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The investigation continues into the origin of the Camp fire, which some say started with a faulty PGA wire in Pulga, Calif. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

January 18, 2019 at 6:00 am

PG&E bankruptcy could undermine utilities’ efforts against climate change

Solar and wind developers depend on creditworthy utilities to buy electricity from their projects under long-term contracts, but that calculus changes in a world where...

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Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, third from left, speaks to the media as Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, second from right, looks on, in Olympia, Wash., Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Inslee, Brown and several Washington lawmakers met to discuss Inslee’s climate agenda. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte) RPRL103 RPRL103

January 17, 2019 at 6:59 pm

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown visits Olympia to boost support for Inslee’s climate plan

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown dropped by Olympia Thursday to share his wisdom on how Democratic lawmakers could enact big legislation to fight climate change....

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FILE – In this June 27, 2012, file photo, a sockeye salmon, left, swims pass a chinook salmon, center front, and shad, above, at the fish counting window at the Bonneville Dam near Cascade Locks, Ore. Federal officials say changes in how dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers are operated are needed to improve migratory conditions for protected runs of Snake River chinook salmon and steelhead. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

January 17, 2019 at 5:59 pm

After 20 years and $1 billion spent on Washington state salmon programs, fish still declining, new report says

The 2018 State of the Salmon report by the Governor's Salmon Recovery Office paints a sobering picture.

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070712 Gorst Creek and Sinclair Inlet are across the water from the mothball fleet anchored in Bremerton. 121960

January 17, 2019 at 3:10 pm

Navy dumps hazardous substances including copper, zinc into Puget Sound, state AG says

Attorney General Bob Ferguson said the Navy dumped the material while cleaning a decommissioned aircraft carrier.

A wildfire burns next to power lines near Othello, Wash., early Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW101

January 17, 2019 at 11:01 am

Washington state wants to add firefighters and training academy to beef up wildfire response

The plan comes as Washington state has wrestled in recent years with record-breaking fires and smoke that has hurt air quality.

J17 rolls on her side, showing the dramatic constriction in the shape of her neck, which should be a smooth line. So-called peanut head is a sign of starvation in killer whales. Credit: Center for Whale Research. Taken Dec. 31, 2018 in Haro Strait near Victoria. Center for Whale Research under DFO SARA permit 38

January 17, 2019 at 6:00 am

Tribe calls for NOAA to help rescue two ailing orcas, but scientists sent home during government shutdown

Killer whales K25 and J17 were reported to be in an unhealthy condition earlier this month.

In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 aerial image taken from a drone video and provided by the City of Westbrook, Maine, a naturally occurring ice disk forms on the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine. (Tina Radel/City of Westbrook via AP) BX101 BX101

January 17, 2019 at 2:38 am

Giant rotating ice disk stops moving

The ice formation is believed to have formed naturally where there's a circular current that creates a whirlpool effect. Social-media users compared it to an...

FILE — Workers harvest coffee beans in Arusha, Tanzania, Oct. 16, 2018. More than half of all coffee species are at risk of vanishing in the wild because of climate change and deforestation, new research has found. (Adriane Ohanesian/The New York Times) XNYT47 XNYT47

January 16, 2019 at 11:36 am

Global warming is helping to wipe out coffee in the wild

More than half of the world's coffee species are at risk of vanishing in the wild because of climate change and deforestation, new research has...

FILE – In this FILE photo taken on Sunday, March 15, 2015, a Nenets family in the city of Nadym, in northern Siberia, Yamal-Nenets Region, 2500 km (about 1553 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia. In a study published Wednesday Jan. 16, 2019, scientists working on the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost, say the worldâ€™s permafrost is getting warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 Fahrenheit) over a decade. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, FILE) LON109 LON109

January 16, 2019 at 4:59 am

World’s permafrost gets warmer; Siberia rises the most

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say the world's permafrost is getting warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 Fahrenheit) over a...

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during his State of the State address Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Olympia, Wash. Inslee, who is mulling a 2020 White House bid, highlighted his clean energy agenda in the annual speech. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) WAET101 WAET101

January 15, 2019 at 12:27 pm

‘It’s a time of great peril, but it is also a time of great promise’: Inslee urges action on mental health, climate change, orcas VIEW

After seeing carbon-fee and cap-and-trade proposals stall in the Legislature in recent years, Washington's governor, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, encouraged lawmakers to act...