An unusually cold storm on the mountain peaks along the West Coast delivered a hint of winter in August. st.news/4dCAPxf

NEW deep-sea drama: The Brazilian oceanographer poised to helm the world's seabed mining agency (ISA) is planning to investigate allegations of corruption and mismanagement surrounding her predecessor, Michael Lodge. In E&E News: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

Breaking: A coalition of community groups just announced that they’re filing a recall campaign against Spokane County Commissioner Al French, accusing him of covering up the PFAS scandal

New: This week, the removal of four dams along the California-Oregon border is expected to wrap up after decades of work. The Klamath River will flow freely for the first time in more than a century… sfchronicle.com/california/art…

University of Washington program works with tribes to fight toxins behind shellfish harvesting closures, via the The Seattle Times seattletimes.com/seattle-news/u…

“This legislation will help right a historic wrong." A recently introduced bill would give 72 acres of old-growth forest back to the Quinault Indian Nation. kuow.org/stories/wester…

The last two dams have been breached, and the Klamath River is flowing freely for the first time in more than a century. Here are some views of the river running through the drained reservoirs. latimes.com/environment/st…

By popular demand (at least two readers), here's my video - What it’s like to ride the new Lynnwood light rail train seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t… via The Seattle Times

.City of Spokane is doing an ongoing performance audit on its responses to public records requests. The results so far? The city is struggling to acknowledge all records requests within five business days, failing to do so 24% of the time. bit.ly/4dKfOR3 by Emry Dinman

Another important piece by Zoya Teirstein Published by grist Can the US census keep up with climate-driven displacement? grist.org/extreme-weathe… #Louisiana #census #climate #geography

As sea levels rise, the shallow groundwater table in coastal communities will also rise. Learn more about the associated hazards in Puget Sound at a virtual workshop from the Shoreline Coastal Planners Group on September 12. Register here: coastalplanners.org/upcoming-webin… #SGResilience

WA lands commissioner recount results: Democrat Upthegrove poised to advance to general seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c… w/ Amanda Zhou

Just 53 votes may have clinched King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove’s ticket to a November faceoff with former Republican U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c…

After a statewide recount, it appears that Democrats avoided getting locked out of the November general election for WA lands commissioner by just 53 votes

Maybe it's time I say something: Monday I will start my new gig as law and justice editor at The Seattle Times. Story ideas and tips and tricks can go to [email protected]. Looking forward to working on the most important beat in Washington.

Story from me today about allegations that Let's Go Washington, among other things, hasn't been transparent with its financial disclosure statements. spokesman.com/stories/2024/s…

In a statement shared Wednesday morning by her campaign manager Sam Cardwell, Sue Kuehl Pederson conceded the race. However, the campaign said through email around two hours later: “this statement has been rescinded.” latest w/Amanda Zhou seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c…

90 degrees in September in Seattle? It's not common. In fact, in the past 40 years, it's occurred just 12 times. Between 1991 and 2011, it didn't happen once. Seattle's record for today of 88 set back in 1973 looks likely to be eclipsed. #wawx

Went on KUOW Public Radio Soundside to talk about PFAS and the recall attempt against Commissioner French yesterday. Listen here: kuow.org/stories/pfas-i…

Today on sound politics: can astronauts vote … for lands commissioner??? We talk ballot curing, recounts, and have Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) on to talk about whether the stranded Starliner astronauts will be able to vote since they’ll now be up there till next year kuow.org/podcasts/sound…