Wildfire smoke pours across America bringing haze from coast to coast
Hundreds of wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada are spewing dense smoke that is being carried hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away.
Monday was the hottest ever recorded day on Earth, data shows
Monday’s scorching temperatures were yet another heat record broken in the past couple of years.
Watch: Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin explosion sends debris skyward
A "localized hydrothermal explosion" sent debris and steam skyward, prompting visitors to run away to safety.
Squaxin Tribe fights to save Puget Sound’s vanishing underwater forests
Reports show over the past century and a half bull kelp in the region has declined 90%, but a new partnership with the Squaxin Island Tribe looks to protect these critical marine habitats
Washington secures $28M for salmon habitat restoration projects
The grants were secured through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Gray wolves could get downlisted in WA
A vote is set for Friday that could bump the gray wolf off the endangered species list.
Washington tribes to relocate villages with millions from landmark climate law
Tribes in Washington will relocate villages, invest in green transportation, and more with tens of millions in grants from a landmark climate law passed in 2021.
From orbit, NASA maps streets where extreme heat will burn you in seconds
NASA is using data from the space station to map out the hottest streets in one major city, where touching pavement could lead to burns in minutes or even seconds.
Harmful algae blooms in Great Lakes could increase this summer, NOAA warns
NOAA is closely monitoring the Great Lakes this summer for potential increases in harmful algae that could have economic impacts and affect ecosystems.
At least 1 dead from flooding in Midwest
Crews are surveying the damage in communities that were recently hit with floods in the Midwest.
Major flooding hits the Midwest
A train bridge collapsed during major flooding in a big portion of the Midwest, forcing water rescues, evacuations and road closures.
Amazon ditching plastic air pillows, shifting to recycled paper for packages
Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it's more environmentally sound, and it says paper just works better.
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region’s Native tribes
The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest — dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while bringing electricity, irrigation and jobs to nearby communities.
Railway must pay WA tribe nearly $400M for trespassing with oil trains
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington, after a judge found the company repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation.
Worry over being 'disgusting' drives us to do too much laundry, study says
"There is a conflict between the desire to reduce one's washing to save the environment and the fear of being perceived as a disgusting person with unclean clothes," the author said.
WA summer crab season begins July 1; here's what to expect this year
The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced summer crabbing season officially kicks off on July 1 in many marine areas around Puget Sound.
WA whale hunt on horizon as Makah Tribe clears last major hurdle
After a nearly two decade long battle, the Makah Tribe has cleared the largest hurdle blocking them from the continuation of it's traditional whale hunts.
Chile's Humboldt penguin could be facing extinction, experts warn
The Humboldt penguin population along the central coast of Chile has drastically declined, with scientists finding only one breeding pair this year compared to 842 last year, putting the species at risk of extinction according to experts.
Texas city tops list of dirtiest in the nation, study says
A recent survey named the "dirtiest" city in the U.S., and earning the top spot this year is none other than Houston, taking the crown from last year's dirtiest, Newark, New Jersey.
Sanitation breakthrough in Seattle could change the design of toilets
A new exhibit at the Discovery Center in Seattle highlights one of the first major sanitation breakthroughs in more than 250 years.