College of the Environment

Western Washington University

Troy D. Abel
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, Department of Environmental Studies, Huxley College
- Environmental Sciences
- Spatial Institute - Affiliated Faculty
Person: Faculty
Andrew J. Bach
- College of the Environment - Professor, Environmental Studies
- Spatial Institute - Affiliated Faculty
- Environmental Studies
Person: Faculty
Jenise M. Bauman
- College of the Environment - Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences, Assistant Professor, Huxley College on the Peninsulas
Person: Faculty
Gigi Berardi
- College of the Environment - Professor, Environmental Studies Department, Professor, Huxley College of the Environment
Person: Faculty
Brian L. Bingham
- College of the Environment - Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Marine and Coastal Sciences - Director
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
Patrick H. Buckley
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
- Environmental Studies
Person: Faculty
Andrew G. Bunn
- College of the Environment - Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Institute for Energy Studies - Affiliated Faculty
- Spatial Institute - Affiliated Faculty
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
Donald J. Burgess
- College of the Environment
- Woodring College of Education - Professor, Secondary Education Department and Science Education in SMATE
Person: Faculty, Adjunct
Aquila Flower
- Spatial Institute - Co-Director
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
- Environmental Studies
Person: Faculty
James M. Helfield
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
Tim Kowalczyk
- Chemistry - Assistant Professor
- Advanced Materials Science & Engineering Center (AMSEC) - Assistant Professor of Physical & Computational Chemistry
- Institute for Energy Studies - Assistant Professor
Person: Faculty
Brooke Love
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, Huxley College of the Environment
- Shannon Point Marine Center - Associate Professor, Shannon Point Marine Center
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
Robin A. Matthews
- College of the Environment - Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Institue for Watershed Studies - Director
Person: Emeritus
Manuel D. Montaño
- Environmental Sciences - Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Global Change
Person: Faculty
Mark W. Neff
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, Huxley College of the Environment
- Environmental Studies
Person: Faculty
Gregory W. O'Neil
- Institute for Energy Studies - Affiliated Faculty
- Chemistry - Professor, Department of Chemistry
Person: Faculty
Rebekah Paci-Green
- Resilience Institute - Director
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
- Environmental Studies
Person: Faculty
David L. Patrick
- Institute for Energy Studies - Affiliated Faculty
- Chemistry - Professor, Department of Chemistry
Person: Faculty
John Rybczyk
- College of the Environment - Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
Arthur L. Sherwood
- College of Business and Economics - David Cole Professor of Entrepreneurship
- IDEA Institute - Director
- Institute for Energy Studies - Affiliated Faculty
Person: Faculty
Sharon Shewmake
- College of Business and Economics - Assistant Professor, Economics
- Institute for Energy Studies - Permanent Faculty
Person: Faculty
David H. Shull
- College of the Environment - Professor, Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
Ruth Sofield
- Shannon Point Marine Center - Marine and Estuarine Science Program Faculty
- College of the Environment - Professor, Environmental Sciences, Huxley College of the Environment
Person: Faculty
Nick Stanger
- College of the Environment - Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
- Environmental Studies
Person: Faculty
Angela Strecker
- College of the Environment - Associate Professor; Director, Institute for Watershed Studies
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
Joel N. Swisher
- Institute for Energy Studies - Director
- College of the Environment - Research Professor of Environmental Science
Person: Faculty
Kathryn L. Van Alstyne Dr.
- Shannon Point Marine Center - Marine Scientist, Shannon Point Marine Center
Person: Faculty
David O. Wallin
- College of the Environment - Professor, Environmental Sciences
- Spatial Institute - Affiliated Faculty
- Environmental Sciences
Person: Faculty
Thomas Webler
- College of the Environment - Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies and the Institute for Energy Studies
Person: Faculty

Abiotic variables drive different aspects of fish community trait variation and species richness across the continental United States
McGrew, A., Gantz, C., Wills, B., Baiser, B., Record, S., Zarnetske, P. L. & Strecker, A. L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Animal Ecology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Blue Carbon Stocks Along the Pacific Coast of North America Are Mainly Driven by Local Rather Than Regional Factors
Janousek, C. N., Krause, J. R., Drexler, J. Z., Buffington, K. J., Poppe, K. L., Peck, E., Adame, M. F., Watson, E. B., Holmquist, J., Bridgham, S. D., Jones, S. F., Ward, M., Brown, C. A., Beers, L., Costa, M. T., Diefenderfer, H. L., Borde, A. B., Sheehan, L., Rybczyk, J. & Prentice, C. & 25 others, Gray, A. B., Hinojosa-Corona, A., Ruiz-Fernández, A. C., Sanchez-Cabeza, J. A., Kohfeld, K. E., Ezcurra, P., Ochoa-Gómez, J., Thorne, K. M., Pellatt, M. G., Ricart, A. M., Nahlik, A. M., Brophy, L. S., Ambrose, R. F., Lutz, M., Cornu, C., Crooks, S., Windham-Myers, L., Hessing-Lewis, M., Short, F. T., Chastain, S., Williams, T., Douglas, T., Fard, E., Brown, L. & Goman, M., Mar 2025, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 39, 3, e2024GB008239.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Can students engage in meaningful reconcili-action from within a settler-colonial university system?
