If you live in Spokane, you know about its waste-to-energy facility, which burns up to 800 tons of solid waste a day and can generate 22 megawatts of electricity-enough to power 13,000 homes. It is part of Spokane's overall system that encourages

Implausible as it may seem, gasoline powered vehicles can be part of reducing carbon emissions. They need to be part of the solution and not brushed aside. Take, for example, Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana. There is a fleet of 33 tour

Critics contend the U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting how the nation's main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants was a 'gut punch.”

Regenerating millions of western forested acres scorched by large wildfires is a Herculean task costing hundreds of billions. However, healthy growing woodlands are essential to reducing atmospheric CO2 and providing abundant clean air

Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, economies in the industrial world were moving along fairly smoothly with reliable supply chains with 'just in time” component arrivals, predictable product deliveries

Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Patty Murray have their priorities backward when it comes to rebuilding Snake River salmon and steelhead runs. Instead of focusing on ripping out dams with fish passages and navigation locks, they should find ways to reopen

Thinning public woodlands to remove millions of dead trees is a way to generate much-needed cash to reduce wildfire risks, improve forest health, and protect rural homeowners and farms. It is money the U.S.

With COVID-19 vaccines widely dispensed and masking requirements mostly lifted, will 'work from home” end? Will workers return to downtown offices at pre-pandemic levels?

Washington's Board of Natural Resources is considering banning timber harvesting on state lands. That is extremely unwise. Instead, the board must ensure its healthy forest policies incorporate all management tools, including planting, thinning, and

We are only a few of weeks into 2022 and it is already shaping up to be another challenging year for America's 5.5 million family businesses dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Rampant inflation, supply chain bottlenecks, and acute worker