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'Scale of This Failure Has No Precedent': Hot Ocean 'Blob' Killed One Million Seabirds

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'Awesome, Brilliant, Necessary': Seattle Bans Foreign-Influenced Corporations From Spending in Local Elections

Julia Conley, staff writer

"This landmark campaign finance legislation bans corporations like Amazon and Bank of America from infiltrating the city’s electoral process."

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Move by Olympia, Washington to Create 'Zero Fare' Public Transit Called a 'Beautiful Thing'

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Intercity Transit Bus 902 on Route 12 to downtown Olympia.

City is latest in the country to offer publicly-funded transportation for...

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Progressives Declare Victories in San Francisco District Attorney and Seattle City Council Races

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Americans are more humane and compassionate than institutions created and...

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After Climate-Focused 2020 Bid, Inslee Faces Indigenous Campaigners' Demand to End All Fossil Fuel Projects in Washington

valve-turner Ken Ward

Washington Supreme Court Establishes 'Very Important Precedent' for Climate Necessity Defense in Case of Valve-Turner Ken Ward

Alarm as Trump Energy Dept Redefines 'High-Level' Nuclear Waste to 'Low-Level' in Order to Save Disposal Costs

Inslee's $9 Trillion Climate Plan Praised for Showing Why Rapid Mobilization a 'Massive Economic Opportunity'

As Sanders Calls for Nationwide Fracking Ban, Inslee Signs Bill to Prohibit Destructive Drilling Practice in Washington

Climate Campaigners Praise Gov. Inslee's 'Spirited Commitment' to Action, While Calling on 2020 Candidate to 'Push the Envelope'

Judge Rules Valve Turner Ken Ward Must Be Allowed to Present 'Necessity Defense' for Climate Action

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Says He's Running for President in 2020 for One Urgent Reason: The Climate Crisis

Climate activists take part in a demonstration in Seattle on Aug. 31, 2015.

"Huge Win": This County in Washington State Just Voted for a Moratorium on New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

Washington state could have ushered in the nation's first carbon fee if Initiative 1631 had passed. (Photo: Wil C. Fry/flickr/cc)

Big Oil Spends Tens of Millions to Successfully Kill Washington's Plan to Drastically Curb Planet-Killing Carbon Emissions

Big Oil Spending Tens of Millions to Defeat Washington State's Groundbreaking Carbon Fee Initiative

Citing Arbitrary Use and Racial Bias, Washington Supreme Court Abolishes State's Death Penalty

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Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Oil Companies Spent Record Amounts to Successfully Block WA Carbon Fee

Amnesty International - USA

Washington Becomes the 20th State to Abolish the Death Penalty

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Calls on other Pacific Coast Elected Officials to Follow Inslee’s Example

Amnesty International - USA

Washington State Passes Law Addressing Lethal Force by Police

Food & Water Watch

Washington State Shouldn’t Replicate British Columbia’s Failed Carbon Tax Experiment

Earthjustice

Amidst Broad Community Opposition, Shell Anacortes Drops Plans for New Crude Oil-by-Rail

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Heather Price

From Scientist to Activist

Ellen Brown

The Public Banking Revolution Is Upon Us

Verner Wilson III

I Went Dungeness Crabbing in Washington. Here's Why I'm Concerned About Increased Shipping From Trans Mountain Pipeline

Andy Rowell

BP’s Blatant Climate Hypocrisy on Show As it “Buys” Vote to Defeat Carbon Tax

Gabe Mandell

No Giving Thanks On Carbon Emissions: ‘Business as Usual’ Strategy Literally Doesn’t Cut It

Naomi Klein

The Carbon Tax on the Ballot in Washington State Is Not the Right Way to Deal With Global Warming

Ellicott Dandy

Why A “Revenue-Neutral” Carbon Tax Could Hurt – Not Help – the Planet

Jill Mangaliman

Why Washington State's Carbon Tax Measure Is a False Promise for Climate Justice

Noah Greenwald

Taking A Stand For Washington's Wolves

Stephen Miller

If It Hadn’t Been for Those Meddling Climate Kids