
Why didn’t Greta Thunberg win the Nobel Peace Prize?
The 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden was a popular choice but had several factors working against her.
The Covering Climate Now initiative, co-founded by the Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation, aims to highlight media coverage about our warming planet, a defining issue of our time.
The 16-year-old climate activist from Sweden was a popular choice but had several factors working against her.
The demonstrators criticized Gov. Jay Inslee's past support of two natural-gas projects. They also called on him to declare a climate emergency, convene a special...
Scientists are using cutting-edge research in their efforts to restore Southwest Washington's Ellsworth Creek Preserve, in hopes of easing the impacts of climate change.
For those who remember the dramatic protests over logging in the spotted owl's Olympic Peninsula habitat, building with wood seems counterintuitive. But loggers and environmentalists...
Students across the globe demonstrated Friday, alongside many supportive adults, to call attention to the global climate crisis. Thousands marched Friday morning from Capitol Hill...
When Seattle Public Schools drew criticism for not giving students excused absences if they miss class to participate in Friday morning's Global Climate Strike, superintendent...
Amazon expects to power all of its operations with renewable energy by 2030 — setting a timeline for pledges it had made previously.
More smoke and heat in the Pacific Northwest could lead to heat stroke, dehydration, increased pollen allergies and cancer risk. And while local scientists have...
Washington now has a stake in what's shaping up to be clash over the future of the U.S. automobile industry.
Under this proposal, "if you are proposing a project anywhere from the Canadian border to Big Sur, you have to take southern resident killer whales...
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