climate change

A bill in the Washington Senate could help ease local tensions over new wind and solar projects.

For grizzly bears in Washington’s North Cascades, climate change could open up more habitat, according to a new study.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources says one thing is missing from the state’s climate policies. Recent laws don’t allow the state agency to sell carbon credits. Department officials are pushing legislation that would change that law.

Reducing carbon emissions caused by agriculture in Eastern Washington could cost growers. At least at the start.

The federal government announced Wednesday it’s designating whitebark pine trees as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

For the first time, a moose has been captured on camera in Mount Rainier National Park. According to the National Parks Service, the sighting is also the first documentation of a moose in southwest Washington.

A chamber jazz quintet from Seattle recently took its concert featuring music about climate change on the road.

As wildfires grow, so do the costs for fighting those fires. But many states are failing to adequately budget for wildfire costs, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Scientists are studying old wildfires to find what forest treatments slowed the flames – and what treatments didn’t work so well. Researchers are looking closely at the Schneider Springs fire, the largest wildfire in Washington in 2021.

No, that’s not snowflakes you’re seeing on these sunny fall afternoons. Those flakes are clouds of aphids flying around the Northwest.