Stories with 'environment' tag

10 jobs that will help shape a zero-emissions future

An economy based on healing the climate could spawn new livelihoods across Cascadia. The Tyee tell us which jobs to look out for in a zero-emissions future.

/ June 16, 2021

Cleaning Up What Can’t Plug In

Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels to the max, and more.

/ April 23, 2021

Visualizing Climate: Vulnerable Communities

Researchers, government workers, and advocates are using mapping programs in Cascadia to see how inequities extend to climate and pollution risks.

/ February 23, 2021

A Thin Green Line with Global Impact

Part two of Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia from Investigate West. How activists stopped 20+ PNW fossil fuel proposals.

/ January 19, 2021

Meet your local beekeeper: Robin David

Robin David works for Best Bees, a company that helps corporations and private residents maintain their own beehives and also collect data for research.

/ January 14, 2021

A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled In Cascadia

Part one of InvestigateWest’s series “Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia,” explores how Cascadia fell short of their climate change goals.

/ January 11, 2021

Recycling plastic isn’t easy — but the PNW has some ideas of how to fix that

Read on for how you can help. (📸: The Evergrey illustration) Support Local Entrepreneurs Fighting Climate Change We are a nonprofit fighting climate change by providing funding and holistic support to cleantech entrepreneurs. Join us today. This series is sponsored by VertueLab. VertueLab did not provide editorial input. Recycling is easy … right? Theoretically, yes, but […]

/ August 27, 2020

In Puget Sound, studying poop to save the orca whales

TODAY’S SEATTLE CATALYST: Sam Wasser is the director for the University of Washington’s Center for Conservation Biology. WHAT HE’S DOING: Sam’s work has taken him around the globe. He’s battled ivory trafficking in Africa, studied wolves in Eastern Washington, and kept an eye on our own southern resident killer whales. His primary research tool: studying animal […]

/ March 26, 2019