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Could slower ships help the orcas?
To the human eye, big ships cruising along the west side of San Juan Island this summer might have looked like they were traveling in slow motion. To the perceptive ears of killer whales, those same...
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Offshore oil, gas drilling is headed to the Pacific Northwest
The Trump administration announced a new plan last week that would allow offshore oil and gas drilling in the ocean off the West Coast for the first time since 1984. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke...
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6 environmental issues to watch in Olympia
OLYMPIA – Should Washington businesses and consumers pay to offset their impact on the global climate? Should the state keep water in streams to preserve fish, or is promoting rural home-building more...
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Who cleaned up the Atlantic salmon spill? Northwest tribes
This story originally appeared on High Country News. One day late last August, a netted enclosure near Washington’s Cypress Island collapsed, releasing tens of thousands of non-native Atlantic salmon...
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Trump’s new tariff: Making solar panels great again?
In Hillsboro, Oregon, SolarWorld is hiring back workers and planning to ramp up its production now that President Donald Trump has approved a 30 percent tariff on imported solar panels. “My...
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State: Escape of 250,000 salmon was ‘entirely preventable’
Far more farmed salmon escaped from a collapsed net pen in Puget Sound than was first reported, according to a just-finished state investigation that lays much of the blame on the fish farm’s operator....
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Fishers are back in Washington — but can they survive?
The twin-prop airplane banks left and crests a crooked ridgeline of the Cascade mountain range. Inside, Jeff Lewis cups his headphones firmly to his ears. He’s listening for the sound of a rare animal...
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Truck drivers vow to ‘shut down’ ports over emissions rules
Short-haul truck drivers who pick up and deliver containers at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma are organizing a walkout Tuesday to protest a proposed April 1 deadline restricting port access to allow...
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As the oceans change, can oysters adapt?
Brian Allen is up to his elbows in cold, black water. He’s hanging over the side of a small boat, trying to pull in a tangle of ropes. They’re heavy and being dragged sideways by the current. He...
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Under Trump’s EPA, pesticide workers pin hopes on state
Late last year, the Environmental Protection Agency made the kind of announcement that, at any other time, would simply be routine: The federal agency is giving Washington state more than a...
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