It's hard to predict the likelihood of running into cougars in a neighborhood, but the chance of any interaction is low.

Lawmakers could look at more than a dozen climate proposals addressing carbon reduction and other environmental issues.

Carbon reduction could change the economy as well and create new jobs across the region.

From the NFT craze to the Jan. 6 insurrection, we follow up on some of the stories our newsroom has covered.

The waste that 4.5 million Seattle-area people flush affects shellfish, wastewater regulations and more.

As region's rivers overflowed from historic rainfall, the next generation of the struggling fish may have been swept away, too.

Quiet Sound plans to work with the Northwest shipping industry to make it easier for marine creatures to navigate, find food and communicate.

With climate change threatening culturally important foods, a Puget Sound tribe pushes to build the country's first clam garden of the modern era.

11 steps Washington, Oregon and British Columbia can take to decarbonize the economy.

Although the Central Washington city's car culture reigns, intentional planning in similar small cities might be the ticket to getting environmental best practices to stick.

As salmon struggle to thrive, funds to fix blocked and broken fish passageways could increase migration and reproduction.

Northwest researchers find some signs of heat resilience, despite scorched kelp beds, parched trees and a 'hawkpocalypse.'

Government officials, activists and academics from British Columbia, Washington and Oregon offer next steps to help the region cut carbon emissions and hit climate goals by 2030.

Climate scientists set a 2030 deadline for us to reduce emissions and prevent further environmental devastation.

Keeping shellfish safe to eat will get harder without increasing repair and inspection of septic systems that can contaminate shellfish beds.