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By Caitlin Soler
Storytelling for Social Change Intern, Summer 2023
When we think of climate change in the Pacific Northwest, environmental impacts are increasingly at the forefront of our minds: raging wildfires, flooding, and breaking weather records. Two years ago, the Pacific Northwest Heat Dome broke heat records in cities across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and Nevada. In many places, temperatures were 30 degrees above the seasonal average; Seattle alone measured 107°F.