Keyes, T., McLane, L. & Stanger, N. R. G., Apr 2025, In: Higher Education. 89, 4, p. 1081-1102 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diastereoselective β-hydroxy vinylsulfone isomerizations
O'Neil, G. W., Clark, T. D., Jones, A. P., Wallace, C., Carnahan, D. M. & Crockett, H., Jan 10 2025, In: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 23, 8, p. 1883-1893 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Earth's Love Letters: Locating loving pedagogies
Crinall, S. M. & Stanger, N. R. G., May 1 2025, In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education. 41, 2, p. 226-248 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Intermolecular N-N Coupling of a Dinitrosyl Iron Complex Induced by Hydrogen Bond Donors in the Secondary Coordination Sphere
Fugami, K. M., Black, G. S., Kowalczyk, T., Seda, T. & Gilbertson, J. D., Mar 5 2025, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147, 9, p. 7274-7281 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Monitoring lead deposition around airports using bulk deposition samplers
Shull, D. H., Jarvis, S. E., Sandoval, M. T. & Montano, M. D., May 2025, In: Chemosphere. 377, 144377.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Next generation Arctic vegetation maps: Aboveground plant biomass and woody dominance mapped at 30 m resolution across the tundra biome
Orndahl, K. M., Berner, L. T., Macander, M. J., Arndal, M. F., Alexander, H. D., Humphreys, E. R., Loranty, M. M., Ludwig, S. M., Nyman, J., Juutinen, S., Aurela, M., Mikola, J., Mack, M. C., Rose, M., Vankoughnett, M. R., Iversen, C. M., Kumar, J., Salmon, V. G., Yang, D. & Grogan, P. & 29 others, Danby, R. K., Scott, N. A., Olofsson, J., Siewert, M. B., Deschamps, L., Maire, V., Lévesque, E., Gauthier, G., Boudreau, S., Gaspard, A., Bret-Harte, M. S., Raynolds, M. K., Walker, D. A., Michelsen, A., Kumpula, T., Villoslada, M., Ylänne, H., Luoto, M., Virtanen, T., Greaves, H. E., Forbes, B. C., Heim, R. J., Hölzel, N., Epstein, H., Bunn, A. G., Holmes, R. M., Natali, S. M., Virkkala, A. M. & Goetz, S. J., Jun 1 2025, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 323, 114717.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Out of the lab and into the environment: the evolution of single particle ICP-MS over the past decade
Goodman, A. J., Benner, B. F. & Montaño, M. D., Jan 29 2025, In: Environmental Science: Nano. 12, 3, p. 1789-1800 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Production of dissolved organic matter from lily pads (Nymphaea odorata) in a mesotrophic freshwater lake
Juetten, K., De Bruyn, W. J., Landram, Z., Jansen, C. D. R., Harrison, A. W., Strecker, A. & Clark, C. D., Apr 2025, In: Aquatic Sciences. 87, 2, 55.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Recent Developments in DFTB+, a Software Package for Efficient Atomistic Quantum Mechanical Simulations
Hourahine, B., Berdakin, M., Bich, J. A., Bonafé, F. P., Camacho, C., Cui, Q., Deshaye, M. Y., Díaz Mirón, G., Ehlert, S., Elstner, M., Frauenheim, T., Goldman, N., González León, R. A., van der Heide, T., Irle, S., Kowalczyk, T., Kubař, T., Lee, I. S., Lien-Medrano, C. R. & Maryewski, A. & 12 others, Melson, T., Min, S. K., Niehaus, T., Niklasson, A. M. N., Pecchia, A., Reuter, K., Sánchez, C. G., Scheurer, C., Sentef, M. A., Stishenko, P. V., Vuong, V. Q. & Aradi, B., Jun 19 2025, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 129, 24, p. 5373-5390 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Resolving the environmental factors that determine pond thermal refuge quality
Fey, S. B., Campbell, E. E., Kuder, H. E., Gibson, D., Smith, A. K., Meier, H. S., Layden, T. J. & Strecker, A. L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

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Symbiont-Mediated Metabolic Shift in the Sea Anemone Anthopleura elegantissima
Carrier, T. J., Elder, H., Macrander, J., Dimond, J. L., Bingham, B. L. & Reitzel, A. M., Apr 2025, In: Molecular Ecology. 34, 8, e17722.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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TBAT-catalyzed dioxasilinane formation from beta-hydroxy ketones
Peterson, H. J. & O'Neil, G. W., Feb 1 2025, In: Tetrahedron. 171, 134418.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Effects of Climatic and Cultural Changes on Grain Agriculture in Northwest Washington
Furness, N. & Flower, A., Mar 2025, In: Geographies. 5, 1, 10.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Tree rings and Earth System Models unveil mid-Holocene alpine climate
