Ashley Ahearn
Stories
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Carbon Tax Measure Will Be On Washington Ballot, Backers Say
A voter initiative that would put a tax on carbon emissions has gathered enough signatures to put it on the ballot in 2016.
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Want To Help Endangered Orcas? Slow Down Your Boat
Boat speed is a big problem for Puget Sound’s endangered killer whales, according to new research published Wednesday.
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Washington Tribe Confronts Climate Change, Sea Level Rise
TAHOLAH, Wash. - A big question is confronting international leaders in the Paris climate talks: How do they help poor, island and coastal nations threatened by rising oceans, extreme weather and other climate change-related risks?
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Local Leaders Head To Paris For Climate Summit
Bill Radke talks to KUOW environment reporter Ashley Ahearn about what Washington Governor Jay Inslee and other local leaders are doing in Paris for the...
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Environment
Where do Seattle-area crows go at night?
Listener Lauren Linscheid of Seattle sees crows flying every day toward Lake City Way. “I want to know where they’re going and why,” Lauren told KUOW’s Local Wonder team. We sent reporter Ashley Ahearn to investigate.
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Partisan Split Over Climate Change Irks First EPA Chief (A Republican From Seattle)
Environmental elder statesman William Ruckelshaus may not have decided where to display the Presidential Medal of Freedom he will be receiving at a...
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Trans-Pacific Partnership And The Environment: What's The Deal?
After more than five years of negotiations and much secrecy, the Obama Administration released the full text of a controversial Pacific Rim trade deal...
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A Different Kind Of CSA: Community-Supported Activism
LYNNWOOD, Wash. – Carlo Voli moves through the crowd of protesters outside a recent public hearing in Washington. He pauses to talk to a woman holding a...
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My Grandfather And The Plane That Changed Seattle
There’s an old photograph in my father’s office that I’ve always wondered about. In it my grandfather and nine other young airmen stand in front of...
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Fish And Crabs Struggle For Oxygen In Hood Canal’s Depleted Waters
HOODSPORT, Washington -- Marine life is struggling to survive in the oxygen-starved waters of Hood Canal. Hundreds of rockfish hovered in shallow water...