Environment
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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Environment
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.
Environment
WA dairies must do more to clean up their act, judges rule
Environmentalists call the decision a ‘watershed moment,’ as concerns about groundwater pollution mount in Yakima Valley and Whatcom County.
Opinion
Native tribes need Biden’s bold plan to fix infrastructure
The American Jobs Plan wouldn’t just fix roads and bridges. It would make vital investments in tribal nations, and in the future of the entire country.
politics
Washington Legislature charts ‘new beginning’ in climate change fight
As the dust settles in Olympia, the state has finally embraced cap and trade, electric cars and environmental justice.