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Posted Fri, Jan 27, 2 a.m.
As Northwest concerns build about global and local environmental issues in the Northwest, a small Oregon port gives its approval to exporting coal to burn in Chinese power plants.
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Posted Fri, Jan 20, 12:30 a.m.
A newspaper that serves a population freaked out by rain shouldn't be surprised if Seattle's steep hills and unusual climatic conditions -- including wet, icing-prone snowfalls -- combine to make for genuine difficulties.
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Posted Wed, Jan 18, 2 a.m.
After the initial joy of real winter, there is a snowy lull. Your cheeks are chapped, your yard dotted with angels and snowmen, and all you want is to curl up by the window with a warm cup and a few good thoughts. With that, we bring you five winter quotes and film reccommendations for Washington's first big snow of the year.
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Posted Tue, Jan 10, 6:33 a.m.
Author Paul Bannick talks about the birds that have made an unusual winter appearance -- an irruption -- into the Northwest, their significance as an indicator species, and the power that owls have in the human mind.
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Posted Fri, Dec 23, 2 a.m.
Northeast Seattleites are cooking up momentum for a simple, cost-efficient technology that stops deforestation, greenhouse emissions, and lethal cookfire smoke. Why doesn't it get more respect elsewhere?
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Posted Sun, Dec 18, 6 a.m.
Through very small expenditures, federal agencies can promote cooperation within a region on everything from climate change to economic growth.
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Posted Thu, Dec 15, 2 a.m.
With mudslide season approaching, officials are looking at what could be done to minimize disruptions. Does BNSF really have to halt passenger service for days after a slide?
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Posted Mon, Nov 21, 2 a.m.
While the city's residents just rejected a tax that included $18 million for streetcar planning, Seattle's Transit Master Plan envisions devoting most of a 20-year effort to streetcar lines.
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Posted Wed, Nov 16, 2 a.m.
Neither side in the battle over exporting coal to China winds up with clear mandate in Bellingham and Whatcom County elections.
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Posted Wed, Nov 9, 10:21 a.m.
Proposition 1 may have been defeated, but Roger Valdez still believes there is environmental realism in the hearts of Seattle voters.
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Posted Tue, Nov 8, 10:20 p.m.
Early returns show a big backer of the plan losing in the county executive's race. But Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike, a vocal opponent, trails narrowly in his re-election bid against former state Rep. Kelli Linville.
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Posted Thu, Oct 20, 2 a.m.
Seattle-born writer Emma Marris explains why 'pristine wilderness' only exists in our imaginations, and how we can get over our mental roadblock to create a multi-faceted, working form of northwest naturalism.
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Posted Wed, Oct 12, 2 a.m.
An artist explores the city's sewers and tells us about the "aging beast" the lives beneath our feet, and the men and women who keep it alive, and keep us safe.
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Posted Wed, Oct 5, 2 a.m.
A new city ordinance requires managers of some 9,000 buildings to report their annual energy consumption to the city.
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Posted Wed, Sep 21, 12:45 p.m.
A growing coalition opposes the plans for shipping coal through the Northwest to China's electrical plants, but there is a lot of strength on the supporters' side, too.
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Posted Fri, Sep 16, 2 a.m.
Faltering commitment and bad PR have given the green jobs movement a bad name. But the basic tenets of the plan - austerity and environmental preservation - could cut costs and add jobs across the country. Will U.S. politicians ever catch up with the realities of scarcity?
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Posted Wed, Aug 31, 2 a.m.
Recent problems facing the shellfish industry have made nurturing the tender little bivalves a little tougher, leaving farmers struggling to stay productive and sustainable.
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Posted Wed, Aug 17, 6 p.m.
One intelligent course would be to harden our societies' infrastructure systems to ensure basic services during extreme weather events, which we are not in a good position to head off.
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Posted Wed, Aug 17, 11:50 a.m.
Cool in the summer? Mild the year around? Folks, we can make this sound pretty good to most of the country. Probably without trying very hard.
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Posted Mon, Aug 15, 2 a.m.
The effects on Western forests are alarming. A new study helps explain why the scientific facts of climate change are taking so long in moving the minds of Republicans.
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In the snow, it's harder to deliver the printed paper or the mail, or to return a DVD. Online, not so much.
MOREPosted Tue, Jan 17, 5:08 p.m.
The all-day cancelation follows a day in which classes started early -- and were dismissed early.
MOREPosted Mon, Dec 12, 2 a.m. 2011
Soaring emissions, especially in China; hopeful news from the Great Ice Age; dire forecasts from the IEA; extra-innings diplomacy at Durban. So whre's the coverage in our two "Times"?
MOREPosted Tue, Nov 8, 6:30 a.m. 2011
The mostly Democratic state senators want consideration of the effects on communities along the rail route to the proposed terminal near Bellingham.
MOREPosted Tue, Oct 18, 4 p.m. 2011
An impending report on Sequim's Manis Mastodon site may break 14,000-year-old news.
MOREPosted Mon, Aug 29, 10 p.m. 2011
How a September day in 2001 broke the rhythm of this sweet, sad, seasonal turning.
MOREPosted Mon, Aug 29, 2:48 p.m. 2011
Protesters take their message to Obama Campaign office in Seattle and State Democratic Party.
MOREPosted Thu, Aug 11, 8:50 p.m. 2011
True, China can shop in other places for coal for its power plants, if Washington denies a coal port in Bellingham. But if we make the price of reliable coal cheaper, China will want to buy more and more coal and build more and more coal-fired plants.
MOREPosted Wed, Jun 29, noon 2011
Jay Inslee will draw support nationally because of his green policies. Republican Rob McKenna can take a moderate position and still be to the right of the Democratic candidate.
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 4, 4:15 p.m. 2011
The steelhead are listed as threatened, and several factors could seal their unfortunate fate.
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