Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.
The issues are maddeningly complex and politically explosive. Here's a close look at the bedeviled Klamath River basin, where a seeming agreement is dividing the greens.
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Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.
The dispute over an event at West Seattle's Lincoln Park unleashes a "cycle" of anger. Once again, parks make good battlefields.
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Posted Fri, Oct 16, 6 a.m.
The author of a new book on Oregon's little-remembered disaster finds some enduring truths while researching the tragedy.
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Posted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.
Using a state pilot project, the Cascade Land Conservancy has made it possible to preserve historic Hidden Valley Camp for future generations. It's more than a win for holding back sprawl, it also saves an incubator of the Northwest's conservation ethic.
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Posted Tue, Oct 13, 6 a.m.
Volunteers, artists, and an absentee landowner are together creating a P-Patch honoring the father of the University District Street Fair.
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Posted Fri, Oct 2, 6 a.m.
Newfoundland went centuries believing it could never exhaust its abundance of cod. Until it did. A reflection from the waters of Vashon Island and Mistaken Point.
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Posted Wed, Sep 30, 6 a.m.
'Flood control is an oxymoron,' one expert says. Maybe, instead of spending so much money trying to control our rivers, we should buy out property owners and let the water run free.
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Posted Wed, Sep 30, 6 a.m.
A memorable stay at a wilderness lodge in Denali National Park shows a rare example of faithfully carrying out the Park Service's mission of conserving wildlife unimpaired. For now.
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Posted Wed, Sep 23, 6 a.m.
A Biological Opinion factors in the effect of climate change on California salmon runs and the orcas that depend on them. So why is the recent BiOp by NOAA on the Columbia and Snake so oblivious?
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Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m.
Climate change is the new normal in the Northwest. Adapt or broil (and get wet).
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Posted Fri, Sep 18, 6 a.m.
Seattle has a great international brand, but locally, the Emerald City image is tarnished. New leadership could give us a fresh start.
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Posted Tue, Sep 15, 3:34 p.m.
Salmon advocates had expected a move toward study of breaching dams as a remedy for declining runs on the Snake and Columbia. Instead, they got a "split-the-baby" decision that may please neither side of this hot political issue.
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Posted Thu, Sep 10, 6 a.m.
The sea is rising, and may go up about a foot in the next 100 years in Puget Sound. That's serious, but much less alarming than the usual figures cited.
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Posted Thu, Aug 27, 6 a.m.
They're working on it, and the average life span just went up another 72 days. Here's a survey of some current scientific approaches to reversing aging.
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Posted Mon, Aug 17, 6 a.m.
Judge Ricardo Martinez broadly rejected the Corps of Engineers' approval of the request, even offering some sweeping language about 'cumulative impact' of such projects. A victory for Puget Sound, or just an eddy against the bigger tide?
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Posted Tue, Aug 4, 6:02 p.m.
Its stunning raid of Seattle-based NOAA ships culminates a story going back 40 years, and rewards some smart economic planning
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Posted Tue, Aug 4, 6 a.m.
When you look into the oceans of problems plastic bags create, the case for Seattle's well-crafted grocery-bag fee becomes overwhelming. And the opponents' arguments are underwhelming.
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Posted Fri, Jul 24, 6 a.m.
Gary Locke seems to be hands-on in helping to solve the diplomatic problem of U.S. expo participation in Shanghai.
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Posted Thu, Jul 16, 6 a.m.
Forty years ago, we all experienced something we've tried to duplicate ever since: an inspiring global moment that was both scientific and spiritual. But even then, some of us were of two minds about the moon landing.
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Posted Wed, Jul 15, 6 a.m.
A long dispute over the way U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service operates its hatchery has moved to the courts. The case involves a prominent nearby landowner, Harriet Bullitt, and sheds light on the impact of hatcheries and water diversions.
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Posted Mon, Nov 2, 2:51 p.m.
A shooting in BC answers the question
MOREPosted Fri, Oct 23, 10:10 a.m.
That is, if Washington and the U.S. follow suit. The name would enhance but not supplant existing names for inland waters on either side of the border.
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 15, 6 a.m.
It's fall, which means time to turn up the heat. For our writer, who appreciates every step from felling a tree to stacking a cord, there's nothing like heating a home with a fire.
MOREPosted Wed, Sep 16, 6 a.m.
What one vessel caught in Alaska this summer, and other tales of how eco-unfriendly cruise ships are.
MOREPosted Thu, Aug 20, 3 p.m.
In an unusual act of international cooperation, the proposal to name the inland waters of the Pacific Northwest is being handled by both countries at once.
MOREPosted Thu, Aug 6, 4:30 p.m.
Recent Northwest examples of the government failing to follow its own rules on protecting heritage.
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Cooler weather and voluntary conservation saved the day, but the underlying problems with Lake Whatcom remain
MOREPosted Sun, Aug 9, 1:10 p.m.
They may be good for the environment, but they aren't exactly seaworthy
MOREPosted Fri, Jul 31, noon
A Vancouver, BC architect will represent the USA at the Shanghai expo.
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