The Daily Climate

Is climate change impacted by the Ski to Sea race in WA?

The annual Ski to Sea race is one of the more popular events in Bellingham, with over 470 teams competing. However, some are asking whether an event that celebrates what the environment has to offer can also be damaging it.

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Climate change is causing pink snow in the alpine regions

In the spring and summer months, snow in Whatcom County’s mountains can turn pink. The color comes from an algae that can be found in alpine regions across the globe.

Climate change is causing pink snow in the alpine regions

In the spring and summer months, snow in Whatcom County’s mountains can turn pink. The color comes from an algae that can be found in alpine regions across the globe.

Politics

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Bellingham considers ban on natural gas in many buildings

A measure under Bellingham City Council consideration would require new commercial buildings and new apartment buildings more than four stories high to use electricity for heating and water heating, meet certain energy-reduction standards and use solar energy or provide rooftop space for eventual solar energy installation.

Impacts

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Climate change stresses Whatcom outdoor recreation economy

As climate change alters the fabric of the Pacific Northwest, increasing the frequency and severity of heatwaves, wildfires and precipitation extremes, some of outdoor companies are scrambling to adapt their business models to shorter seasons and unpredictable conditions.

Causes

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Vancouver commissioners deal blow to proposed oil terminal

Port of Vancouver commissioners will not renew developers' lease for a big proposed oil-by-rail marine terminal along the Columbia River in Vancouver. Unless the project wins all its permits by March 31, it is likely dead.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

Pacific island nations demand faster climate action from wealthy countries ahead of Cop30

Red and black pump jack in a field with dark clouds in the background.

Interior secretary tilts energy policy toward fossil fuels, sidelining renewables

Island with low green hills with water in the distance.

Alaska’s St. Paul Island struggles to survive as warming seas erase ice and upend life

NOAA scaled back major CO2 report as Earth’s carbon sinks weaken

Two nuclear towers in the distance with smoke emitting from them

Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

CLIMATE

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Is climate change impacted by the Ski to Sea race in WA?

Climate change is causing pink snow in the alpine regions

Climate change is causing pink snow in the alpine regions

Bellingham considers ban on natural gas in many buildings

Climate change stresses Whatcom outdoor recreation economy

Vancouver commissioners deal blow to proposed oil terminal

Pacific island nations demand faster climate action from wealthy countries ahead of Cop30

Interior secretary tilts energy policy toward fossil fuels, sidelining renewables

Alaska’s St. Paul Island struggles to survive as warming seas erase ice and upend life

NOAA scaled back major CO2 report as Earth’s carbon sinks weaken

Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

Trump administration halts work on national climate report, dismissing hundreds of volunteer scientists