Climate Change

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Seattle launches new actions to tame transport’s climate impact

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced measures Tuesday to cut the city’s stubborn carbon emissions, including more electric-vehicle charging stations and a program for e-cargo bike deliveries.
- John Ryan
West Coast governors: We will defend our climate policies against Trump attack

After dismantling most federal action on the global climate, the Trump administration now aims to attack state and local policies that fight climate change as well.
- John Ryan
Washington state clean-energy funds re-frozen by Trump White House

More than $500 million in federal funding for clean energy in Washington state is being held up by the Trump Administration.
- John Ryan
Love letter from Altadena: KUOW host revisits hometown in wake of LA fires

I've never felt so nervous while flying back to my hometown in Southern California. I also feel a sense of urgency among other passengers as we come in for a landing at Burbank International Airport. Everyone's peering through what sliver of airplane-window they can find before we touch down. We all look like meerkats.
- Angela King
Sleetless in Seattle: City gets little rain and no snow this dry January

Whether you’ve been drinking alcohol or abstaining, it’s been an exceptionally dry January in the Seattle area.
- John Ryan
The latest issue dividing Washington's lawmakers: Cow farts
- Dyer Oxley
How do the Los Angeles fires compare to the Great Seattle Fire? We mapped it out

The Palisades and Eaton fires have burned over 37,830 acres as of Tuesday afternoon. That’s a burn area 300 times larger than that of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
- Teo Popescu
Despite state law, Washington takes 3+ years to reveal its climate pollution

When it comes to climate change, speed matters.
- John Ryan
Quick fixes for air travel’s stubborn climate problem

Efforts to tame air travel's big carbon problem are just getting off the ground. Even so, travelers have powerful tools at their disposal to reduce the global harm their journeys cause.
- John Ryan
Sea-Tac Airport says major expansion will do little harm. Neighbors don’t buy it

Sea-Tac Airport is planning a major expansion, and some neighbors are crying foul.
- John Ryan

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