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Extension Metro Center to present Urban Green Infrastructure Summit, Feb. 21-22 Metro areas face challenges from flooding, air and water quality, urban heat islands, chronic…

Seattle City Council this week approved a timeline for tearing down the Highway 99 viaduct. Damaged by an earthquake in 2001, the double-decker highway is…

From police interactions to pay equity, a new survey examines how women of different races and ethnicities encounter bias. A new survey shows that Native American women…

Political conservatives are particularly unwilling to accept the reality of climate change. Recent research reiterated this reluctance, and noted that it appears to stem from “worry about…

In their efforts to discredit renewable energy and support continued fossil fuel burning, many anti-environmentalists have circulated a dual image purporting to compare a lithium mine with…

Last year, the population of King County grew 48,600, or 2.3%. The housing stock grew 14,700, or 1.6%. The gap, 0.7%, is a rough measure…

Seattle’s elected officials want developers to build more family-sized apartments — the two- and three-bedroom units that could offer parents and children an alternative to…

Every day this summer, Jeanne Hyde scanned the waters off the west side of San Juan Island, hoping that the killer whales would show up.…

Seattle is again the fastest growing city in the country. Our beautiful natural environment, diverse communities, and strong job market all serve to attract people…

Abstract To help ensure Extension’s relevance and accessibility to an increasingly diverse population, the National Urban Extension Leaders group created a framework based on historical…