Bunn, A. G., Jan 28 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 4, e2426322122.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

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Youth Learning, Leadership, and Stewardship for Environmental Justice (YLLS4EJ)
Abel, T. D., Jan 28 2025
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A Home for Whim W'Him
Berardi, G., Feb 2024, In: Dance Magazine. 98, 2, p. 21 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
BassoC 2024 WA Metal Recycling ESCI498C report 6Jun.pdf
Abel, T. D., Jun 6 2024
Research output: Other contribution

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Coastal Wetlands in the Anthropocene
Day, J., Anthony, E., Costanza, R., Edmonds, D., Gunn, J., Hopkinson, C., Mann, M. E., Morris, J., Osland, M., Quirk, T., Rovai, A., Rybczyk, J., Spencer, T., Stephens, J., Syvitski, J., Twilley, R., Visser, J. & White, J. R., Oct 18 2024, In: Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 49, 1, p. 105-135 31 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Hydroxyl-Directed Regio- and Diastereoselective Allylic Sulfone Reductions with [Sm(H₂O)_n]I₂
Schwans, C. L., Clark, T. D. & O’Neil, G. W., Jan 5 2024, In: Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89, 1, p. 692-700 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Iodine Rearrangements of Tetraallylsilane and Synthesis of Silicon-Stereogenic Organosilanes
Tan, E. D., Wier, K. E. & O’Neil, G. W., Sep 2024, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25, 18, 9996.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Lake and Pond Ecosystems
Strecker, A. L., McGrew, A. & Chiapella, A., Jan 1 2024, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Third Edition: Volume 1-7. Elsevier, p. V1-554-V1-567
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Monitoring Changes to Alkenone Biosynthesis in Commercial Tisochrysis lutea Microalgae
O’Neil, G. W., Keller, A., Balila, J., Golden, S., Sipila, N., Stone, B., Nelson, R. K. & Reddy, C. M., Apr 9 2024, In: ACS Omega. 9, 14, p. 16374-16383 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Past progress in environmental nanoanalysis and a future trajectory for atomic mass-spectrometry methods
Montaño, M. D., Goodman, A. J. & Ranville, J. F., Jul 2024, In: NanoImpact. 35, 100518.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Reconstructing mountain goat history in the Olympic Mountains, USA
Oscarson, M. M., Landguth, E. L. & Wallin, D. O., Oct 2024, In: Population Ecology. 66, 4, p. 250-262 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Regioselective Fluorohydrin Synthesis from Allylsilanes and Evidence for a Silicon-Fluorine Gauche Effect
Clover, A. W., Jones, A. P., Berger, R. F., Kaminsky, W. & O’Neil, G. W., Apr 5 2024, In: Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89, 7, p. 4309-4318 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Simulation of interlayer coupling for electroactive covalent organic framework design
Leo, T. M., Robbins, M., Sullivan, A., Thornes, H., Fitzsimmons, G., Goodey, A. & Kowalczyk, T., May 14 2024, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 160, 18, 184704.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Arctic Plant Aboveground Biomass Synthesis Dataset
Berner, L. T., Orndahl, K. M., Rose, M., Tamstorf, M., Arndal, M. F., Alexander, H. D., Humphreys, E. R., Loranty, M. M., Ludwig, S. M., Nyman, J., Juutinen, S., Aurela, M., Happonen, K., Mikola, J., Mack, M. C., Vankoughnett, M. R., Iversen, C. M., Salmon, V. G., Yang, D. & Kumar, J. & 34 others, Grogan, P., Danby, R. K., Scott, N. A., Olofsson, J., Siewert, M. B., Deschamps, L., Lévesque, E., Maire, V., Morneault, A., Gauthier, G., Gignac, C., Boudreau, S., Gaspard, A., Kholodov, A., Bret-Harte, M. S., Greaves, H. E., Walker, D., Gregory, F. M., Michelsen, A., Kumpula, T., Villoslada, M., Ylänne, H., Luoto, M., Virtanen, T., Forbes, B. C., Hölzel, N., Epstein, H., Heim, R. J., Bunn, A., Holmes, R. M., Hung, J. K. Y., Natali, S. M., Virkkala, A. M. & Goetz, S. J., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Data. 11, 1, 305.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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The influence of sample size and sampling design on estimating population-level intra specific trait variation (ITV) along environmental gradients
Fluck, I. E., Record, S., Strecker, A., Zarnetske, P. L. & Baiser, B., Sep 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 9, e70250.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Slow and Steady: Lake Whatcom Water Quality Update
Strecker, A.
