action conflicts with the ways we live, things get complicated.
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Washington tribe calls on Seattle City Light to remove the Gorge Dam
To help salmon and free a culturally important stretch of the Skagit River, the Upper Skagit tribe demands that Seattle tear down the dam.
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The key to living with wildfire smoke? Preparation
Some parts of Washington have so far avoided smoky air. But that could change. Here’s what you can do to be ready.