Meet the ‘technological optimist’ helping set Washington state’s tech, energy, and climate policy
Washington Sen. Sharon Shewmake is taking over as chair of an influential committee that's a clearinghouse for tech, energy ...
In sweeping orders, Trump aims to remake federal policy on border, gender, climate change
Under the national border emergency declaration, the Trump administration intends to use the U.S. military to crack down on ...
Federal Reserve withdraws from global regulatory climate change group
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to ...
Federal Reserve says it will leave climate change organization
The Federal Reserve said Friday that it is leaving an international grouping of central banks that focused on how the ...
Here’s what the Paris climate agreement does and doesn’t do
The Paris agreement is complex and works in a slow bureaucratic manner. It’s a mostly voluntary climate pact originally ...
Trump's agenda to change the nation's approach to climate issues on Day 1
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump is expected to turn away from former President Joe Biden's environmental ...
A key to protecting apples from climate change might be hiding in Michigan’s forests
In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some researchers in Michigan are looking for a late ...
3 of the Most Important Trump Executive Orders on Climate
President Trump’s wave of executive orders yesterday sent an undeniable signal to the world about the United States’ role in ...
Boiling Point: The L.A. Times is starting a climate change podcast
Today, the Los Angeles Times is launching Boiling Point, a podcast about climate change and the environment in California and ...
Washington Policy Center suing two state departments for alleged climate law violation
The Washington Policy Center claims staff at the Department of Ecology released data only through 2021 and not through 2023, ...
What Trump’s climate policy rollbacks may mean for WA
Trump’s increasing hostility toward the renewable energy sector and climate action flies directly in the face of the broad scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are ...
Blackout Nation: How Climate Change Is Driving More Power Failures Across the U.S.
Researchers have uncovered troubling trends of increasing power outages during severe weather events across the United States ...