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    A new fire season is here; will legislators get it together?

    by Juan M. Muñoz Jiménez on

    In this week's ClimateCast: Debt ceiling raised with climate consequences, Oregon legislation crippled due to GOP walkouts, insurers batten down the hatches against climate impacts.

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    DEFENSE VISUAL INFORMATION DIST.
    Can't quite beat the heat

    by Stephanie Noren on

    Induced paralysis in the Oregon State Legislature: here we go again. Plus record-setting heat across the PNW, breaching 1.5C of global temperature rise, and more in this week's ClimateCast

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    FIONA HUNT
    A success story: investing in climate progress

    by Jonathan Lawson on

    As Washington State books historic investments in clean energy, federal courts weigh in on city- and state-led efforts to counter the power of fossil fuels

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    ASHLYN GEHRETT
    Amazon's glass house

    by Jonathan Lawson on

    When it comes to carbon emissions, Amazon shouldn't throw stones. Also: ratcheting down tailpipe emissions

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    Never mind on that whole "climate" thing...

    by Stephanie Noren on

    The sweetest name change, Vanuatu makes big waves, clean trucks gets approved, plus complacency is finally ok! 

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    TODD RADENBAUGH
    Better a million heat pumps than one carbon bomb

    by Jonathan Lawson on

    The Biden administration approves a highly controversial drilling project, electric street sweepers prove that no truck is too big to be electric, and culture warriors attack environmental justice research.

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    NASA
    Polluters pay: Washington sets a new gold standard

    by Jonathan Lawson on

    This week, Washington reached a significant milestone in the state’s push to reduce emissions.

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    KIMBERLY LARSON
    Rolling electric in every lane

    by Jonathan Lawson on

    Electric cars and buses are everywhere already; school buses and heavy trucks are getting their turn in the fast lane. Also: what if the train that exploded in Ohio had been hauling tar sands oil?

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    TAYLOR BENNETT
    Gas stove talk gets weird

    by Jonathan Lawson on

    Scientists have been calling attention to the health risks associated with gas stoves since the 1970s. But a new study prodded a government agency to take notice—and a piece of click-bait journalism triggered an unnecessary political backlash. 

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    ClimateCast 6 Jan 2023
    Entering the Action Phase 🔥

    by Jonathan Lawson on

    While stormy climate consequences rang in the new year, a strong set of federal and state-level climate laws went into effect as well... and both WA and OR adopted CA's zero-emissions car rules.

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In the face of danger: a personal account of wildland firefighting

As wildfire season approaches, we present a gripping, first-person account of wildland firefighting in Washington State. The latest in a series of personal impacts from wildfires.