Environment

Students chain selves to smokestack to light climate fire under UW

“We're chained to the power plant right now."

We foraged mushrooms and they were delicious

It’s spring foraging season, and mushroom hunting is serious business for some people, but there's plenty of mushrooms available in local forests fot Author Daniel Winkler is here to show us how easy it can be to connect with nature and maybe find some edible treats.

For Yakama Nation, green energy projects echo colonization

Urban Coyote: What wildlife in cities can teach us about ourselves

Here's how these canids survive among city skyscrapers and sidewalks, and what that can teach us about saving the planet.

The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. One poisoned town wants you to know its story

Companies are building carbon dioxide pipelines as a possible climate solution. But after a pipeline rupture sent dozens to the hospital in a Mississippi town, there are questions about their safety.

Wildfire smoke is here early

Smoke has arrived. Which means it’s time to get prepared. Former firefighter and Life with Fire Podcast host Amanda Monthei is here to tell us how.

Spring heatwave prompts emergency shellfish-safety rule

Following a four-day wave of record-breaking springtime heat, health officials banned commercial shellfish harvesting anywhere local water temperatures exceed 70 degrees.