Benjamin Woodard

WA firefighters face 'otherworldly' conditions as they battle Los Angeles blazes The devastating Los Angeles County blazes have so far killed at least 27 people and razed thousands of structures.

They answered the call: “California would do the same thing for us.”

Then they stared down the inferno.

Story by @isabellabreda.bsky.social

19.01.2025 17:42 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Props to @isabellabreda.bsky.social and @conradswanson.bsky.social for this preview of a long session in Olympia.

13.01.2025 20:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

From wildfires to waste, here are the environmental bills WA's Legislature is considering Don't expect any big legislative actions this session. But a lot is on the line for climate change and other environmental goals.

File this under New Climate Reality: WA lawmakers may make it easier to cancel classes because of extreme heat. Snow days --> Heat days

13.01.2025 20:23 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

If you've given carbon capture/removal an eye roll like I have — this cuts through a lot of the BS to tell us where we stand with an emerging tech.

13.01.2025 17:18 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

WA fire crews head to California to help battle blazes:

"King, Pierce, Thurston, Snohomish and Mason counties are sending a total of six structure engine strike teams, 30 engines total, to Southern California."

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09.01.2025 16:14 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

As the days grow shorter and colder, thousands of winter waterfowl migrate to Washington's Skagit valley, drawn to the region’s intertidal estuaries, marshes and rich agricultural lands.

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17.12.2024 16:22 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 3

King County, Seattle sue over natural gas initiative passed by voters The initiative to protect natural gas access threw a wrench in the state’s long-term plans to ease reliance on climate-warming fossil fuels.

King County, Seattle sue over natural gas initiative passed by voters

11.12.2024 23:14 — 👍 14    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

WA’s carbon market prices increase after failed repeal effort The auction was the first quarterly auction since the carbon-market program survived an initiative challenge last month. Initiative 2117 sought to repeal the state’s landmark climate change law.

Prices in Washington’s fledging carbon market spiked this month, after the state’s Climate Commitment Act survived a hard-fought repeal effort in November. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

12.12.2024 00:32 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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05.12.2024 17:36 — 👍 41    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 0