Environment
The world's first commercial electric aircraft could take off in the PNW
An ambitious partnership between Redmond's MagniX and Vancouver's Harbour Air could fly passengers on all-electric planes as soon as 2020.
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Environment
Could seaweed be Washington's next cash crop?
With Washington's natural kelp beds declining, some scientists think seaweed aquaculture could fill an ecological niche and serve an emergent market. But the barriers to entry remain high.
Culture
How the Gold Rush inspired Seattle's early aerospace innovation
Locals looked to dirigibles, blimps and airships long before Boeing landed.
Environment
Crosscut Documentaries presents: The Rising
Facing climate upheaval on Washington's coast, members of the Quinault tribe take to the sea in the canoes of their ancestors.
Opinion
In Seattle's WTO protests, the seeds of today's anti-globalist nationalism
The massive global action against the World Trade Organization was framed as a protest from the left. But the far right has gone out ahead.