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Biden hikes cost of drilling on federal lands as Trump courts oil donors

President Biden and Donald Trump this week outlined clashing visions for the future of fossil fuel production across…

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Study says climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe, and they are baking more people…

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Why you should consider bunnies as your next pet

Bill Clinton had Socks the cat and Barack Obama had Bo the dog. Mayor Tessa Rudnick has Willow…

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As climate change threatens snow sports, Seattle-based Evo branches out

Bryce Phillips doesn’t remember a winter as warm as this one. Phillips, who lives in Seattle’s Lakewood neighborhood,…

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Condors coming back to Pacific Northwest

Columbia Insight Angela Sondenaa was jet-boating up the Snake River through Hells Canyon. Looking at the steep cliffs…

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System of Atlantic Ocean currents approaches ‘cliff-like’ tipping point, could collapse, study says

An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze…

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Washington’s pollution tax raised $2B. But can it survive?

SEATTLE — The jumbo ferry known as the Wenatchee can carry 200 cars, nearly 2,000 passengers and more…

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Yellow school buses are going green with a $1 billion investment

For decades, American children have traveled to school in buses that spew pollution — diesel fumes that have…

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Study says West’s 2-decade drought linked to climate change

For the past several summers, Karen King crisscrossed the western United States in search of trees. Using a…

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Scientists knew 2023’s heat would be historic — but not by this much

The year 2023 was the hottest in recorded human history, Europe’s top climate agency announced Tuesday, with blistering…

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