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 land swap will allow Pierce County to develop up to 28 lots, for single family houses and duplexes, on a vacant site near Graham, Washington.
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This year Washington State Academy of Sciences' annual symposium focused on how the state can utilize artificial intelligence in climate, health and agriculture.
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Gov. Jay Inslee is in New York City for Climate Week - his last time as a sitting governor. He helped announce the launch of a “Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative.” -
A coalition of environmental groups is tracking the money raised, budgeted and spent through Washington state's Climate Commitment Act. That data is now accessible through an interactive map. -
As electricity providers in Washington scramble to find new sources of renewable energy, Skagit Public Utility District has successfully demonstrated the use of small hydro-electric turbines. -
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.
