Study challenges circular fashion’s economic and environmental claims
A new study suggests that circular fashion (CF) – the practice of recycling, reselling, and renting clothing to reduce waste...
Environmental Policies
New Habitat Protection Order Spells Trouble for Sprawl Developers and Highway 413
After more than 15 years of delays, federal laws now prohibit activities that would destroy the habitat of the endangered...
Live: Two eagle eggs are hatching in Jackie and Shadow’s nest: ‘It’s been a roller coaster’
Beloved bald eagle parents Jackie and Shadow may be parents again after two eggs have started to hatch in their...
Brewing tea removes lead from water
Scanning electron microscope image of black tea leaves, magnified by 300 times. Black tea, which is wilted and fully oxidized,...
Biotech Firm Unveils ‘Woolly Mice,’ a Step Toward Recreating Woolly Mammoths
A U.S. biotech firm working to bring back extinct animals said it had reached a milestone in its quest to...
Do wildlife crossings work?
There are fewer than 20 red wolves living in the wild, all in Eastern North Carolina. Once common throughout the...
What happens to fish (and humans) when fish eat plastic?
By Caroline Johnson, intern Why do fish eat plastic? Fish are exposed to microplastic in even the deepest depths...
Let there be light: Local Church ‘Goes Solar’
Media, PA – Local officials and residents joined leaders from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County (UUCDC) and the...
Killer whales amaze Seattle onlookers with a rarely seen bird hunt
SEATTLE (AP) — A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle on Sunday by treating...
What Trump’s order on cutting federal forests could mean for the Pacific Northwest
Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond....
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