Politics Cap-and-trade, climate change return to the 2024 WA Legislature On the agenda starting Jan. 8: Spending Washington’s carbon tax, tweaking the cap-and-invest program and taking a stab at utility rebates. by John Stang / January 3, 2024
Environment Gas prices too high? WA residents may get $200 back for utilities The Legislature considers offering rebates to middle- and low-income households to offset fuel costs blamed on the new cap-and-invest program. by John Stang / February 22, 2024
Environment WA’s carbon pricing system may fund $200M for new electric ferries But if voters repeal the cap-and-trade program in a November referendum, the plan to convert three diesel vessels to hybrid may need other funding sources. by John Stang / March 4, 2024
Politics WA Legislature revs up plan to electrify 10,000 school buses A bill to switch from diesel vehicles — plus $50M from cap-and-trade revenue — passed out of the Legislature, but did not offer a timeline. by John Stang / March 8, 2024
Politics How FDR enacted his 'public option' Farmers didn't seem worth helping out with electricity by Bob Simmons / September 8, 2009
Environment A tough new effort to preserve Skagit Valley farmland The Skagit River Delta by Bob Simmons / September 1, 2009
Environment A respite from water rationing in Bellingham Lake Whatcom in Bellingham, Wash. (Creative Commons / Wikimedia) by Bob Simmons / August 4, 2009
Politics How evading oil spill liability is helped by a Seattle tragedy The Princess Sophia, circa 1915. The photo may have been taken in Vancouver, B.C. by Bob Simmons / June 2, 2010
Tech The woods that broke the bank: development or preservation as park? Part of the proposed Chuckanut Ridge development in Bellingham. by Bob Simmons / January 13, 2011
Environment Whatcom County's money-saving plan: let developers' attorneys write land-use laws Last year, the county took a money-saving approach to another environmental issue by letting homeowners inspect their own septic tanks. by Bob Simmons / January 13, 2011