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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Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group is using a simple light trapping technique to collect survey data and learn more about the Dungeness crab’s mysterious life cycle. -
Frequent noise from Growler jets as they train on Whidbey Island is part of the picture for residents. A new environmental analysis of the jets’ impacts is out for public comment.
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Some Republican lawmakers in Congress, including longtime central Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse, are defending the clean energy tax credits in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
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The Makah Tribe has formally requested permission to resume its traditional whale hunt this July. A permit application is out for public comment. -
Lawmakers are hoping a new bill will help to preserve the super seaweed that absorbs carbon and provides protection for numerous species, especially juvenile salmon.
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A comprehensive study of U.S. butterfly populations shows dramatic declines in most species, but Pacific Northwest ecologists say swift recoveries are possible. -
A bipartisan resolution from state lawmakers asking Congress to modify the Marine Mammal Protection Act to hunt sea lions.
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Commercial fishing workforce brings sea shanties, stories, poetry and more to Astoria, Oregon every year in late February. -
The senator said the cuts put forecasting and ocean safety at risk.
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The audio show first took flight at KNKX (then KPLU) and is now carried by more than 330 radio stations nationwide, including seven Spanish language broadcasters.
