Storyline: Liberal Democrats and activists are pushing the party to back a four-part plan to rapidly wean the U.S. economy off fossil fuels and position climate change as a central issue in the 2020 election. The resolution called the “New Green Deal” was released on Thursday and its branding harkens back to the days of… Read More
Businesses supporting tax to deal with climate change
Storyline: Seattle is experiencing the effects of climate change first hand. It’s a contributing factor in the increasing number of forest fires that blanket the city in smoke. It has damaged oyster farms in nearby Puget Sound by altering the acidity of the Pacific Ocean. And the declining snowpack and earlier snowmelt in the mountains are… Read More