Environmental Politics
Cedar Grove Composting's expansion plans stalled
EVERETT -- Cedar Grove Composting will have to undergo the most thorough type of environmental study required if it wants to continue to pursue building an anaerobic digester to generate electricity, the
Date: 05/23/2012 | Local News
Public wants access to waterfront via mill site
EVERETT -- Public access to the waterfront should be a top concern for the redevelopment of the Kimberly-Clark mill site.That's one of the key findings of a city survey that asked the public what they think should happen to the prime waterfront land.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Local News
Port considers buying K-C mill site
EVERETT -- The Port of Everett is aggressively exploring whether it should buy the 66-acre Kimberly-Clark site, which is for sale after the waterfront pulp-paper mill closed last month.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Local News
Comments in on future of Suiattle River Road
DARRINGTON -- Many people in Snohomish County remember driving up Suiattle River Road in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, also known as Forest Road 26, to popular trailheads, hunting and fishing spots and campgrounds.
Date: 05/05/2012 | Local News
William O. Douglas and the fall of the wild
Recent weeks have seen a lot of controversy about the fate of the historic U.S. Forest Service lookout atop Green Mountain near Darrington.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Need to Know
Lookout must come down
Judge rules its renovation violated wilderness rules
Date: 03/29/2012 | Local News
Coal-terminal fight generates increasing heat
We've posted a brief story from the Bellingham Herald via The Associated Press about the proposal to build a rail-to-sea coal terminal within the
Date: 03/22/2012 | Bizblog
Feds OK killing of sea lions in Columbia River
SEATTLE -- The federal government gave states the green light Thursday to resume the killing of California sea lions that feast on threatened and endangered salmon in the Columbia River.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Northwest
Study sees more wood fuel in state's forests
PORT ANGELES -- Three million tons of logging waste a year -- double the amount that's currently extracted -- can be removed from Washington forests for biomass fuel production without harming forest health, a state Department of Natural Resources study found.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Northwest
Who shot sea lions and seals recently is still a mystery
None of the seven sea lions and one harbor seal shot and killed over the past couple of months in Western Washington were found in Snohomish or Island counties, a federal official said.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Local News
So many sea lions
As population soars, so do fights over salmon (gallery)
Date: 02/03/2012 | Local News
Everett joining other cities to fight lawsuit seeking limits on shoreline development
Everett is one of a dozen cities joining together to fight a legal threat that could make it impossible to develop along shorelines.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Local News
Environmental groups sue U.S. over flood management
SEATTLE -- The National Wildlife Federation filed a motion in U.S. District Court on Wednesday, asking a judge to stop the U.S. government from issuing any more flood insurance policies for new development in flood-prone areas around the Puget Sound until it changes its flood plain plans to...
Date: 12/21/2011 | Northwest
Oral arguments planned in Alaska sea lion lawsuit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Lawyers for Alaska and the federal government are set to square off Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the state opposing protection of endangered Steller sea lions through commercial fishing restrictions around the western Aleutian Islands.
Date: 12/21/2011 | Northwest
Seattle City Council bans plastic shopping bags
SEATTLE -- The Seattle City Council voted Monday to ban single-use plastic bags from groceries and other retail stores, joining a growing trend among cities that embrace green values.
Date: 12/19/2011 | Northwest
Marysville would be hurt by coal exports in Bellingham, panel says during forum
MARYSVILLE -- A proposed coal-export terminal near Bellingham is likely to affect residents in Marysville and in other cities throughout Snohomish County.
Date: 11/18/2011 | Local News
Alaska officials pan endangered species law
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The endangered species law is being used to gain control over landscapes and seascapes rather than to protect species, according to the Alaska wildlife official who works on state responses to federal species listings.
Date: 11/15/2011 | Nation & World
Idaho and Montana state wolf hunts head to court
BILLINGS, Mont. -- With more than 150 gray wolves shot in the Northern Rockies so far this fall, a panel of federal judges Tuesday will consider halting public wolf hunts until a lawsuit seeking to restore protections for the animals is resolved.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Nation & World
State Department to review Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline
WASHINGTON -- The State Department's inspector general will review the Obama administration's handling of a Canadian company's request to pipe oil from western Canada to Texas, following complaints from 13 Democratic lawmakers and one independent.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Nation & World
Thousands gather outside White House to protest planned Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of protesters encircled the White House on Sunday in a show of numbers intended to persuade President Barack Obama to stop a proposed oil pipeline from being built.
Date: 11/06/2011 | Nation & World
Talk of new dam on Skykomish above falls resisted
INDEX -- Just as the Snohomish County PUD has finished building its first mini-dam, it's encountering resistance to the possibility of another.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Local News
Texas is shooting donkeys, stirring burro backlash
PRESIDIO, Texas -- Unofficially, the state of Texas celebrates donkeys and their historical and cultural significance in shaping the American West.Officially? The policy on wild burros out here is shoot to kill.
Date: 11/01/2011 | Nation & World
Washed-out access road to backcountry may yet be repaired
DARRINGTON -- The once-popular Suiattle River Road could be open again by the fall of 2013.Federal funding to fix the road has been extended while the Forest Service completes an environmental assessment of the planned repairs.
