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Next major PNW earthquake could kill 14,000, research shows 2015-01-14
Miles named National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow 2014-09-03
Gift of aprons connects Western to Switzerland 2013-10-03
GPS measures Nelson's unofficial record paddle at 151.88 miles

Bellingham padler Brandon Nelson unofficially paddled 151.88 miles around Lake Padden according to the GPS tracking systems he had on his boat on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 20-21, according to Western Washington University Environmental Studies Department chairman Michael Medler.

2013-08-23
When Canada plans pipelines, it forgets the First Nations at its peril

A funny thing happened on the way to the pipeline hearings. On Jan. 9, 2012, the eve of the Joint Review Panel hearings in British Columbia to review Enbridge’s proposal to build a twinned “Northern Gateway” pipeline from the oil sands of Alberta to the Pacific Ocean, then-natural resources…

2013-08-19
Congress burns firefighters — again

In the weeks and months immediately following 9/11, one of the most touching responses in my neighborhood, not far Ground Zero, was the overwhelming support of police and fire departments from around the country. Across the street from my apartment, at the 6th Precinct headquarters from which…

2013-07-30
Rossiter to discuss aboriginal land claims and the Northern Gateway Pipeline May 16 2013-05-13
Mark Reis to talk sustainability at Sea-Tac Airport 2013-01-18
Bunn to present on Polaris Project Thursday 2012-11-14
Myers, Russell write chapters in new book on environmental and conservation psychology 2012-11-07
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