Todd Bishop / GeekWire
Bill Gates encouraged by U.S. climate initiatives as ‘mega-region’ grapples with long-term challenge – BLAINE, Wash. Wildfire smoke was hanging over the U.S.-Canada border in the distance as regional leaders from both countries arrived here Monday, an appropriately ominous backdrop for a conference on climate change. But the opening session of the Cascadia Vision 2050 conference began with a small ray of hope …