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ALL MEMBERS »After my story "Unsustainable Seattle," in which I questioned conventional wisdom regarding green buildings and touted the ingenuity that preserved Cuba's pre-embargo auto fleet, a reader pointed me to a story from Wired that says the best way to get a greener ride is to buy a used car. There's a rich source of embodied energy in '90s fuel efficient beaters.
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Demand is greater than ever for a 10-by-10-foot urban farm. City officials say 1,650 people are waiting for a plot at one of 54 gardens.
READ MORE | 10 COMMENTSHome-grown sports teams, airplane builders, and banks are reeling from competition and free trade, and the local mood is to beat up on the outsiders. Tempting, but is it smart?
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSCan't make money? Well, neither can Washington. The state's 2007-09 revenue prediction took a $49.6 million dive, reports the Office of Financial Management. Chris Mulick of the Tri-City Herald has live coverage of the story. ...
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWAs I looked out the window at yet another day of pouring rain, I really wanted to put on some warm, cozy sweats and hunker down. But, not wanting to send the message that I have "given up" (although many more of these stormy days, I just might), I opted for real clothes.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWBeltane is a Gaelic holiday marking the beginning of summer. The first communique sent by the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), in 1997, stated it was sent on Beltane. And now two days before the summer solstice, Briana Waters today will be sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma by Judge Franklin Burgess for her role as lookout during a 2001 arson at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture. The end is in sight for the government's "Operation Backfire."
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A new book collects scientific, personal, and poetic responses to Mount St. Helens, 28 years after its eruption.
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