A wind turbine near Ellensburg

The coal-fired Valmont Power Plant in Boulder, Colorado, will shut down at the end of 2017 to fulfill the state’s Clean Air-Clean Job Act, which requires utilities to reduce emissions. Similar EPA...

For years, protecting the climate has been Gov. Jay Inslee’s signature issue. And his 2017 legislative agenda is keyed heavily to passing a tax on the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

Sen. Doug Ericksen in 2013

Should the state of Washington raise money for schools by taxing companies that contribute to climate change? That’s what Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is advocating.

Zhongxiang Zhao, an applied physicist at the University of Washington

Peter Goldmark, Washington's commissioner of public lands

The Southern Resident orcas J28 and J54.

Data centers that house YouTube videos and Gmail messages need power constantly. Google announced Tuesday that all of the energy it consumes globally — including at its data center in The Dalles...

Mayor Ed Murray speaks at the C40 Summit in Mexico City.

First Nations leaders have been protesting the Kinder Morgan plan since at least 2014.

Steve McMinn runs Pacific Rim Tonewoods near Concrete, Wash. The company mills wood grown in the Pacific Northwest for guitarmakers.