John Stang

Even oil companies not participating in the state’s new carbon auction system are pumping up the cost to the consumer.

Waste flushed into Puget Sound harms fish and marine life. A nutrient pricing system — like WA’s cap-and-trade program — may curb pollution.

Critics say that eliminating local control of the 10 populations in favor of a statewide plan could threaten Native treaty rights.

Advocacy organization Let’s Go Washington is gathering signatures on six policy-related petitions that it wants to bring to the Legislature.

Part of the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the path converts abandoned rail lines and links King County to the Idaho border.

Oil companies that buy emissions from the new carbon cap program are passing the cost to consumers at the pump. But are the increases a bug or a feature?

Gov. Jay Inslee and a bipartisan group of legislators are using a low-tech approach to combat deadly warming waters.

SB 5371 expands the buffer zone for endangered southern resident killer whales, who depend on sonar to hunt and communicate in the Salish Sea.

Senate Bill 5069 — one of several marijuana-related bills this legislative session — lays the groundwork for interstate trade.

House fees and shared tips are causing some strip-club workers to actually lose money. Can liquor licenses and increased oversight help?