5/3/25
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Reducing water pollution in Lake Whatcom: ‘Plenty of work cut out for us’
Strecker, A.
4/7/25
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Reports from Western Washington University (WWU) Describe Recent Advances in Agriculture (The Effects of Climatic and Cultural Changes on Grain Agriculture in Northwest Washington)
Flower, A.
4/7/25
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Western Washington University Reports Findings in Science (Intermolecular N-N Coupling of a Dinitrosyl Iron Complex Induced by Hydrogen Bond Donors in the Secondary Coordination Sphere)
Seda, T. & Kowalczyk, T.
3/3/25
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Meet the ‘technological optimist’ helping set Washington state’s tech, energy, and climate policy
Shewmake, S.
1/20/25
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Olympia Report: Musical Chairs in the Legislature
Shewmake, S.
1/11/25
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Climate Change in the Salish Sea Bioregion
Flower, A.
12/6/24
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Editorial: What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy; A majority kept the Climate Commitment Act because of its investments, with some help from Bill Nye.
Abel, T. D.
11/29/24
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Editorial: What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy; A majority kept the Climate Commitment Act because of its investments, with some help from Bill Nye.
Abel, T. D.
11/26/24
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What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy
Abel, T. D.
11/25/24
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What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy
Abel, T. D.
11/23/24
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Editorial: What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy
Abel, T. D.
11/23/24
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Editorial: What saved climate act? Good sense and a Science Guy; A majority kept the Climate Commitment Act because of its investments, with some help from Bill Nye.
Abel, T. D.
11/23/24
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The Institute for Watershed Studies
Strecker, A.
11/1/24
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Clean & Prosperous Washington: Nearly 30 Leading Economists Sign Open Letter Opposing Washington State's Initiative 2117 & Warning of Its Costs to State
Shewmake, S.
10/31/24
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Clean & Prosperous Washington: Nearly 30 Leading Economists Sign Open Letter Opposing Washington State's Initiative 2117 & Warning Of Its Costs To State
Shewmake, S.
10/31/24
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Environmental Economics Unplugged
Shewmake, S.
10/21/24
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Bringing Things Together
Bingham, B. L.
10/11/24
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Atoms, Nanoparticles, and Aggregates
Montaño, M. D.
10/7/24
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United States: President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions
Webler, T.
9/29/24 → 9/30/24
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President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions on Sept. 27, 2024
Webler, T.
9/27/24 → 9/28/24
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Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards, Commissions 28 September
Webler, T.
9/27/24
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PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCES KEY APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FRI, 27 SEP 2024
Webler, T.
9/27/24
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A Three Mile Island reactor could restart under Microsoft deal; Constellation Energy signed a 20-year agreement with the technology company to provide power. The plan is likely to face opposition from groups critical of the nuclear industry.
Webler, T.
9/21/24
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Peptide discovery could advance treatment of high blood pressure
Patrick, D. L.
9/9/24
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WWU to host state economics symposium, with STEM hours available for teachers
Shewmake, S.
7/31/24
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WWU to host state economics symposium, with STEM hours available for teachers
Shewmake, S.
7/31/24
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Climate program will fund state help for low-income energy customers
Abel, T. D.
7/30/24
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Where do WA’s candidates for governor stand on climate change?
Abel, T. D.
7/30/24
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One-fifth of WA households will be eligible for $200 off electricity bills
Abel, T. D.
7/29/24 → 7/30/24
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