Climate Change

Environment

Seattle Schools to stop using fossil fuels in 20 years

Seattle Public Schools aims to stop using fossil fuels in the school district’s buildings and buses in the next 20 years. Though that timeline is half as ambitious as a citywide one adopted by Seattle in 2019, backers say it’s the first school district in Washington to commit to phasing out fossil fuels.

Environment

How Fast Will Biden Need To Move On Climate? Really, Really Fast

Scientists say the next decade is crucial for slowing climate change. To catch up, Biden's environmental policies will have to move faster than any in history.

Environment

Seattle bans natural gas in new buildings

The city of Seattle has banned most uses of fossil fuels in new buildings.

Goodbye, gas heat? Proposals in Washington state seek to phase out fossil fuel heating in buildings

A long goodbye to natural gas furnaces and water heating — and possibly other gas appliances — could begin with action by the Washington Legislature this winter.

Environment

What led to oil-train disaster? Investigators eye equipment, tracks, even sabotage

Why would a train moving 7 miles an hour derail? Why would supposedly puncture-resistant tankers rupture at such a low speed? The FBI wants to know.

Environment

“The train is on fire”: the tense moments after an oil train derailed

Here’s what the train’s three-person crew and firefighters did to keep an oily disaster from getting much worse.

Business

It Wasn't Just The Pandemic: Oil's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

The coronavirus-induced collapse in oil demand stole all the headlines. But oil companies faced a myriad of other woes, too, from hurricanes to itchy investors — and, of course, climate change.

Politics

Biden To Pick North Carolina Regulator Michael Regan To Lead EPA

Regan is the top environmental regulator for North Carolina. He would be first African American man to run the EPA, and he would oversee much of the federal government's response to climate change.

Environment

Inslee unveils new plan to tackle climate change 'head on' in WA

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says there’s no silver bullet for the climate, so he’s pushing a sweeping package of policies to lower the state’s carbon footprint, economy-wide.