environment
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Vikings for Change month continues with The Fair Oct. 14 | 2015-10-09 | ||
Western to host ‘October Climatefest’ conference Oct. 18 | 2015-10-07 | ||
Green Energy Fee Program becomes Sustainable Action Fund Grant Program | 2015-10-02 | ||
Wildfire retardant flights under review; some ‘just painting stuff red’ | Hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical fire retardant were dumped from planes all over wildlands in Washington last fire season, more than almost anywhere in the West. And this summer’s even bigger fire season could see just as much of the crimson chemical slurry dumped on the landscape,… |
2015-09-28 | |
Nominations now open for 2015 Western Sustainability Awards | 2015-09-22 | ||
National Geographic features Western research | 2015-09-16 | ||
Cleanup for future waterfront park could cost $16 million | It could cost $16 million to clean up contaminated soil on property that will one day be part of the city’s waterfront park at the end of Cornwall Avenue. The city of Bellingham, with oversight from the Washington state Department of Ecology, has completed a study of toxic chemicals found… |
2015-09-14 | |
Scientists, tribe study shrinking Washington state glacier | Mauri Pelto digs his crampons into the steep icy slope on Mount Baker in Washington state and watches as streams of water cascade off the thick mass of bare, bluish ice. Every 20 yards, the water carves vertical channels in the face of the glacier as it rushes downstream. What little snow… |
2015-09-09 | |
Western launches new degree in energy policy and management | 2015-09-08 | ||
Scientists study shrinking Washington state glacier | Mauri Pelto digs his crampons into the steep icy slope on Mount Baker in Washington state and watches as streams of water cascade off the thick mass of bare, bluish ice. Every 20 yards, the water carves vertical channels in the face of the glacier as it rushes downstream. What little snow… |
2015-08-28 |