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Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, drawing notice in the scientific community and prompting public chatter that climate change might be accelerating.
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Northwest scientists say the region’s unique geology could help the planet. To keep heat-trapping gasses out of the atmosphere, researchers want to pump CO2 deep underground.
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Cities in New Jersey and Puerto Rico claim oil companies are behind a conspiracy to deceive the public.
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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.
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Across the region, Japanese Americans – including survivors of U.S. internment camps – are speaking out about a proposed wind farm, the Lava Ridge Wind Project, in southern Idaho.
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For grizzly bears in Washington’s North Cascades, climate change could open up more habitat, according to a new study.
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Greta Thunberg says she has no plans to get into politics as a career, and she thinks she can do more as a climate campaigner on the outside.
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Graduating from college comes with its own unique set of challenges. Add a global pandemic, impending recession, and the looming consequences of climate change, and it becomes another beast altogether. Here's how four University of Washington seniors are thinking about the future as they enter their graduating year.
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A chamber jazz quintet from Seattle recently took its concert featuring music about climate change on the road. The musicians say they hope their music will help people discover climate change solutions.
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President Joe Biden plans to mark Earth Day in Seattle on Friday, but he's struggled to make progress on a sweeping environmental agenda. Some of his plans for fighting climate change remain stalled on Capitol Hill, particularly hundreds of billions of dollars for tax credits to support clean energy. At the same time, scientists have escalated their warnings about the potential effects of global warming.