August 9, 2021, 7:05pm Nation & World
Firefighters and residents battled into the night Monday for a seventh day against a massive fire on Greece’s second-largest island as the nation endured what the prime minister described as “a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions.” Read story
August 8, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News
At Vancouver City Hall, work is underway to develop a new plan to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. On that front, the city is not alone — across the Pacific Northwest, comparable municipalities like Spokane, Tacoma and Bend, Ore., have passed or are working on their own version… Read story
May 24, 2021, 5:46pm Nation & World
As California sinks deeper into drought it already has had more than 900 additional wildfires than at this point in 2020, which was a record-breaking year that saw more than 4 percent of the state’s land scorched by flames. Read story
May 17, 2021, 5:53pm Latest News
Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee signed a series of bills Monday designed to strengthen the environment in Washington state. Read story
March 8, 2021, 9:44am Nation & World
In a lab dubbed the “room of doom” at an Edgewater, Maryland, research center, scientists learned that climate change is no friend to lovers of meaty oysters. Read story
March 5, 2021, 3:09pm Latest News
Activists in the Pacific Northwest have warned for years that communities of color and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, and less well-positioned to take advantage of jobs and other benefits likely to result as the region’s economy moves away from fossil fuels. Read story
December 14, 2020, 8:48pm Clark County News
Vancouver will pursue a climate strategy that stretches beyond the bare minimum, the city council agreed in a workshop Monday evening, and set goals to achieve carbon neutrality in the coming decades. Read story
December 12, 2020, 2:34pm Nation & World
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden pledged Saturday to rejoin the Paris climate accord on the first day of his presidency, as world leaders staged a virtual gathering to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the international pact aimed at curbing global warming. Read story
November 23, 2020, 8:41pm Clark County News
The city of Vancouver is in the process of drafting more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets that could see the community push toward carbon neutrality in future decades. Read story
August 14, 2019, 6:02am Nation & World
Greta Thunberg’s two-week voyage to the United States will be no pleasure cruise. Read story