Starting in 2025, local governments will need to consider emissions and natural disasters in their long-term planning. Some already do.

Advocacy organization Let’s Go Washington is gathering signatures on six policy-related petitions that it wants to bring to the Legislature.

Part of the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the path converts abandoned rail lines and links King County to the Idaho border.

The virus, discovered long before the COVID-19 pandemic, originated in Saudi Arabia and can be deadly to humans.

Responding to pressure from advocacy groups and investors, the mega-retailer reduced its footprint through paper packaging and eliminating mailers.

Pollution, habitat loss and climate change all threaten wildlife and their ecosystems. Conservationists discuss what we can do to help.

Colonization decimated Pacific herring, surf smelt and eulachon populations. Now the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is trying to ‘reset the clock.’

Oil companies that buy emissions from the new carbon cap program are passing the cost to consumers at the pump. But are the increases a bug or a feature?

Following the failure of the Washington Recycling and Packaging Act, experts and a key lawmaker discuss next steps.

Reporter Conor Courtney explains how cyclist Danny Roberts began the passion project — and what the journey meant to both of them.

Heidi Roop shares why individual responsibility and corporate accountability aren’t mutually exclusive — and how daily habits can aid the planet.

High temperatures could lead to half a million hospital admissions for heat-related conditions in 2023.

A new analysis suggests strategies to better prepare for extreme heat and prevent attributed deaths across Washington.

Researchers found as more Americans move into fire-risk areas, they increase the likelihood and impact of wildfires.