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Pacific Northwest tribes must fight to get money meant to battle warming

SEATTLE — Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change…

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Idaho is losing a farm a day. Its farmers are aging.

BOISE, Idaho — Matt Wissel grows vegetables and melons on about 80 acres in Nampa, just as his…

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Where do you live? That’s a complicated question for a California town with no street addresses

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. — No one in this wealthy California community known for its white-sand beaches and storybook charm…

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New Boeing CEO visits 737 Max factory near Seattle

A new chief executive took over at Boeing on Thursday, and he began by walking the floor of…

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July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief

Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end in July.…

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FAA has doubled its enforcement cases against Boeing since a door plug blew off a 737 Max

A federal Aviation Administration official said Wednesday that the agency has 16 pending enforcement cases against Boeing, half…

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Environmentalists make new bid to protect burrowing owls

Western burrowing owls are diminutive, adorable and goofy — and conservation organizations have renewed calls for the state…

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OSU researchers find two shark species in Puget Sound

Researchers discovered two apex predators in a Washington waterway for the first time. Now, researchers are wondering how…

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A humpback whale in Washington state is missing its tail. One expert calls the sight ‘heartbreaking’

A humpback whale that is missing its tail and was spotted in Washington state’s inland waters likely lost…

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Families return to find homes destroyed by California’s Park fire. ‘I’m just lost’

FOREST RANCH, Calif. — The Fischers spent Wednesday afternoon sifting through the remains of their incinerated Forest Ranch…

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