KUOW Newsroom Coming soon to Washington state: Cleaner power, buildings and appliances Our electricity in Washington state is pretty clean, but it’s slated to get 100 percent clean in coming years.
Thousands of employees urge Amazon to kick its fossil fuel habit In an exceptionally large show of dissent from within a big tech firm, they’ve signed an open letter to CEO Jeff Bezos.
KUOW Newsroom Friday politics: An upbeat Jay Inslee stumbles on the campaign trail CNN, CBS, MSNBC. New York, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina. It’s a big week for Gov. Jay Inslee in his 2020 presidential campaign.
Electric floatplanes could help sink two big pollution problems The zero-emission planes can't fly far, but they could help sink two big air-pollution problems.
Everett commits to 100 percent clean energy by 2045 "I used to believe, up until 2 or 3 years ago, perhaps naively, that this was an issue that we could count on somebody else to solve for us.”
CHART: Where Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Will Go In The Future A new study predicts how far north these insects could live if climate change goes unchecked.
New Climate Books Stress We Are Already Far Down The Road To A Different Earth David Wallace-Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth and Nathaniel Rich's Losing Earth offer valuable perspectives on climate change — if we're committed to being adult enough to face the future.
Tax breaks for green cars: helping the climate or the wealthy? The tax breaks might make the difference for some electric car buyers.
Tacoma fifth-grader leading climate change strike tells adults: 'Clean up your act' When you’re 11 years old, the future can look limitless — unless you fear your planet is dying. Theo Sullivan of Tacoma got worried about climate change and helped organize a school strike to focus attention on the issue.
Frustrated by adult apathy, Seattle-area kids join global climate protest “We are the next generation, and we do care about this, and if you care about us, please help us solve this issue.”
