climate action

The Climate Commitment Act puts a cap on carbon emissions and raises billions of dollars for programs that help the state prepare for and adapt to climate change.

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.”

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.

Representatives from dozens of Indigenous nations came together at the Muckleshoot Reservation in Auburn, Washington, for the sixth National Tribal Leaders Climate Summit.

Buildings are the second largest source of climate pollution in Washington. Seattle City Council passed a policy Tuesday requiring existing structures over 20,000 square feet to get to net-zero emissions by 2050.

Seattle has a reputation as a left-leaning, ‘green’ city, but the current city council has not had a committee to address climate change. Now, a new select committee has the sole focus of curbing emissions from large buildings.

Another billion dollars is expected from Washington state's cap and trade system. The funds will go to programs that reduce carbon pollution and help people adapt. Some advocates say there’s one thing the state should do more to support.

Two years after the deadliest weather-related disaster in Washington state history, public officials are taking stock. A new report from researchers at the University of Washington suggests there are both short- and long-term ways to prepare for extreme heat in the future.

Hundreds of corporate Amazon workers upset about the company’s environmental impact, recent layoffs and a return-to-office mandate protested at its Seattle headquarters.

Olympia, Wash., is what some call a “sea level rise city.” But elected officials there have only just begun to put a price on the cost of adaptation to climate change.