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KUOW's environment beat brings you stories on the ongoing cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, alternative energy, the health of the Puget Sound, coal transportation and more. We're also partnered with several stations across the Northwest to bring you environmental news via EarthFix.

Billy Frank Jr. Remembered, White House Climate Report, And Metro's Funding 'Plan C'

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Billy Frank, Jr., a veteran of the fish wars, died at the age of 83, leaving a lasting legacy for tribal rights and the Northwest environment.

A White House report foretells more rain, droughts and  big storms due to climate change; Nisqually Indian civil rights leader and environmental activist Billy Frank, Jr. dies; and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray comes out against a city-only initiative to fund bus service in Seattle.

Steve Scher recaps the news of the week with Crosscut's Knute Berger, news analyst Joni Balter, The Stranger's Eli Sanders and LiveWire host Luke Burbank.

Week In Review Extra

[asset-audio[{"description": "", "fid": "36263", "uri": "public://201405/59WIREXTRA.mp3"}]]The Seattle City Council began hammering out the mayor's plan to raise the city's minimum wage this week; an idea that's spreading to other cities like Tacoma and New York. How will Seattle politics shape the national conversation on inequality?

Year started with KUOW: 2012