Environment Firefighters see danger. These goats see dinner High on the hill was a lonely goatherd. His name is Todd Waits, and along with two working dogs, he’s shepherding about 325 goats. Kara McDermott
Environment Wild coyotes live among us — is your cat on their menu? Wild carnivores live among us. We may not know the exact number of coyotes here in Seattle but we should get used to them being here because they probably won't be leaving anytime soon. Matt Martin Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Environment Escargot to hell, Port of Tacoma tells invasive snail The Port of Tacoma has been waging a slow war against (wait for it) a snail. John Ryan
Environment Feds Say Hanford’s PUREX Plant Is Degrading, Needs Stabilizing Soon A new federal report says that a massive building at the Hanford Nuclear Site is worse off than managers thought. The so-called PUREX -- Plutonium... Anna King
Environment For sale: Carbon credits. Contact King County King County has gotten into the business of selling carbon credits. Eilís O'Neill
Environment It's the second week of July. So where's summer? Summer officially began June 21, but in the Pacific Northwest some say it doesn't really kick off here until the Fourth of July. Casey Martin
Taking The Temperature Of NPR's Climate Coverage For some, the coverage is not hot enough (and hard to find). Elizabeth Jensen
Environment The day after the Fourth of July: a huge, volunteer clean-up The day after the Fourth of July: a huge, volunteer clean-up Casey Martin
Environment Have you noticed all the cotton fluff drifting in the air? "What's up with all the white fluff in the air?" That was one listener's question we recently answered in our SoundsQs podcast. Kyle Norris
Politics Jay Inslee's 5 minutes of debate fame: Here's what he did with it Five minutes of debate time – that’s all Washington Gov. Jay Inslee got Wednesday night. Here's what he did with his fleeting moments. Amy Radil Angela King