Archived news and announcements
Environmental services
This archive page provides major news and features related to our environment, for visitors who want to research or re-read older articles and news releases. For the latest news and announcements on this subject, please visit the King County environmental services page.
Jan. 31, 2019
External article, Bellevue Reporter
Local salmon face dire future amid effects of climate change
Oct. 13, 2018
External article, Seattle Times
‘It’s urgent emissions come down’: UW researcher is lead author on stark climate report
Oct. 9, 2018
External article, Seattle Times
Why half a degree of global warming is a big deal
Aug. 1, 2018
External report, Pulitzer Center
We Almost Fixed Climate Change. Why Couldn't We?
Prologue to Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
May 9, 2018
King County sues oil companies for climate impacts
May 8, 2018
Taking emergency action to prevent the possible extinction of native kokanee salmon
Dec. 6, 2016
Natural Resources and Parks is the first King County department to make its operations and purchases carbon neutral
Nov. 3, 2016
External article, New York Times
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change Is Official
Sep. 15, 2016
Executive on state's new carbon rules: We must act on climate change
Sep. 2, 2016
External article, Seattle Times
Hailing cooperation, US and China join global climate deal
Jul. 25, 2016
External article, KCTS9/ earthFIX
An Urban Refuge Where Humans And Wildlife Coexist
Jun. 1, 2016
External article, Seattle P-I
A West Coast climate accord, a new Clean Air Rule announced for state
Mar. 16, 2016
External article, Washington Post
The economy is growing, but carbon emissions aren’t. That’s a really big deal
Feb. 22, 2016
External article, Washington Post
Seas are now rising faster than they have in 2,800 years, scientists say
Jan. 26, 2016
External, Seattle Times
The prospect of climate change and solutions post-Paris
Jan. 20, 2016
External, Seattle Times
2015 hottest year in recorded history — and not by just a little
Jan. 6, 2016
External, Seattle Times
Washington to limit carbon pollution from largest facilities
Nov. 16, 2015
King County adopts one of the boldest climate action plans in the nation
Jul. 17, 2015
External article, TIME Magazine
Last Year Was the Hottest Since Temperature Record Keeping Began
Jun. 30, 2015
Executive delivers bold new plan to confront climate change after hottest June on record
Jun. 22, 2015
External article, Washington Post
Inaction on climate change would cost billions, major EPA study finds
Feb. 25, 2015
External, Seattle Times
Instruments catch greenhouse gas in the act of warming the planet
May 2014
Climate Change: Evidence and Causes
National Academy of Sciences, The Royal Society
- Global land temperature over time
- Atmospheric CO2 over time
- 131 Years of Global Warming in 26 Seconds