Bellamy Pailthorp
Environment ReporterBellamy Pailthorp covers the KNKX environment beat with an emphasis on climate justice, human health and food sovereignty. Bellamy likes reporting stories about how we will power our future while maintaining healthy cultures and livable cities. Story tips can be sent to bpailthorp@knkx.org.
Fluent in German, Bellamy worked in Berlin and has a masters in journalism from Columbia University. She joined KNKX (then KPLU) in 1999. From 2000-2012, she covered the business and labor beat for KNKX. Outside work, she practices yoga, enjoys tasting new foods and is frequently on the water with her rowing team.
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The annual festival marks the anniversary of voting rights for Makah tribal members, which they celebrate with a packed weekend of cultural displays. -
A crowded ballot with 28 candidates for Governor seemed to slow some Washington primary voters. But it didn’t stop them as the deadline approached Tuesday. -
Washington state officials launched the new instant rebate program in Seattle on Thursday, saying it's part of an aggressive response to climate change. -
Project engineers partially drained Capitol Lake this week, part of a plan to transform Olympia by removing a dam and restoring the tidelands and estuary that was there before. -
Multiple tribes have started to re-learn how to traditionally harvest camas flowers. The bulbs of these deep purple flowers were once a staple of indigenous diets in the Pacific Northwest. -
The Makah tribe in Washington state will be able to resume their longstanding tradition of whaling, after NOAA Fisheries decided Thursday to give them a waiver for a hunt.
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After an extended — and unprecedented process — NOAA Fisheries has granted the Makah tribe’s request for a waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The tribe hopes to exercise their treaty right to whaling next spring. -
Seattle Public Schools wants to be fossil-free by 2040. The district hopes the geothermal wells currently used to heat and cool 19 of its school buildings will be the future. -
After the loss of her 3-year-old, Chezik Tsunoda pushes for water safety education for kids and families to prevent injuries and deaths. -
The American Lung Association’s annual report once again points to unhealthy air quality in Washington, with all measured counties getting F grades, because of wildfire smoke.
