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Seattle and Spokane are slated to get 25 electric school buses each

Federal funding is coming to 16 Washington state school districts to help pay for a total of 111 electric or propane-powered school buses.
- Dyer Oxley
Free Amtrak for kids in Washington state – funded by big polluters

Young passengers can travel free on Amtrak trains and buses between Bellingham and Vancouver, Washington, thanks to fees paid by major polluters in the state.
- John Ryan
Skip the clam digging. Washington coastline off limits to shellfish harvest, for now

If you’re planning to head out to the beach this weekend for some clam digging, you’ll need to ditch the harvesting part. That’s because shellfish harvesting is off limits for now, as health officials have closed Washington coasts and bays due to high levels of biotoxins.
- Ruby de Luna
Styrofoam containers are about to disappear in Washington

The next phase for Washington state's ban on Styrofoam is about to kick in, putting an end to an era of squeaky to-go containers used by restaurants and other businesses.
- Dyer Oxley
Washington tribes get $39.4 million for salmon habitat restoration, culvert removal efforts

The money, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will help replace old culverts, pipes or tunnels that carry a stream or creek underneath roadways, which obstruct fish from traveling between their spawning waters and the sea.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Almost all of the 300 mountain goats moved from Olympics to the Cascades have died

Starting in 2018, state and federal officials began moving over 300 mountain goats from the Olympic Peninsula to the North Cascades. It was a joint project with local tribes, the Olympic National Park, Washington Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Forest Service. Now, more than five years later, reporting from the Everett Herald indicates the project has had mixed success.
- Libby Denkmann
Mangroves protect communities from storms. Half are at risk of collapse, report finds

Mangroves are unique coastal ecosystems protecting humans and wildlife. Rising sea levels and storms pose an increasing threat to their survival.
- Julia Simon
Federal Way's rhododendron garden has noticed how NW summer is affecting certain rhodys

What does Washington state have in common with Nepal, West Virginia, the Jiangxi province in China, and the Indian state of Sikkim?
- Patricia Murphy
Plastic junk? Researchers find tiny particles in men's testicles

The new study has scientists concerned that microplastics may be contributing to reproductive health issues.
- Will Stone
Visiting the world's largest rhododendron collection

It’s spring, even if the weather hasn’t fully caught up yet. If there's one thing you can count on, besides postnasal drip, it’s rhododendrons. The showy blooms are all over town, and there are a lot more varieties than you think. Today, we're taking a fun trip to the botanical garden in Federal Way.
- Patricia Murphy

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