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Environment

Invasive ‘murder hornets’ eradicated from the U.S.

The Washington and U.S. Departments of Agriculture announced the eradication Wednesday, saying there had been no detections of the northern giant hornet in Washington since 2021.
Gene Johnson, Associated Press
Environment

Powerless Tesla drivers storm Seattle-area grocery store to recharge during outages

A line of sleek cars snaked through the parking lot at the Fred Meyer grocery store in Kirkland on Thursday. Not just any car: These were Teslas - down to a few bars of power.
Casey Martin
Environment

Energy foes spar with misleading claims over natural gas Initiative 2066

"Stop the gas ban," roadside signs and online ads urge Washington voters, even though gas hasn’t been banned in Washington.
John Ryan
Books

'Being is bliss' in Timothy Egan's 'The Good Rain' — and still is three decades later

This is the KUOW Book Club, and we’re wrapping up "The Good Rain" by Timothy Egan. I'm your club guide, Katie Campbell.
Katie Campbell
Books

Egan's 'The Good Rain' is still a prescient exploration of the PNW more than 30 years later

This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Timothy Egan's "The Good Rain."
Katie Campbell
Environment

UW biochemist wins Nobel Prize for using computers to design proteins

A biochemist at the University of Washington School of Medicine has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work in computational protein design.
Ann Dornfeld
Government

Washington state first responders travel east to aid hurricane survivors

Following Hurricane Helene and in anticipation of Hurricane Milton, a team of about 80 Washington state first responders has traveled east to help with recovery efforts.
Diana Opong
Environment

How George HW Bush's pollution solution put Washington state's climate strategy in the crosshairs

Washington state, like places all over the world, is grappling with the effects of climate change. In response, that state’s trying to get its big polluters to burn less fossil fuel. The tool it's using is called a carbon auction. But the fate of that carbon auction now comes down to a vote this fall.
Joshua McNichols
Environment

Seattle nonprofit says effort to repeal Climate Commitment Act would eliminate new food donation sources

A hunger relief organization in Seattle has joined environmental interests in opposing Initiative 2117, a fall ballot measure to repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act.
Ruby de Luna
Climate

'Wimpy' winter ahead for Pacific Northwest despite La Niña prediction, climatologist says
Angela King

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