environment

University of Idaho study shows outdoors industry supports 5,000 jobs, contributes $50M in state, local taxes

Lawmakers may face a dilemma in the upcoming session. If they alter the state’s landmark climate law, their changes could go before voters alongside a ballot measure to repeal it.

The Environmental Justice Council is concerned the move could undermine efforts to help communities hard-hit by pollution. Supporters say linking is vital for the program’s viability.

Most of the soil at the site in Spokane's East Central neighborhood is clean, but some contaminated soil will be trucked away for disposal.

Environmentalists said they would appeal a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow more natural gas to flow through the Northwest.

More than a dozen communities around the state will share in the federal urban forestry funding, which comes amid concerns about climate change and extreme heat.

It was the agency's first survey of roadside litter in two decades.

The plant in Spokane Valley makes construction materials from wood that would otherwise be burned off as waste.

A warming climate has claimed three more glaciers in Washington state. These three were all on Mount Rainier, home to more ice than any American mountain south of Alaska.

Though all nine of the Supreme Court’s justices agreed on the specific Idaho case under consideration, four justices disagreed with the choice to use the case to redefine the terms of the 1972 Clean Water Act.