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Posted Wed, Feb 1, 2 a.m.
Environmentalists are appalled at a possible end run of long-awaited Department of Ecology rules. But cities and developers say it's too much, too soon.
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Posted Wed, Feb 1, 2 a.m.
Better yet, says a new report, we should develop conservation tactics that do a better job of protecting farmland from development.
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Posted Fri, Dec 30, 2 a.m.
New studies of where pollutants originate give scientists a clearer idea of where problems lie. Who knew that so much trouble comes from forest lands?
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Posted Fri, Nov 18, 2 a.m.
Is the Seattle City Council really humble enough to follow a winning model developed elsewhere? Advocates hope so.
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Posted Mon, Nov 14, 2 a.m.
After dramatic failures to meet Clean Water Act standards for stormwater runoff, Seattle is trying to protect Puget Sound with new tactics in Ballard and other parts of the city.
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Posted Tue, Nov 8, 11:30 a.m.
But can rain gardens and smarter ways for handling storm runoff banish some of the hovering dangers?
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Posted Sat, Oct 22, 4:39 p.m.
Sometimes the best thing for nature is a construction project. And this one hopes to meet the goals of both environmentalists and farmers.
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Posted Mon, Oct 17, 2 a.m.
The secret to urban success, says Ron Sims, is regional coherence. How do you achieve that? Leadership. But where does that come from, and how does it work? History offers some examples.
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Posted Wed, Oct 5, 2 a.m.
A new editor describes the paths that led her to Crosscut and to online journalism.
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Posted Tue, Oct 4, 2 a.m.
Puget Sound is a poster child for the problems of regional transportation planning. One big roadblock: long-standing distrust of Seattle.
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Posted Wed, Sep 14, 2 a.m.
Seattleite Ronald Holden explores Venice's local seafood scene and finds a common thread of sustainability.
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Posted Fri, Sep 9, 2 a.m.
Lummi Island fishers use the ancient craft of reefnetting to spare protected species and deliver tastier salmon.
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Posted Sat, Sep 3, 3:41 p.m.
Our fractured metropolitan regions are the big problem in creating sustainable solutions for climate challenges. High-towered, dense city living is only a small part of the solution, which is to develop "ecological urbanisms."
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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 Tue, Aug 2, 3:18 p.m.
With the dams being removed, a massive hatchery program threatens to impede effective use of the millions spent to open up the river and help salmon and steelhead runs recover.
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Posted Tue, Jul 26, 2 a.m.
Bremerton has made big advances in water issues, nearly eliminating sewage spills that fouled shellfish beds. But looking back, city officials wonder if more flexible rules would provide greater environmental bang for the public buck.
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Posted Mon, Jul 11, 2 a.m.
The Seattle Art Museum's newest exhibit contrasts dewy landscapes with darker visions of environmental history. Curator Patricia Junker explains her fascination with the monumental painting that prompted it all.
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Posted Tue, Jun 21, 7:09 a.m.
As the lawsuits and citizen opposition mount up, the oil companies are looking at other routes and changing their story about the size of the huge modules they hope to haul by truck on a two-lane highway from Lewiston to Alberta's vast oil reserves.
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Posted Mon, Jun 20, 2 a.m.
As marine scientists learned about the integrated marine life of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Strait of Georgia, they realized the need for a common name. The key advocate recounts the tale of the naming of the Salish Sea.
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Posted Thu, Jun 16, 4:30 p.m.
Environmentalists and housing developers agree on one thing: state Ecology has come up with a poor proposal for controlling part of Puget Sound's water-quality problem. But they are pushing the state in opposite directions.
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The birth control debate moves back in time. How Norm Dicks funneled federal money to his son. Caffeine powder gives us a glimpse of the future.
MOREPosted Fri, Oct 21, 8:34 a.m. 2011
The orcas are venturing south into the Sound this time of year, and the Ferry system has ways to spot them; plus on-shore viewing sites facilitated by The Whale Trail.
MOREPosted Sun, Jul 31, 11 a.m. 2011
And if there's still a chance to keep fisheries healthy, what do individuals need to do to make it happen? PCC Natural Markets, Safeway, and Target are doing good things. But a UW Tacoma study shows some restaurant fish are falsely labeled as wild.
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 4, 4:15 p.m. 2011
The steelhead are listed as threatened, and several factors could seal their unfortunate fate.
MOREPosted Tue, Mar 29, 2 a.m. 2011
The near-sinking of the Kalakala raises alarm over the historic ferry's fate.
MOREPosted Wed, Jan 19, 2 a.m. 2011
A deadly Northwest serial killer whale won't be in it, but the show will go on again a year after trainer's death.
MOREPosted Sat, Jan 1, 11:27 a.m. 2011
The "Chetzemoka" is a bit of a fashion disaster, and the rates go up today, but it's a welcome new family member and still has that new-ferry smell.
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 15, 1:33 p.m. 2010
Washington state's newest ferry, the Chetzemoka, sets sail between Whidbey Island and Port Townsend.
MOREPosted Thu, Aug 19, 4 p.m. 2010
Heritage advocates have a short deadline to try and save a Bainbridge island educational landmark from the wrecking ball.
MOREPosted Mon, Apr 19, 6 a.m. 2010
An essay on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day calls for new approaches, deploying lots more democracy to get buy-in for much more complicated problems like saving Puget Sound and climate change.
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