SEATTLE — A push by activists to save a large Douglas fir from being cut down in Seattle may have convinced a developer to spare the tree and redesign plans to build housing around it. The Douglas fir ...

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. SEATTLE — Across the U.S., cities are struggling ...

A towering giant sequoia tree in Seattle’s Green Lake neighborhood—that could have survived for over a century—may now be removed by the city. The massive tree, believed by activists to be the largest ...