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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Pierce County’s Silvaseed, in Roy, Washington, collects, cleans, sorts and stores seed — and grows seedlings — to help restore forests hard-hit by increasingly intense wildfires. -
University of Washington oceanographers decoded data from two sets of native coral samples collected more than a century apart, and found acidification there was accelerating. -
The heat dome of 2021 scorched an area of tree canopy in Washington and Oregon the size of Rhode Island, according to a recent study from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University.
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Outlining his priorities, Zahilay spoke of breaking the cycle of addiction and homelessness, building more affordable housing and improving government. He said that will mean getting out in the community more with “boots on the ground.”
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A new study from the Oregon State University College of Forestry uses satellite imagery and data to measure the extent of tree damage from the unprecedented heat. -
Girmay Zahilay takes office as the new King County executive on Tuesday. His reorganization plans for certain executive offices are already causing concern.
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Federal officials have not responded to the October deadline for the tribe’s permit for a traditional subsistence hunt of eastern North Pacific gray whales. -
The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is traveling the globe to raise awareness of the ocean’s role in our future as the climate changes. The world-renowned ship recently docked in Seattle. -
In just two weeks, King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay will become the boss of more than 18,000 county employees.
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Girmay Zahilay, chair of the King County Council, had 53.2% of the vote as of Friday afternoon after a tight race against fellow councilmember Claudia Balducci.
