In the wake of President Trump’s abandonment of the Paris Climate Agreement, this week on the Compass we talk with Truth-out.org columnist Dahr Jamail about his upcoming new book The End of Ice and runaway climate disruption.

This week on the Compass KPTZ reporter Chris Bricker talks with local adventurer Chris Duff whose attempt last summer to cross the North Atlantic from Scotland to North America in a modified rowboat ended in a harrowing rescue on the high seas.

We take an incredible journey with Amanda Steuer-Zamora, a Port Townsend native who dreamed of becoming royalty – made that dream come true – then embarked on a life journey that has come full circle.

We catch up with a best-selling author who has become a frequent visitor to Port Townsend … and we learn how you can overcome the fear of public speaking from a local comedian and the former mayor of Sequim.

We speak with a Port Townsend resident who offers evidence that major news media outlets have been spreading fake news about flying saucers for decades.

We talk with scientists, geologists and emergency personnel about a huge disaster that is on its way to the Pacific Northwest.

We attend a meet-and-greet event between local sustainability group 20/20 and their self-professed progressive state representative, Mike Chapman.

This week on the Compass we ask the new publisher of the Port Townsend and Jefferson County Leader if the local newspaper is healthy … what changes he will bring … and whether the entire print media business itself is doomed.

A beleaguered EPA under a media blackout critiques Navy plans to increase unpopular Growler aircraft operations. What started as an emergency winter homeless shelter becomes a year-round operation. And woodworkers enjoy eggs, coffee, and community at the Port Townsend School of Woodworking Founders’ Breakfast.