Conrad Swanson

SEATTLE — The bomb cyclone that knocked out power for some half a million people in Western Washington last week exposed the weaknesses in the Pacific Northwest's energy grid.

By The wildfire smoke that blankets much of the American West each summer is likely more harmful than previously understood, especially to older people, scientists found.

The wildfire smoke that blankets much of the American West each summer is likely more harmful than previously understood, especially to older people, scientists found.

The wildfire smoke that blankets much of the American West each summer is likely more harmful than previously understood, especially to older people, scientists found.

The wildfire smoke that blankets much of the American West each summer is likely more harmful than previously understood, especially to older people, scientists found.

The wildfire smoke that blankets much of the American West each summer is likely more harmful than previously understood, especially to older people, scientists found.

Renewable energy development is important but can't come at the expense of the Yakama Nation's natural and cultural resources, a Tribal Council chairman argued

Prices in Washington's fledging carbon market spiked this month, after the state's Climate Commitment Act survived a hard-fought repeal effort in November.

A defunct mill in Cosmopolis, holding hazardous and corrosive chemicals, has failed to submit its emission allowances to the state and now faces penalties.

SEATTLE – The bills are due for Washington's top polluters, which must buy allowances for the greenhouse gases they emit into the atmosphere, and every company paid up – but one.