air quality
Plastic bags, clean water: local legislators vote on wide-ranging issues in 2020
March 18, 2020
Mike Sato, Managing Editor
Here’s how 40th and 42nd Legislative District officials voted on selected bills that were passed and sent to the governor for signing or veto by June 11, according to Washington Votes.
A wood stove swap-out is helping clear the air in rural Whatcom County
March 5, 2020
Matt Benoit
The tree-dense Columbia Valley, flanked by Red Mountain to the east and Sumas Mountain to the west, contains at its center around 1,600 homes. Many rely on wood stoves as a primary heat source. As a result, the valley’s large amount of wood smoke often combines with specific weather conditions to produce the county’s worst air quality.