Emily Schwing
High Country News
Spokane, WA, United States
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Alaska whaling communities pilot a project to keep traditional ice cellars frozen — High Country News – Know the West
‘You can’t put half a whale in a little home freezer.’ → Read More
How far can $25 million go to relocate a community that’s disappearing into Alaska’s melting permafrost? — High Country News – Know the West
A recent Interior Department grant aims to help residents in Newtok move to higher ground, but it’s just a sliver of what’s needed. → Read More
Alaska's Protective Sea Ice Wall Is Crumbling because of the Climate Crisis
A massive storm slammed into Alaska’s western coast, and there was no ice to stop it. → Read More
Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange, threatening drinking water — High Country News – Know the West
Scientists think climate change may be the culprit. → Read More
If Sea Ice Melts in the Arctic, Do Trees Burn in California?
A new study links sea ice decline with increasing wildfire weather in the Western United States. → Read More
A Treasure Trove of Dinosaur Bones in Italy Rewrites the Local Prehistoric Record
New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago. → Read More
Answering an Age Old Mystery: How do Birds Actually Fly?
Equally surprising is the fact that we still do not know how birds actually stay airborne. → Read More
As Forests Burn, A Climate Puzzle Materializes in the Far North
A 15-year study of where carbon lies in boreal forests has unearthed a surprising finding. → Read More
A Canary in an Ice-Rich, Slumping Rock Glacier in Alaska
Here’s what we can learn about climate change and infrastructure from Denali National Park’s only road. → Read More
A Remote Resort Town Struggles To Find Restaurant Workers For The Summer Season
When dinner service gets into full swing at Jack Sprat, the kitchen and waitstaff hit their groove, making and serving dishes such as roasted beet galette → Read More
Sloths Slowly Cavort by Day Now
The disappearance of their predators in a disturbed ecosystem has turned Atlantic forest sloths from night creatures to day adventurers. → Read More
How OSHA Has Failed to Protect America’s Workers From COVID-19
Efforts to create a federal rule to protect workers from infectious diseases were put on ice in President Donald Trump’s first year in office. → Read More
Indigenous youth take global stage in Madrid to voice climate change worries
This week, a delegation of Indigenous youth have delivered a collective message to United Nations leadership: Take meaningful action on climate change. → Read More
Northwest Lawmakers Grapple With Death Penalty Legislation
Four Bills in Washington’s legislature this year offer differing views on the death penalty following a state Supreme Court decision last year. A similar debate is playing out in Oregon. Companion bills in Washington’s House and Senate would replace a death sentence with life in prison without parole for anyone convicted of first degree aggravated murder. Senator Reuven Carlyle, a Democrat from… → Read More
Hungry Like The ... Bainbridge Wolf? Bill Highlights Differing East/West Views On Washington Wolves
A bill in the Washington state House of Representatives would create a wolf sanctuary on Bainbridge Island. And while the bill’s sponsor, Republican Joel Kretz, knows it’s unlikely to even get a hearing, he said he introduced it to make a point. → Read More
Washington Legislators Consider Statewide Native American Voting Rights Act
A bill in the Washington Senate seeks to improve voting rights for Native Americans. → Read More
Jesuits sent priests accused of sexual abuse to retire on Gonzaga's campus
A 20-month investigation shows the extent the Catholic Church's order of Jesuits, aka Society of Jesus, used Northwest Native reservations and Alaska Native communities as "dumping grounds" for clergy with credible accusations of sex abuse. Instead of being prosecuted or removed from ministry, many were sent to other remote assignments, and housed in a retirement community on the Gonzaga… → Read More
Jesuits sent abusive priests to retire on Gonzaga's campus
On the surface, Father James Poole seemed like the cool priest in Nome, Alaska. He founded a Catholic mission radio station that broadcast his Jesuit sermons alongside contemporary pop hits. → Read More
Jesuits sent abusive priests to retire on Gonzaga's campus
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Jesuits sent abusive priests to retire on Gonzaga's campus
On the surface, Father James Poole seemed like the cool priest in Nome, Alaska. He founded a Catholic mission radio station that broadcast his Jesuit sermons alongside contemporary pop hits. A 1978 story in People magazine called Poole Western Alaska's Hippest DJ . Comin' at Ya with Rock'n'Roll 'n' Religion. → Read More