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Comment: What happens now with end of a 2009 EPA climate finding
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1033+ words) Published 1: 30 am Sunday, February 22, 2026 A neighborhood in Poca, W. Va. , across the Kanawha River from the John Amos Power Plant, a three-unit, coal-fired power plant in Winfield, W. Va. , Sept. 19, 2025. In a reversal, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to calculate only the…...
Roberts: Climate change is dynamic.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (427+ words) Published 1: 30 am Saturday, March 28, 2026 By Paul Roberts / For The Herald The past 10 years have been the warmest on record. They follow over 100 years of humans burning fossil fuels, producing increasing amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs), heating the atmosphere and altering…...
Environment, climate bills passed and failed in legislative session
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1421+ words) Published 1: 30 am Monday, March 23, 2026 By Aspen Ford Washington State Standard Bill Lucia / Washington State Standard The Washington state Capitol on Nov. 11. With just three more sessions scheduled before state law mandates greenhouse gas emissions in Washington be at least 45% below…...
Adopt A Stream volunteers build analog beaver dams in North Creek
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (837+ words) Published 1: 30 am Saturday, August 9, 2025 Crane Aerospace & Electronics volunteer Dylan Goss helps move branches into place between poles while assembling an analog beaver dam in North Creek on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald) Crane Aerospace & Electronics volunteer…...
State halts rebates to farmers hit with fuel fees under WA climate law
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (783+ words) Published 1: 30 am Tuesday, October 21, 2025 By Jerry Cornfield Washington State Standard A combine at work in wheat fields in the Walla Walla region during 2018. (Washington State Department of Agriculture) Washington quietly ended funding this summer for a program that provided millions…...
It sounded like a shotgun: Heavy water damages Everett business
1+ mon, 12+ hour ago (379+ words) Published 3: 10 pm Wednesday, March 18, 2026 A condemnation notice hangs on a fence outside of Northwest Barricade & Signs on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Everett, Washington. The city closed the business Wednesday after 65, 000 pounds of water caused extensive damage to a roof beam. (Michael…...
Marysville students compete in conservation challenge
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (248+ words) Published 1: 30 am Wednesday, March 18, 2026 By Taylor Scott Richmond Students participate in the regional Kid Wind engineering challenge on Saturday, March 15, 2026, at Heritage High School in Marysville, Washington. EVERETT " Students from across the Marysville School District participated in an engineering challenge…...
Editorial: Protect state climate act's funds for intended uses
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (854+ words) Published 1: 30 am Saturday, March 7, 2026 By The Herald Editorial Board As is typical for the state Legislature toward the end of a session as it confronts adoption of budgets, there are plenty of balls in the air, more so as lawmakers…...
Comment: Who pays if Supreme Court shields Big Oil on climate?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (337+ words) Published 1: 30 am Monday, March 2, 2026 By Mark Gongloff / Bloomberg Opinion When we talk about someone wanting to both eat their cake and still have it, we're using a logical impossibility to highlight the cake-haver's delusional mental state. When it comes to…...
Roberts: Whatever EPA protecting it's not environment or us
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (637+ words) Published 1: 30 am Saturday, February 28, 2026 By Paul Roberts / For The Herald This month the Fossil Fuel Protection Agency " formerly the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) " announced the repeal of the Endangerment Finding it made in 2009, which provided the legal basis for regulating…...