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Dateline Earth
Check out our environmental blog for frequently updated tips and tidbits
· Whales' songs drowned out by human noise
· Puget Sound restoration backing ebbs a bit
· Study deduces how salmon find home streams
Reader blog: Energy: Strategies, Policy & Best Practices
· DOE's Pacific Northwest National Lab To Promote Green Buildings in China
· Coming up: Sustainability Events in Portland, Oregon
· Dark Economic Clouds Have Green Linings (TechFlash)
Reader blog: Building Seattle Green
Environmentally conscious design
· Interested in Cohousing?
· NWEBG Annual Retreat
· Vulcan and Seattle Public Utilities Introduce the Swale on Yale
Reader blog: Green Gal
Environmentally conscious living
· The "greenest" day of them all
· The neti revolution
· Naked snacking
Reader blog: Green Human
A Seattle environmental blog
· Oregon debates dime bottle deposit. Would this work here?
· Seattle. Celebrate Local and Save Green this Holiday Season.
· More on LED lights.
Reader blog: Living Simply: Creating a New Life Off the Grid
· Another Day
· Too Many Words
· A Chance to Witness History
Reader blog: Electric Vehicle Guide
· This blog has been suspended
· T. BOONE PICKENS Project
· Roberto DePaschoal, a new contributer to EV Guide
Climate Change
Fears about the damage caused by climate change -- less snow, vanishing shorelines, more forest fires -- are mounting. How will governments, businesses and residents respond?
· Former President Clinton sees climate's silver lining (November 2007)
· Seattle urges greenhouse cuts (September 2007)
· Global warming needs green revolution (October 2007)
· Scientists say humans warming world (February 2007)
· Special report: What climate change means to the region (November 2003)
Tracking Puget Sound's Health
The Puget Sound region's iconic estuary is being hammered by pollution and development. Leaders pledge they'll save the Sound, but will it work?
· Plan to dump PCBs in Elliott Bay (September 2007)
· Tribes win on ruling on salmon (August 2007)
· Gov.'s plan to help Sound (May 2007)
· Special Report: The Sound of Broken Promises (October 2006)
· Special Report: Our Troubled Sound (November 2002)
Global Warming
A warmer world means less snow and higher tides in the area. Agencies are trying to slow greenhouse gas releases and prepare for the changes.
· Read the story: How changing water temperatures affect Lake Washington's ecosystem. (July 2005)
· Multimedia: See how it works (Flash 6)
· Special report: What climate change means to the region, includes full-page PDF (November 2003)
Endangered Species
Beloved Northwest salmon, orcas and spotted owls are in jeopardy of vanishing. There are efforts to save them -- will they succeed?
· Logging stopped to help owl (August 2007)
· Wild vs. hatchery salmon (August 2007)
· Salmon rescue plan (January 2007)
· Special report: The federal government is handing out licenses to kill endangered species (May 2005)
Natural Seattle
Sure it's a metropolis, but Seattle is home to countless wild things. But how healthy is the city's ecosystem?
· Special report: What is happening to Seattle's urban forest and what's at risk. (November 2005)
· Multimedia: What happens when an urban forest is neglected, or if it's restored (Flash 6 required).
· Recent news: Getting the ivy out at Beacon Hill park (January 2006)
P-I reporters Lisa Stiffler and Robert McClure cover environmental issues from the region and beyond. Contact Lisa by e-mail or phone (206-448-8042) and Robert by e-mail or phone (206-448-8092).
Solar car makes trip around the world
POZNAN, Poland -- If a solar-powered car can drive 32,000 miles around the globe without using a drop of oil, perhaps it can be forgiven for not having a coffee cup holder.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008
Whale songs drowned out by human noise pollution
ROME -- The songs that whales and dolphins use to communicate, orient themselves and find mates are being drowned out by human-made noises in the world's oceans, U.N. officials and environmental groups said Wednesday.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008
Puget Sound 'action agenda' unveiled
Recession or not, the government must immediately redouble efforts to restore ecologically battered Puget Sound -- and that campaign should be part of the economic stimulus package promised by the Obama administration, state and federal officials said Monday.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2008
Bicycles or wildlife?
With a crucial hearing on a plan to expand a portion of the Burke-Gilman Trail through Lake Forest Park coming up, two wildlife biologists are trying to draw attention to environmental questions they say have gotten short shrift.
Olympia's roads get a little more electric
OLYMPIA -- Joe Lambrix of Olympia is building an electric vehicle infrastructure in the South Puget Sound area, one 120-volt plug-in at a time.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
Sound cleanup criticized
A group of leading Puget Sound scientists said Friday that the state's emerging plan to rescue Washington's ecologically trouble inland sea seems headed for failure.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008
Navy agrees to curtail underwater explosions
Under pressure from a lawsuit by environmentalists, the Navy has agreed to greatly restrict the size and number of underwater explosions it sets off during training exercises in Puget Sound.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008
Top companies urge Congress to go green
A group of companies including Starbucks, Nike, and Sun Microsystems, have banded together to urge Congress to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and promote investment in renewable energy.
White House rushes to weaken species protection
WASHINGTON -- Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under regulations the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Barack Obama can reverse them.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008
Film 'fuels' green energy
"Fuel" is a very funny, very angry flick: Its fate is in local hands.
Trapping carbon dioxide could fight climate change
Pacific Northwest National Lab scientists plan to soon test a new technique they developed for storing carbon dioxide underground at a pulp and paper mill in southeastern Washington.
Pesticide buffer zones expanded
Three salmon-killing pesticides banned for household use but still used widely in agriculture and elsewhere are dangerous enough to salmon that anyone using them will have to stay far away from the water, federal officials ruled Tuesday.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Global warming on back burner in Congress?
WASHINGTON -- Congress will not act until 2010 on a bill to limit the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming despite President-elect Barack Obama's declaration that he will move quickly to address climate change, the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee predicted Wednesday.
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News sources
· Sightline Institute (formerly Northwest Environment Watch)
· Environmental Health News
· Grist Magazine
· Society of Environmental Journalists
Quick resources
· Report an oil spill
· Where to dump hazardous waste
· Mercury in fish warnings
· How clean is the air
· There's a cougar in my backyard
· Report illegal tree cutting
· What to do with an old computer
Climate change
· Washington Climate Advisory Team
· UW Climate Impacts Group
· Climate Solutions
· Transportation Choices Coalition
Groups - Watery
· People For Puget Sound
· Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
· American Rivers
· Trout Unlimited
· Center for Whale Research
· Puget Sound Partnership
· Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest
· Save Our Wild Salmon
Groups - Turf
· Cascade Land Conservancy
· Trust for Public Land
· The Mountaineers
· PlantAmnesty
· Seattle Urban Nature Project
· Conservation Northwest
· The Nature Conservancy, Wash.
· Futurewise
· National Parks Conservation Association
Groups - Critters
· Center for Biological Diversity
· Defenders of Wildlife
· Audubon Washington
· Seattle Audubon Society
Groups - Poisonous
· Washington Toxics Coalition
· Heart of American Northwest (Hanford)
· Government Accountability Project (Hanford)
· Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
· Environmental Working Group
Grab Bag
· Washington Environmental Council
· Environment Washington (formerly WashPIRG)
· EarthJustice
· Sierra Club, Cascades
· Sustainable Ballard
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