The climate crisis has become the defining issue of a generation. Along with it, a new era is dawning — the era of the Green New Deal.

Bronze birch borers are thriving during the city's hotter summers. Is their infestation a sign of advancing climate change?

Raising kids to love the outdoors is a mixed bag when you know our planet's future is dire. But it can be a radical act of hope.

Flags for Pride, Cascadia and America flow freely at Sounders matches. According to Seattle law, flags against bigotry and racism should have that same right.

Local PACs People for Seattle and Moms for Seattle are fueling a toxic politics and exploiting anxiety about a precarious economy and a confusing world.

The Ice Age has given way to a fire age. A historian of fire weighs in on its power and peril.

A visit to the site of the Norse Peak fire — the worst in Western Washington since the Yacolt Burn of 1902 — reveals both the promise and limits of human forest management.

I lived through Katrina and mourn what was lost. Now, in a land vulnerable to wildfires, I fear for my new home in the Pacific Northwest.

After the Department of Health awarded a significant grant to a Swedish Hospital program, many smaller community organizations left in the dark.

On the cusp of becoming a state, the Washington territory suffered three major fires that would change the course of history.

This summer I rode to the Midwest and back. It got me dreaming about high-speed rail.

The climate will not be the only injured party if the LNG project is completed.

These workers have long been excluded from national labor laws and civil rights protections. That needs to change.

The idea behind Refuge Outdoor Festival? That there's power in cultivating space with people who share similar experiences.

Law enforcement must continue to reduce the use of lethal force, while the public must recognize that not every encounter can be de-escalated.