Bellamy Pailthorp
Environment ReporterBellamy Pailthorp covers the KNKX environment beat with an emphasis on climate justice, human health and food sovereignty. Bellamy likes reporting stories about how we will power our future while maintaining healthy cultures and livable cities. Story tips can be sent to bpailthorp@knkx.org.
Fluent in German, Bellamy worked in Berlin and has a masters in journalism from Columbia University. She joined KNKX (then KPLU) in 1999. From 2000-2012, she covered the business and labor beat for KNKX. Outside work, she practices yoga, enjoys tasting new foods and is frequently on the water with her rowing team.
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The tribe is joining Portland-based Skip Technology to make large-scale flow batteries that would be ideal for storing intermittent energy sources like solar and wind.
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Representatives from dozens of Indigenous nations came together at the Muckleshoot Reservation in Auburn, Washington, for the sixth National Tribal Leaders Climate Summit.
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A proposed project in Port Angeles aims to neutralize ocean acidification and remove carbon from the air, but some are concerned about unintended impacts on the local marine ecosystem.
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According to NOAA, an ‘unusual mortality event' that was killing off gray whales on the west coast has ended. But climate change is adding uncertainty to their conclusions.
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The U.S. Coast Guard has developed a new system to try to reduce the number of whales hit by vessels. It's a 4-year pilot project in the waters in and around Seattle.
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A Tacoma park where blueberries can be picked for free during the summer is about to add a year-round food forest for gleaning after receiving a state urban forestry grant.
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The "Sounders" returned to the Puget Sound region during their annual migration. However, the whales' early arrival could signal widespread hunger and starvation.
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The City of Tacoma is working to increase the density and affordability of housing while also adding tree protections that could be the first of its kind for the state.
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The tribe filed suit under the Endangered Species Act because they say the wall is harming three species of endangered fish, including Chinook salmon. A judge ruled in favor of the tribe Friday, after visiting the dam site.
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A proposal to link Washington's market for carbon pollution allowanced with its counterparts in California and Québec is gaining traction in Olympia.