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Saving our communal storm sewer, Puget Sound
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- Part 1: How growth hurts the Sound
- Part 2: Saving wetlands, nature's kidneys
- Part 3: Beach walls destroy habitat
- Part 4: Trading land to save the Sound
Annals of Nathan Myhrvold and the many fathers of invention, by Malcolm Gladwell
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An international search for a Gates Foundation CEO ends on the Microsoft campus
Science / Environment »In just decades, a Lake Washington fish evolved to survive without pollution
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An environmentalist explains why better federal regulations are needed to police polluters among the world's fleet of cruise ships: State and local authorities can only do so much. Over six months this year, Puget Sound will see 211 big ships bearing 835,000 passengers call on Seattle.
On a Puget Sound ferry.
While the Puget Sound Partnership works to include citizen comment in the process of developing a plan to save the Sound, some scientists say they already weighed in — back in 2006 — but it looks as if their comments are being ignored.
Pretty as it is, our signature waterway is a chemical dump for everything from oil to sewage — and even anti-depressants. You may be surprised (and disgusted) by what turns up there.
A mere 24-hour trip from Seattle can seem like a journey far away. For starters, all those lovely views ...
The Puget Sound Regional Council's Vision 2040, to be adopted tomorrow, has been outrun by seven years of population growth in the very outlying areas the plan is intended to protect, says the recent former Washington secretary of transportation. He explains what's happened and argues for a recalibration of strategy.
Mr. Ruckelshaus goes to Washington
Bill Ruckelshaus, well known in these parts for his leadership in efforts to save salmon and Puget Sound, is having his 15 minutes of national fame. The lifelong Republican has endorsed Barack Obama, with the timing meant to be helpful to Obama's primary efforts in Indiana, where Ruckelshaus is a still-revered native son.
Ruckelshaus has had his earlier moments of fame, notably when he joined Elliot Richardson in defying President Nixon by refusing to fire Archibald Cox. It was a moment of great integrity, typical of Ruckelshaus's principled character, and it may have cost him the White House. I can explain.
Spring weather on the water.
The salmon fisheries of the Northwest have spawned a new industry of bureaucrats, lawyers, environmentalists, sport fishers, commercial interests, scientists, and natives, all focused on the absence of fish. Meanwhile, four sockeye returned last summer to a lake in Idaho once teeming with tens of thousands.
While officials are calling for a moratorium on commercial salmon fishing along much of the West Coast, they're opting for a different tactic in Puget Sound: continued fishing.
The failure of an ambitious tolling plan there holds lessons for metro Puget Sound.
How Frank Chopp rules Olympia, and why he left the Sonic saviors sputtering. He's become a classic political boss, but he also remains true to the values of helping the poor.
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Death by sun! Film at 11
If you watch local TV news, there's always something to worry about. Take this week's weather: sunny, warm ... and apparently a coiled snake ready to strike! Local stations are famous for over-hyping storms as reporters lean into Alki breezes as if they're the next Katrina or race up to Snoqualmie Pass to prove that — you won't believe this scoop — it's snowing in the mountains in the middle of winter! But it's not enough to exaggerate rain and wind: A little bit of sun is enough to spread alarm.
The P-I's D. Parvaz will head to Harvard
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Capitol Hill Arts Center goes home-shopping
What's killing small theaters? Paying the rent
A dissent on Rauschenberg, darling of the avant garde
Boeing Machinists re-elect the current leadership
Paine Field attracts the interest of an airline, which riles foes of commercial service
Calif. winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi died today at age 94
Seattle's new fire station and alarm center opens in the International District
A federal plan says the northern spotted owl can recover in 30 years
Peggy Noonan: The Republican Party is "busy dying"
Surging rivers in King County shut down after multiple rescues
Landmark roadhouse in Fife burns down
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