environment
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| Battle of the (bag) bans | A measure of how seriously Bellinghamsters consider their city’s environmental policies: When The Bellingham Herald first reported on a proposed ordinance to ban single-use plastic shopping bags a few days ago, 343 readers had something spirited to say about it. That’s in a newspaper with a… |
2011-03-25 | |
| Earthquakes a possibility for Whatcom County, tsunami threat smaller | If the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Japan made you wonder about the potential for disaster in Whatcom County, you're not alone. "Most people right now are saying, 'Holy smokes, can we get something like Japan here?'" said Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, associate… |
2011-03-22 | |
| Report Shows Phosphorus Levels Rising in Lake Whatcom | Lake Whatcom still has problems according to the latest report from Western Washington University researchers. Dr. Robin Mathews says development is the likely culprit. |
2011-03-18 | |
| Lake Whatcom water quality still slipping, data shows | Lake Whatcom water quality took a turn for the worse in 2010, adding new urgency to the ongoing effort to head off new sources of pollution while taking steps to cut back on existing ones. The bad news came in the latest Lake Whatcom Monitoring Program annual report that lists data… |
2011-03-17 | |
| Maine Voices: World was warmer in the past without terrible effects | What would you think if someone told you that in Greenland, about 9,100 years of the last 10,500 years were warmer than now? Or that the coldest years during this time span were in the late 19th century, at the close of the "Little Ice Age"? |
2011-03-17 | |
| In WWU residence halls, Dining Services experiments with Meatless Mondays | 2011-03-08 | ||
| Students create fashion statements from trash; show preview is today at 2:30 | 2011-03-02 | ||
| Whatcom County Council approves settlement with Caitac | If Whatcom County changes zoning to let Caitac USA build a resort hotel and housing north of Bellingham, the company will drop its legal challenge, according to an approved settlement. |
2011-02-24 | |
| Can you name 50 edible plants native to the Northwest? WWU's Hahn to discuss this and more Feb. 23 | 2011-02-22 | ||
| Woods Hole's Christopher Reddy to speak on the gulf oil spill Feb. 18 at WWU | 2011-02-11 |