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Climate change

Who’s allowed to share seeds? It’s a growing question

February 1, 2025, 5:49am Nation & World

Tucked away in a lush, forested area of central Kenya’s Kikuyu town, the National Seed Bank stands as a crucial safeguard for the future of the country’s agriculture. Inside two… Read story

Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules

January 29, 2025, 2:41pm Nation & World

The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental… Read story

From left: Myrtle Felton, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa on March 11, 2020, in St. James Parish, La.

Trump eliminates help for Black, Latino communities hit by pollution

From left: Myrtle Felton, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa on March 11, 2020, in St. James Parish, La.

January 26, 2025, 12:30pm Nation & World

For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily polluted communities often made up largely of Black, Latino and low-income Americans. Read story

U.S. President Donald Trump, with White House chief of staff Reince Pribus, from left, counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and Senior Counselor Stephen Bannon, signs one of five executive orders related to the oil pipeline industry in the oval office of the White House Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

What Trump’s climate policy rollbacks may mean for Washington state

U.S. President Donald Trump, with White House chief of staff Reince Pribus, from left, counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and Senior Counselor Stephen Bannon, signs one of five executive orders related to the oil pipeline industry in the oval office of the White House Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

January 26, 2025, 6:05am Editor's Choice

In the first days back in his old office, President Donald Trump began weakening the country’s policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions and lessen its dependence on fossil fuels. Read story

In this Sept. 8, 2011, photo shows goats feeding on a deep pocket of brush, in Portland, Ore. Deep in the Portland wilderness, invasive species rule. Blackberries, thistle, English ivy and rhododendron occupy deep pockets of brush, choking off native plants and growing into tangles too thick to navigate on foot. Enter the goat, scourge of the brambles and another part of this cityís odd relationship with agriculture. City chickens have been around for some time, but now urban goats are getting a look-over. The early reviews have been favorable.

Climate change is helping invasive species take root in Washington

In this Sept. 8, 2011, photo shows goats feeding on a deep pocket of brush, in Portland, Ore. Deep in the Portland wilderness, invasive species rule. Blackberries, thistle, English ivy and rhododendron occupy deep pockets of brush, choking off native plants and growing into tangles too thick to navigate on foot. Enter the goat, scourge of the brambles and another part of this cityís odd relationship with agriculture. City chickens have been around for some time, but now urban goats are getting a look-over. The early reviews have been favorable.

January 6, 2025, 6:05am Latest News

Skye Pelliccia knows an invasive plant when she sees one. Read story

A car emits exhaust in Cascade Park on Dec. 5.

‘A tall order’: Clark County, Vancouver and other cities struggle to craft required climate plans

A car emits exhaust in Cascade Park on Dec. 5.

December 21, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

For the first time, Clark County and all of its cities must address climate change in the 20-year plans required by the state’s Growth Management Act. Read story

The CHS oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun Sept. 28 in McPherson, Kan.

Methane-emissions tracker says problem is growing worse

The CHS oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun Sept. 28 in McPherson, Kan.

November 2, 2024, 6:03am Nation & World

The amount of the powerful climate-changing gas methane spilling out of oil and gas equipment, coal mines and landfills globally is nowhere near fully documented and what is known is “only scratching the surface,” according to the CEO of one the companies that tracks methane with its own satellites. Read story

The Interstate 5 Bridge stretches across a hazy Columbia River on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2022, as seen from the Vancouver Waterfront. Smoke from the Nakia Creek Fire and a morning layer of fog pushed air quality into the “unhealthy” range.

New WA program aims to curb air pollution in parts of state most affected, including Vancouver

The Interstate 5 Bridge stretches across a hazy Columbia River on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2022, as seen from the Vancouver Waterfront. Smoke from the Nakia Creek Fire and a morning layer of fog pushed air quality into the “unhealthy” range.

August 28, 2024, 7:48am Clark County Health Free

Communities in Washington hit hardest by climate change may soon get state funding to improve air quality. Read story

Fourth Plain Forward program manager Will Fuentes, from left, social media coordinator Almendra Velazquez and community development manager Sheila Davis work on a project at Fourth Plain Community Commons in February in Vancouver. Fourth Plain Forward got a grant from the state for climate justice projects.

Nonprofit Fourth Plain Forward will use $95,000 grant to aid Vancouver residents affected by extreme weather

Fourth Plain Forward program manager Will Fuentes, from left, social media coordinator Almendra Velazquez and community development manager Sheila Davis work on a project at Fourth Plain Community Commons in February in Vancouver. Fourth Plain Forward got a grant from the state for climate justice projects.

August 20, 2024, 12:44pm Clark County News

The Washington State Department of Health awarded Vancouver nonprofit Fourth Plain Forward $95,000 to reduce economic and health disparities caused by climate change in Vancouver, especially along the Fourth Plain Boulevard corridor. Read story

FILE - Sonny Curley hands a cup of coffee to his father Harold Curley at their home near the ocean Wednesday, May 22, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. The home has a rotting deck and black mold inside, and the family has had to evacuate several times due to flooding.

Money from Washington’s landmark climate law will help tribes face rising seas, climate change

FILE - Sonny Curley hands a cup of coffee to his father Harold Curley at their home near the ocean Wednesday, May 22, 2024, on the Quinault reservation in Taholah, Wash. The home has a rotting deck and black mold inside, and the family has had to evacuate several times due to flooding.

July 17, 2024, 7:56am Latest News

Tens of millions of dollars raised by a landmark climate law in Washington state will go to Native American tribes that are at risk from climate change and rising sea levels to help them move to higher ground, install solar panels, buy electric vehicles and restore wetlands, Gov. Jay Inslee… Read story