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Snohomish planners reflect on flood safety in wake of Texas tragedy

The high death toll from the July 4 flood in Kerr County, Texas, has prompted questions about flood preparation across the country. Western Washington is one of the most flood-prone regions in the United States, according to the National Weather Service. To find out about preparations in Snohomish County, KUOW’s Paige Browning spoke to Emergency Management Director Lucia Schmit and Surface Water Management Director Gregg Farris.
- Paige Browning
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'Big beautiful bill' not so pretty for Port of Seattle's carbon reduction goals

The elimination of clean energy credits as part of President Donald Trump's newly enacted "big beautiful bill" could hamper the Port of Seattle’s goal to become "the greenest port in North America."
- Stephen Howie
Judge un-freezes environmental justice funds for Northwest

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release $180 million in federal funding for environmental justice projects, including $60 million in the Pacific Northwest.
- John Ryan
Washington's climate pollution slow to be revealed, despite new law

For a week, NPR has been exploring various solutions to climate change, from quitting fossil fuels to putting coastal homes up on stilts.
- John Ryan
'Tree equity' on the chopping block in Washington state

Full shade can lower pavement temperatures 15 degrees, a potentially life-saving benefit during extreme heat. But efforts to bring more shade to cities, especially their less-leafy, lower-income neighborhoods, could wither like ferns in a heat wave.
- John Ryan
Housing, trees, and parking: In Seattle, you can pick two

We can’t have all three. Not in equal measure. Right now, trees are slowly losing. But with sufficient incentives in place, that could change.
- Joshua McNichols
Lawsuit blames oil companies for woman’s Seattle heat-dome death

The daughter of a woman killed by the Northwest’s extreme heat wave of 2021 is suing the oil industry over her mother’s death.
- John Ryan
Whidbey's 'Kicking Gas' campaign keeps funding clean energy despite federal cuts

North and west of Seattle, the Whidbey-based “Kicking Gas” campaign is providing deep discounts on heat pumps and other climate-friendly technologies in Island and Snohomish counties and on Bainbridge Island
- John Ryan
How the Pacific Northwest’s dream of green energy fell apart

Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn’t delivered.
- Tony Schick
Washington, other states sue to regain electric-vehicle funding as sales sag

As electric vehicle sales slump, Washington and 15 other states have sued the Trump administration for blocking funding for vehicle charging stations.
- John Ryan

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