Washington
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Here are the carbon pricing battles to watch right now
A look at the big state-level climate efforts from Massachusetts to Washington state.
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Washington governor: Every month makes it more apparent we have to act on climate
Jay Inslee discusses his state’s leading role in tackling climate change -- and whether it can finally put a price on carbon.
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Meet the teens schooling us on climate
High-schoolers are planning a climate march on Washington -- but that’s just the beginning.
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Damaged river ecosystems could use a whole lot more dead fish
To make good habitat for live salmon, you have to have a lot of dead ones first.
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Native Americans caught salmon here for millennia. Now the world is hooked.
On the Northwest's Columbia River, tribes fish for a new prosperity.
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The most dramatic climate fight of the election is in Washington state
A climate tax is opposed by some green groups that want a stronger focus on social justice.
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But seriously, folks — this stand-up economist says Republicans will like his carbon tax
Comiconomist Yoram Bauman has a carbon tax plan for Washington state. The punch line: He thinks he can get both political parties on board.
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This awesome athlete used a bikeshare bike to compete in the Nation’s Triathlon
Over the weekend, Jefferson Smith, a 42-year-old triathlete, competed in the Nation’s Triathlon in Washington, D.C. He did not come in first or second or third in the race, perhaps because his ride for the 25-mile cycling portion was not exactly a top-of-the-line racing bike. But he gets the blue ribbon for First in Awesome […]
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Critical List: Emperor penguin population double previous estimates; a new fracking working group
A team using very high resolution satellite pictures counted twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than any previous study had. President Obama formed a new working group in Washington to coordinate federal oversight of fracking. Those earthquakes in Oklahoma and Arkansas could be caused not just by fracking wastewater disposal but by fracking itself.