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Climate change is darkening Seattle’s water forecast
One of the country’s fastest-growing cities suddenly has a long-term water problem. The weather was uncharacteristically drizzly for late summer when Seattle Public Utilities tour guide Ralph Naess,...
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Visiting Seattle’s off-limits watershed to learn about climate change
Showing remarkable foresight, Seattle voters in 1889 approved a plan to launch a city-run water system to bring water to the city from the Cedar River watershed. The water system started operating in...
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The thrift store chain that dressed up like a charity and got sued
A thrift store. Thousands of costumes. An attorney general’s lawsuit. “Every used item in this store was PURCHASED from our non-profit partners.” Emblazoned on the wall behind cash registers at a...
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As Development Booms, Seattle Gives Up on Green Space
From atop a steep slope above Myers Way in West Seattle, Cass Turnbull peers over a tangle of blackberry bushes. Her perch affords her an exceptional view of the distant Cascades. But her gaze fixes...
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Seattle won’t sell off largest remaining potential park space
Adiel KaplanOpen space advocates and a city official walk through the Myers Way parcels together. From left to right: Hugo Alamillo of North Seattle College’s Biology Department, Daniel Bretzke of the...
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Seattle’s long-neglected tree canopy is on a collision course with development
Tawny Bates knows the trees in her neighborhood well. She points them out as she walks down the street on a recent afternoon — the big leaf maple, a chestnut, a willow, a blue spruce. These towering...
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Will Seattle (finally) protect trees?
A jogger passes big trees on private land in Queen Anne. Photo by Adiel Kaplan/InvestigateWest It’s been nearly a decade since the City of Seattle set out to protect the pollution-catching,...
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Seattle minorities shorted on tree canopy, city study shows
Clad in bright blue polyester vests emblazoned with Chinese characters, the Chinatown-International District Block Watch volunteers spend a Tuesday evening canvassing the neighborhood’s low slopes on...
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As Alaska’s deadliest catches become more regulated, “Slipper Skippers”...
Halibut fishing is cold, hard work, but lacks the TV-ready sex appeal of Alaskan crab. Courtesy of Lee van der Voo. Before you feel sorry for anybody in this story, meet Jared Bright. And remember...
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