Amanda Zhou

6 days ago | seattletimes.com | Amanda Zhou |Erika Schultz

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. SOUTH PARK — The water came with no warning.

1 week ago | elsoldeyakima.com | Amanda Zhou

Si usted es de los que disfrutan separar el plástico y el papel del resto de la basura, esta es una buena noticia: Washington está por ampliar significativamente el acceso al reciclaje. El gobernador Bob Ferguson firmó este mes la “Ley de Reforma del Reciclaje”, a la que calificó como “la mayor transformación de nuestro sistema de reciclaje en décadas”.

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Amanda Zhou

If you love sorting your plastic and paper waste from the rest of the trash, this is good news for you: Washington state is set to significantly expand access to recycling. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law this month the “Recycling Reform Act,” which he called the “biggest overhaul of our recycling system in decades.”For years, access to recycling varied widely across the state, and most recyclable items ended up in landfills or were burned.

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Amanda Zhou

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation.

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Amanda Zhou

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. Wearing a bright orange and gray dry suit, Ashley Townes stepped into the murky water of Lake Washington under a yellow moon.