Environment

Narrowed plan for public land sales is dropped from GOP mega-bill

A controversial provision to sell off federal public land, including in Washington state, has been removed from the Republican tax cut and spending bill now under consideration in the U.S. Senate.

Foes of WA initiative to repeal climate law fined $20K for campaign finance violations

A political committee that helped defeat last year’s ballot measure to repeal a Washington climate law was fined $20,000 on Thursday for not disclosing how it spent $1 million until after the election.

Trump denies Washington state's disaster-aid request, again

For a second time, President Donald Trump has denied Washington state’s request for major-disaster aid following a bomb cyclone storm that hit in November.

Broken no more: Seattle's glass recycling is back in business

Glass recycling is back in Seattle after a nearly year-long hiatus.

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.

Sen. Cantwell says weather service cuts could rain trouble on Washington state

The federal government plays a major role in predicting weather and fighting wildfires. Experts say the Trump administration's job cuts to the National Weather Service could hurt those efforts.

Washington, other states rethink wildlife management to keep endangered species out of the ‘emergency room’

UW project took nuisance seaweed from shellfish farm to help growers. The USDA cut its funding

A $5 million grant to promote climate-smart farm practices that funded the Blue Carbon, Green Fields project was cancelled by the USDA.