Electrifying port infrastructure and traffic is already slow-moving at the expense of nearby communities, and in the absence of clean energy regulation for ports in Washington, these projects heavily rely on funding from the contested Climate Commitment Act.
The Duwamish River is a contaminated Superfund site, but cleanup is underway. Advocates are pushing for community development and affordable housing to reduce displacement as the Duwamish Valley becomes more attractive.
Facing record-breaking demand, offshore wind could balance the state’s clean energy portfolio, covering gaps in peak winter months. When Governor Jay Inslee announced the Blue Wind Supply Chain Collaborative alongside local industrial and port leaders in October, it was clear Washington State wanted offshore wind manufacturing jobs. What was
Washington State has 40 electric school buses so far — but big plans to change that. Meanwhile most parents drive their kids to school. That is the sentiment Vice President Kamala Harris expressed to a handful of Seattle students, educators, and leaders in October when announcing $1 billion for electric school
Before opening her swim school in Seattle, Chandrika Francis worked with students at a New Orleans high school. They told her that when the levee failed and Hurricane Katrina flooded the city, they didn’t know how to interact with the water. “Hearing again and again all these stories of
Often after Rosa Lopez picks up her son from school, they walk under a highway and half a mile to the South Park Community Center. She pointed to their route on a wooden display of the western Duwamish Valley, a mapping tool designed by the University of Washington’s Department
Twenty degrees. That’s how much higher temperatures in Seattle were during a heatwave this week compared to what we usually experience this time of year, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The increased frequency, duration, and intensity of heatwaves are indicators of climate change – the result of human
In response, Wildfire Ready Neighbors fire prevention program launches in Western Washington Just 10 days into this spring, a firefighting team flew in a helicopter over the dome of the Washington state capitol building in Olympia. They were on the way to quickly put out a small wildfire before it
Over her winter break, Manya Gupta walked along Lake Tapps with her cousin looking for deer tracks. Instead, they found litter. “I haven’t known a life where there hasn’t been plastic on a road or sidewalk or natural habitat,” said Gupta, a senior at Juanita High School in
Dr. Jeremy Hess saw burns on the legs of paramedics who kneeled to care for heatstroke patients during last year’s deadly heatwave in Seattle. He’s working in the emergency department again this week at Harborview Medical Center as high temperatures peak during an excessive heat warning. “I expect