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Where do WA鈥檚 candidates for governor stand on climate change?

Alternatively, Troy Abel, a professor of environmental policy with Western Washington University, said the omission might make sense. National polling indicates climate change among issues that motivate voters鈥

EPA tightened refinery regs. Why did emissions rise?

At Western Washington University located near Seattle, Troy Abel said he has 鈥渮ero confidence鈥 that stronger standards alone can be trusted to reduce health risks.

Environmental regulations 鈥渁re only as good as their enforcement,鈥 said Abel, a professor of environmental policy who has鈥

草榴社区's Troy Abel named to the EPA's environmental justice panel
13 草榴社区 Students Receive Award in EPA's 2023 Environmental Justice Video Challenge
Air stagnation event causing extra concern for areas prone to poor air quality

Days into an , special attention is being paid to the Duwamish Valley 鈥 an area known to have air quality concerns. 

So far, the鈥

Dangerous air: Duwamish Valley residents highlight concerns over the air they breathe

It鈥檚 hard to tell whether people who don鈥檛 live, or frequent, the area truly understand the burden shouldered by the people who live in the Duwamish Valley. Encouraging regional headlines have a way of muting local concerns. Troy Abel, a professor of environmental policy at Western Washington,鈥

Opinion: Clean air everywhere, for everyone in Washington

Recently, legislative debates turned from carbon pricing to the Healthy Environment for All Act (HEAL) uplifting environmental justice (EJ). This is important legislation, but what we really need are bold solutions and different laws addressing a persistent form of unjust and ongoing pollution.鈥

Opinion: Clean air everywhere, for everyone in Washington

Recently, legislative debates turned from carbon pricing to the Healthy Environment for All Act (HEAL) uplifting environmental justice (EJ). This is important legislation, but what we really need are bold solutions and different laws addressing a persistent form of unjust and ongoing pollution.鈥

In South Seattle, teens collect moss to help ID air quality

Residents of Seattle鈥檚 Duwamish River Valley have long known they suffer from high levels of air pollution. Air pollution that comes from nearby heavy industry, highways and air traffic has plagued South Seattle neighborhoods.

To the point that we have 13 years of life鈥

South Seattle residents want greener neighborhoods 鈥 without more gentrification

South Seattle has long been a center of industrial development. But those tech workers who may be looking south for their new bungalow soon? They are pouring into South Lake Union and Ballard, sections of Seattle that once housed lots of industry 鈥 industry鈥

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