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Environmentalist and Grammy winner Carole King testifies in House committee on forest management

Environmentalist and Grammy winner Carole King testifies in House committee on forest management

by Quinn Clark | Mar 18, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Environmental activist and singer-songwriter Carole King criticized the U.S. Forest Service’s use of logging as a way to combat wildfires at a House hearing Wednesday, saying that logging operations contribute to carbon emissions. “I...
Lawmakers push for ‘equitable action’ to fund fight against climate change

Lawmakers push for ‘equitable action’ to fund fight against climate change

by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 9, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both parties Wednesday vowed to develop a federal plan to “deliver actionable tools and resources” to fight climate change in the wake of a series of recent climate reports that outline the urgent need to reduce carbon...
Q&A: Gov. Jay Inslee’s Thoughts on Countering Climate Change in the State of Washington and Beyond

Q&A: Gov. Jay Inslee’s Thoughts on Countering Climate Change in the State of Washington and Beyond

by Ariel Gans | Mar 4, 2022 | Environment

Last year, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who ran an historic—if unsuccessful—climate-centered campaign for president in 2019, signed two major climate initiatives into law, as part of his state’s Climate Commitment Act. The first initiative established a cap-and-trade...
The State of the Environment takes back seat at Biden’s first State of the Union

The State of the Environment takes back seat at Biden’s first State of the Union

by Jonathan Lehrfeld and Isabel Miller | Mar 2, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — The climate crisis, which President Joe Biden has previously called an “existential threat to humanity,” received little attention during his first State of the Union. “We’ll create good jobs for millions of Americans, modernizing...
Republican states ask Supreme Court to take carbon-restricting powers from EPA

Republican states ask Supreme Court to take carbon-restricting powers from EPA

by Isabel Miller | Feb 28, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday considered an Obama administration regulation to regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants. Coal companies and several Republican states, led by West Virginia, want to limit the Clean Power Plan from 2015 that never...
Federal bill adds $5 million a year to UW-Madison bioenergy research center

Federal bill adds $5 million a year to UW-Madison bioenergy research center

by Courtney Degen | Feb 22, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, a federally funded research center led by UW-Madison, would receive an additional $5 million in funding each year through 2026 from legislation that passed the House earlier this month but still faces...
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