EXPLAINED: 2 | Vintage Vibes

BP finds leak in major Pacific Northwest pipeline, resumes delivering fuel to Seattle-Tacoma airport

Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025

Senator demands answers on Northwest fuel pipeline shutdown that could affect Thanksgiving travel

A federal lawmaker is demanding answers from BP about a petrochemical leak that forced the shutdown of a Pacific Northwest fuel pipeline

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025

Ten Years After My First Twin Peaks Watch, I Am Drawn Into the Strange Warmth of David Lynch’s Pacific Northwest and Americana-Inspired Interiors

The beloved '90s show is distinct in its visual design, from its nature-inspired furnishings to its devotion to the color red, and I am hooked

Homes & Gardens · Nov 13, 2025

‘There’s no such thing as someone else’s children’ – Omar El Akkad bears witness to the destruction of Gaza and the West’s quiet assent

Omar El Akkad does not want you to look away. An award-winning journalist and novelist, El Akkad was born in Egypt, lived as a teenager in Qatar and Canada, and migrated as an adult to the US, where he now lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest.

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2025

‘The stakes are life and death’: The US is not prepared for wildfire season after sweeping DOGE cuts, report says

Forecasters predict above-average fire potential this year across California, Montana, Texas, and much of the Pacific Northwest

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025

Ancient groundwater records reveal worrying forecast for US Southwest

Groundwater records from the last ice age indicate that aquifers in the U.S. Southwest are more sensitive to global warming than aquifers in the Pacific Northwest.

LiveScience · Jun 19, 2025

Is Anyone At Risk From the Axial Seamount Volcano Eruption?

The Axial Seamount volcano is an underwater volcano 300 miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.

Latin Times · May 9, 2025

Huge underwater volcano situated off US coast could erupt 'any day now', scientists warn

The Axial Seamount is the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest and is reaching critical levels

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

'The Big One' could rock the Pacific Northwest and fuel sea-level rise and massive flooding

The geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, but that could reverse in an instant.

LiveScience · Apr 30, 2025

Trump’s ordered water ‘solution’ to fight California‘s fires comes up dry, officials charge

Trump claims California water comes from the Pacific Northwest. In reality most of the state’s water comes from the melting snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025