Ashley Ahearn
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Log books from 19th century whaling ships are treasure troves for modern-day climate scientists. They’re mining these old volumes for day-to-day weather and sea-ice reports from the Arctic region in the .
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A city at a crossroads: Tacoma, Washington, considers a proposal to build the largest methanol plant in the world.
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Coal usage in the U.S. has been declining for years. That's prompted coal companies to try to export their coal to Asia via West Coast ports. But that's not looking like such a good bet for the coal industry anymore.
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Two Northwest governors are among the 17 state executives to sign onto a newly announced clean-energy agreement.
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Hundreds of people crowded into a Tacoma convention center Wednesday night to voice concerns about a methanol refinery proposed for the city’s Tideflats.
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Eating organic food is on the rise, and organic farming methods set soil up to better withstand drought, according to new research.
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The City of Seattle is suing Monsanto for manufacturing a cancer-causing chemical that's contaminating the city's Duwamish Waterway.
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Five climate change activists who blocked an oil train north of Seattle are convicted of trespassing but not obstruction.
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Five environmental activists who chained themselves to train tracks in Everett to protest oil and coal trains go to trial.
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A Washington utility has surrendered its federal license to install tidal turbines at the bottom of Puget Sound.