Date: 10/24/2011 | Local News
EPA recalls Puget Sound Partnership funds
SEATTLE -- The Environmental Protection Agency is asking the Puget Sound Partnership to return more than $120,000 in grants because the EPA said the agency's internal controls against fraud are weak.
Date: 10/21/2011 | Northwest
Small dam, major power
PUD builds a hydropower project on a creek near Sultan
Date: 10/19/2011 | Local News
Perry to Obama: Halt new air rules
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Monday asked President Barack Obama to use his executive authority to prevent or delay implementation of stricter pollution standards, saying they will have an "immediate and devastating" effect on the state.
Date: 09/26/2011 | Nation & World
Study could end debate about what's causing foul odor
An outside expert might be brought in to help clear the air on whether Cedar Grove Composting is the source of irritating smells constantly wafting through Marysville and the Tulalip Reservation.
Date: 09/16/2011 | Local News
Talk on Salish Sea kicks off lecture series
The Salish Sea is the official name of the inland sea that includes Puget Sound, Georgia Strait and the Strait of Juan de Fuca as well as Port Susan, Possession Sound, Tulalip Bay and Port Gardner.
Date: 09/05/2011 | Life
Study seeks to quantify cost of endangered species
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The state of Alaska wants to study -- and quantify -- the economic costs of Endangered Species Act listings.
Date: 08/26/2011 | Northwest
Alaska appeals decision on polar bear protection
JUNEAU, Alaska -- The state of Alaska is appealing a federal ruling that upholds a 2008 decision to give polar bears federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Date: 08/26/2011 | Northwest
Federal agency lifts Alaska scientist's suspension
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska scientist whose observations of drowned polar bears spurred national publicity on climate warming returned to work Friday at the federal agency that oversees offshore petroleum drilling.
Date: 08/26/2011 | Northwest
Changes sought for water runoff rules for trails
INDEX -- Forest trails at the state's Reiter Foothills and other out-of-the way recreation spots are subject to some of the same water runoff rules as suburban neighborhoods.
Date: 08/23/2011 | Local News
Brightwater tunnel completed
The digging for the Brightwater tunnel is done.The latest section being dug met up on Tuesday with a section already drilled, completing the 13-mile tunnel.
Date: 08/18/2011 | Local News
Scientists put half the blame for Arctic ice melt on human activity
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- About half the recent record loss of Arctic sea ice can be blamed on global warming caused by human activity, according to a new study by scientists from the nation's leading climate research center.
Date: 08/15/2011 | Nation & World
Brightwater work nearly done
Wastewater plant took 14 years, $1.8 billion to finish (video)
Date: 08/14/2011 | Local News
Marysville, Tulalips seek Seattle’s help in odor debate with Cedar Grove Composting
In the ongoing war of words over who's to blame for odor problems at Cedar Grove Composting, the city of Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes now are asking Seattle to step in.
Date: 08/04/2011 | Local News
Arctic scientist whose research helped global warming movement under investigation
JUNEAU, Alaska -- A federal wildlife biologist whose observation that polar bears likely drowned in the Arctic helped galvanize the global warming movement during the past decade was placed on administrative leave while officials investigate scientific misconduct allegations.
Date: 07/28/2011 | Northwest
Pygmy rabbits breeding in Columbia Basin
SPOKANE -- For the first time in a decade, the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit appears to have successfully bred in its historic range.
Date: 07/22/2011 | Northwest
'Everybody wins'
Even developer pleased about Roesiger land sale for park
Date: 07/07/2011 | Local News
Western governors turn focus to wildfires
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Thursday that one of her biggest fears when she became chief executive of the state two years ago was a devastating wildfire.
Date: 06/30/2011 | Northwest
Rival bird targeted in new spotted owl plan
PORTLAND -- After two decades on the nation's list of threatened plants and animals, the northern spotted owl is losing ground faster than previously thought, federal agency managers said Thursday.
Date: 06/30/2011 | Northwest
Agency lists science 'gaps' on Arctic drilling
ANCHORAGE -- Federal scientists have released their report identifying science knowledge "gaps" for the development of oil and gas in Arctic offshore waters.
Date: 06/23/2011 | Northwest
More Longview Fibre wood waste burning OK'd
LONGVIEW -- The state Ecology Department has approved an expansion of the wood waste burning power plant at the Longview Fibre mill in Longview.
Date: 06/03/2011 | Northwest
Washington wolf plan calls for 15 packs in state
WENATCHEE -- After hosting 19 public meetings and reviewing more than 65,000 comments, the state released its revised plan to recover gray wolves in Washington that should both please and upset cattlemen, hunters and conservationists.
Date: 06/02/2011 | Northwest
No funding for repairs to Suiattle River Road
DARRINGTON -- In the face of a lawsuit by local environmentalists, the federal government has backed out of plans this summer to spend $1.7 million in emergency highway funds to repair to the once popular Suiattle River Road 26 in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Date: 06/02/2011 | Local News
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