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Madame Berthe's mouse lemur: smallest and most endangered primate species, weighing only 30 grams. |
Washington state sues to block Trump order expediting fossil fuel projects
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is suing over what he says is
President Donald Trump's unlawful declaration of an energy emergency,
which is intended to speed up permitting procedures for fossil fuel
projects.
How the Pacific Northwest’s dream of green energy fell apart
Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power
supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the
transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn’t
delivered.
B.C., federal government support dredging Vancouver's Burrard Inlet, others opposed
British Columbia's energy minister is backing plans to dredge and deepen
Vancouver's Burrard Inlet to accommodate fully loaded oil tankers,
despite concerns from environmentalists, experts and First Nations.
New energy secretary supports Snake River hydropower dams
The nation’s new energy secretary is “passionately in support” of
leaving the four lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington intact.
EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on so-called forever chemicals in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to
weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that
were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common
ones.
Higher prices, rolling blackouts: The Northwest is bracing for the effects of a lagging green energy push
Northwest leaders pushed strict green energy mandates but neglected
problems with the electrical grid. Residents are already feeling the
consequences.
NOAA senior scientists in Seattle depart amid Trump cuts
Scientists behind some of the most important breakthroughs in Northwest
scientific research over the past two decades have left their jobs in
the wake of budget cutting by the Trump administration.
Snohomish County Council passes controversial critical habitat ordinance
Despite overwhelming opposing testimony, the Snohomish County Council
passed a controversial amendment alongside its new Critical Areas
Regulations ordinance.
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