Covering Climate Now
KUOW is devoting a special week of climate change coverage from September 16-23, 2019 as part of the #CoveringClimateNow effort. More than 250 other news outlets have signed on to do the same.
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One Seattle teen's climate change moment: 'Screw this. I have to take action'
As part of #CoveringClimateNow, the global media project to bring attention to the story of climate change, Seattle high school senior Jamie Margolin talked with KUOW about fear and effective action.
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Amazon reveals dirty secret, promises quick action for climate
How dirty is Amazon’s business?
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Baby oysters can't build healthy shells in Washington's acidified waters
Oysters are one of the iconic foods of the Pacific Northwest. But their survival is under serious threat thanks to ocean acidification, sometimes called the “evil twin” of climate change. Local shellfish growers are seeing firsthand the devastating impacts on oysters and other shellfish.
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Earth is the best planet, Bezos says, unveiling climate commitment
Amazon has made its biggest climate commitment in the company's 25 year history.
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Alaska Airlines loses climate friendly(ish) crown to Frontier
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines used to be the least-polluting domestic airline. Not any more.
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3 things you can do right now to help fight climate change
Kim Malcolm talks with the Nature Conservancy's James Schroeder about how small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference in fighting climate change.
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Seattle students who strike for climate will be marked unexcused
The Global Climate Strike is Friday, and school leaders are preparing for some students to walk out of class.
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'Dead tree after dead tree.' The case of Washington's dying foliage
When Jim and Judy Davis moved to their property in Granite Falls two and a half years ago, the trees in their 25-acre forest were healthy. Then the hemlocks started to turn brown.
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How climate change can affect your mental health
Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Lise Van Susteren about the emotional toll of climate change.
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'Americans are waking up.' Two-thirds say climate crisis must be addressed
Two-thirds of Americans believe climate change is either a crisis or a serious problem, with a majority wanting immediate action to address global heating and its damaging consequences, major new polling has found.
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Naomi Klein: 'We are seeing the beginnings of the era of climate barbarism'
Naomi Klein, author of "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes and how she finds hope in an interview by Natalie Hanman.
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Want a peek at our hotter future? Go to Alaska
Alaska, heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, is the next best/worst thing to a climate-change time machine.