How Cascadia has faltered in addressing climate change
Washington, Oregon and British Columbia all pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions, and all fell short. Why? by Twenty-year-old Aji Piper was 15 when he became a plaintiff in a landmark lawsuit in which youths are suing the U.S. government on the grounds that it is continuing to allow climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. He is pictured here wearing a mask to protect himself during one of Washington's climate-driven smoke emergencies. (Alex Garland) With dozens of people killed by wildfires in the western U.S., millions of acres scorched and choking smoke spreading far into British ...