From country towns to South Seattle, activists say the government must listen to long-marginalized communities that feel climate change’s biggest impacts.

From floods to wildfires, mapping programs in Cascadia are showing scientists which communities face higher risk. 

During a decade when the region’s governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists who came together to stop exports surpassed their wildest expectations.

Washington, Oregon and British Columbia all pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions, and all fell short. Why?