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    Environment
    Activists Begin Collecting Signatures for Carbon Fee Initiative
    Activists Begin Collecting Signatures for Carbon Fee Initiative
    By Aaron Kunkler • April 17, 2018 7:30 am

    Following inaction from state legislators, supporters of I-1631 are aiming for the November ballot.

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    The Starbucks: Break Free From Plastic coalition protested outside of the Seattle Center during Starbucks’ annual shareholder meeting Mar. 21. Photo courtesy Stand.earth
    Environmentalists Urge Starbucks to End Plastic Cup Waste
    By Melissa Hellmann • March 23, 2018 7:00 am

    Grassroots environmental organizations plan to hold the coffee giant to its latest pledge.

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    The Centralia Power Plant is a coal-burning plant owned by TransAlta which supplies 380 megawatts to Puget Sound Energy. It is located in Lewis County and slated to shut down by 2025. Photo by Aaron Kunkler
    Washington Coal Country’s Underpowered Future
    By Aaron Kunkler • March 19, 2018 11:00 am

    As Puget Sound Energy phases out coal, struggling Lewis County is left searching for economic answers.

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    Gov. Jay Inslee voices resistance to the Trump Administration’s proposal to open the coastline to offshore drilling. Photo by Taylor McAvoy
    Washington Plans to Resist Any Trump Administration Offshore...
    By Alex Visser • February 7, 2018 11:30 am

    Gov. Inslee announces plans to protect the state’s coastline.

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    Photo via Seattle Department of Transportation
    Will Seattle (Finally) Protect Its Tree Canopy?
    By Adiel Kaplan • October 27, 2017 7:00 am

    Tree advocates see hope in recent moves by Burgess and the City Council.

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    Indigenous activists Roxanne White and Rachel Heaton sing at Divest the Globe protest on October 23. Photos by Sara Bernard
    Activists Disrupt Over 100 Bank Branches Across Seattle...
    By Sara Bernard • October 23, 2017 6:00 pm

    “This movement is not separate from Standing Rock, it’s an extension of it.”

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    Why Do Self-Driving Cars Get Climate Cred?
    By Sara Bernard • October 6, 2017 1:30 am

    Local experts weigh in on why cars could (maybe) be (part of) the answer.

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    The old Middle Fork Road in winter. Photo by Sara Bernard
    With The Middle Fork Road Now Paved, Will...
    By Sara Bernard • September 29, 2017 1:30 am

    Managers know parking will be a problem, but say solutions are on their way.

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    Actor Adrian Grenier and Port Commissioner Fred Felleman at Strawless in Seattle launch. Photo by Sara Bernard
    International Campaign to #StopSucking Plastic Straws Launches in...
    By Sara Bernard • September 7, 2017 4:45 pm

    And next summer, Seattle will begin enforcing a law banning all single-use plastics—including straws.

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    Heavy Smoke Returns to Seattle as Wildfires Burn
    Heavy Smoke Returns to Seattle as Wildfires Burn
    By Aaron Kunkler • September 5, 2017 11:30 am

    The largest of a dozen fires in the state has burned more than 95,000 acres.

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    Protesters gather on the train tracks in Vancouver, Wash. Photo courtesy Shut Down Fossil Fuels
    Oil Blockades Are the Beginning of a Regional...
    By Sara Bernard • August 7, 2017 4:00 pm

    The same oil train was blocked in Vancouver and Tenino.

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    View of Rainier from Mailbox Peak. Photo by Sara Bernard
    Car-Free Hiking! Metro Launches Shuttle to Select Trails
    By Sara Bernard • August 3, 2017 3:15 pm

    The Issaquah Alps program could lead to transit service to farther-out areas like Mailbox Peak.

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    Linda Baker of Renton stands outside of the Bellevue City Hall council chambers holding a sign promoting clean energy. Photo by Raechel Dawson
    Advocates Call for Puget Sound Energy to Speed...
    By Raechel Dawson • August 3, 2017 8:00 am

    “If we’re going to make any progress on climate, it’s going to have to come from the state level and the single most important thing we can do in this state to act on climate is to shut down Colstrip.”

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    SCERS Board meeting on July 13, 2017. Photo by Sara Bernard
    Divest City Pensions From Fossil Fuels? Probably Not
    By Sara Bernard • July 13, 2017 4:00 pm

    The SCERS Board did not vote either way Thursday. But financial advisers say: Don’t do it.

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    Climate activist Ken Ward et al at Skagit County courthouse in June 2017. Photo courtesy Climate Direct Action
    Climate Activist Ken Ward Won’t Go to Prison
    By Sara Bernard • June 23, 2017 2:00 pm

    Threatened with 10 years in prison and $20,000 in fines, Ward was given 30 days community service.

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    Environmental groups rally against proposed cuts to EPA Puget Sound funding on March 22, 2017. Photo by Sara Bernard
    ‘Pruitt Blew It’: At the EPA, Resistance Is...
    By Sara Bernard • June 19, 2017 6:30 am

    Current and former staffers say morale is low at the watchdog agency. But that doesn’t mean they’re giving up.

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    Climate activists line the walls at a City Council meeting on June 12. Photo by Sara Bernard
    Seattle Commits to Paris Accord, Calls for End...
    By Sara Bernard • June 12, 2017 6:00 pm

    A City Council resolution calls for Puget Sound Energy to stop using coal by 2025.

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    Ken Ward and supporters at the Skagit County courthouse on June 5, 2017. Photo courtesy Climate Direct Action
    Split Decision: Valve-Turner and Climate Activist Ken Ward...
    By Sara Bernard • June 7, 2017 4:00 pm

    Ward faces prison time for shutting down a pipeline. He says it’s time to end “incremental thinking.”

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    Palouse Wind Farm, eastern Washington. Photo by Chris Weber, Flickr Creative Commons
    As Trump Drops Paris Climate Agreement, Washington Activists...
    By Sara Bernard • June 1, 2017 4:00 pm

    350 Seattle immediately urges Governor Inslee to lead a “Power Past Paris” bloc of climate-friendly states.

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    Activists gather in Olympia. Photo courtesy Power Past Coal Coalition
    ‘Today is a Milestone Day’: Groups Deliver One...
    By Sara Bernard • May 11, 2017 5:30 pm

    “We will fight this to the end.”

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