Even well-meaning officials often provide inadequate or misleading information, putting communities at higher risk.

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For six years, hundreds of volunteers have counted bumblebees across the Northwest. Their data is shaping pollinator conservation nationwide.

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Tests found PFAS in nearly all the public drinking water in Vancouver, Washington. The city is testing a solution that could take years — and more than $170 million — to build.

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USGS research confirms widespread PFAS contamination in drinking water — including in rural communities and private wells that are almost never tested.

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As spring gets weirder, warmer and less stable, water supplies, ecosystems and agriculture are getting out of whack.

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From a jump in ER visits and gun violence to fears for maternal health, the Northwest’s May heat wave shows the dangers of more moderate, early heat waves.

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In March, conservationists worldwide celebrated the historic agreement, which governs the ocean waters where salmon spend most of their lives.

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Engineers struggled to keep snow geese away from Montana’s deadly Superfund site, but ecologists have a new plan.

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The EPA just proposed new rules on toxic ‘forever chemicals.’

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A parade of atmospheric rivers dumped historic rain and snow on California and beyond. What happens next?

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