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Adrift and afraid, Seattle's outraged NIMBY needs someone to blame
Local PACs People for Seattle and Moms for Seattle are fueling a toxic politics and exploiting anxiety about a precarious economy and a confusing world.
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Harnessing fire made us human — then we got greedy. Welcome to the Pyrocene
The Ice Age has given way to a fire age. A historian of fire weighs in on its power and peril.
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Finding hints of our future in the epic blazes of the Northwest's past
A visit to the site of the Norse Peak fire — the worst in Western Washington since the Yacolt Burn of 1902 — reveals both the promise and limits of human forest management.
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Climate change got you down? There's a word for what you're feeling
I lived through Hurricane Katrina and mourn what was lost. Now, in a land vulnerable to wildfires, I fear for my new home in the Pacific Northwest.
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Maternal health equity in Washington must start with fairer funding opportunities
After the Department of Health awarded a significant grant to a Swedish Hospital program, many smaller community organizations were left in the dark.