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  Seattle Now

  Seattle Now: A new hospital for ocean critters

  The first marine wildlife hospital in Washington is gearing up to open. We'll look at what that will mean for ailing seal pups, sea lions, and other ocean critters.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Seals love devouring salmon at Ballard Locks. One way to stop them: Tail-slapping noises

  Seals eat a lot of salmon as the fish migrate through the Ballard Locks’ fish ladder to try to reach spawning grounds on the other side. For decades, humans have been trying different ways to keep seals and sea lions away from the fish ladder. Now, scientists are trying a new method to outsmart the seals.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Dead whale left to rot on private beach now on its way to becoming amazing yard art

  Last year, a couple who lives near Port Townsend, Washington, agreed to let the federal government drop off a dead gray whale to decompose on their semi-isolated beach. Now, the couple has a permit to keep the whale skeleton and will soon assemble the most amazing yard art.
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  The presence of wildfire smoke could have you feeling bad — and not for the reason you think

  As Seattle residents have taken measures to keep wildfire smoke out of their homes, they say another problem has emerged: Increased carbon dioxide levels and decreased air flow in their homes.

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  The smoke is here. Hazardous air quality in Seattle as wildfires rage

  Smoke from wildfires burning in California, Oregon and Washington has made it's way into the Seattle area.

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  How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled

  An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

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  'Massive' cloud of wildfire smoke arrives in Seattle overnight

  A huge mass of smoke from Oregon and California wildfires made its way through Western Washington overnight Thursday, blown in by shifting winds from the southwest.

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  KUOW Newsroom

  Onshore winds could bring more wildfire smoke back to Seattle area

  A shift in the winds over Puget Sound is coming ... but that might not blow away the wildfire smoke lingering over the region. And that’s because of fires far to the south.
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  Photos: Wildfires burning near Tacoma suburbs

  Dozens of wildfires continue to burn across Washington state.

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  KUOW Newsroom

  Wildfire smoke billows into Seattle area with flurry of 911 calls

  Smoke from wildfires east of the Cascades flowed into the Puget Sound region on late Monday afternoon.

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