Surfrider says our beaches need help
The annual report on the state of our nation's beaches by Surfrider Foundation is out just in time for the Independence Day celebration. It doesn't necessarily make you want to plunge in.
View ArticleKing County fined for Ravenna sewage spill
King County is being fined $30,000 for spilling 6.4 million gallons of sewage into Ravenna Creek near Union Bay.
View ArticleClimate’s brewing heavier rains; can low-impact development help lessen the...
A landmark ruling that requires use of low-impact building techniques in Western Washington aims to soak up polluted rainfall; it's the kind of adaptation that's going to be necessary if climate change...
View ArticleTree huggers win at Ingraham High School
A King County judge orders Seattle Public Schools to spare a grove of mature trees until the city goes through the process of approving a school construction permit.
View ArticleSeattle neighbors lose fight for Waldo Woods
A hearing examiner ruled in favor of the city and a developer planning to cut down trees in northeast Seattle's Waldo Woods.
View ArticleGo see salmon in Seattle
Fall is here and sockeye, chum, coho and chinook salmon are returning to Northwest streams and easily viewed at multiple sites in Seattle and nearby areas.
View ArticleScientists urge strong protection of Sound
Prominent local scientists are urging strong actions as state leaders finalize a proposal to protect and recover Puget Sound.
View ArticleLehrer News Hour features Puget Sound’s stormwater problem
The Leherer News Hour came to Puget Sound to do a story on the debate here over cleaning up stormwater through low-impact development. The region is a leader and a laboratory for the practice, although...
View ArticleHow you can get involved in cleaning up the water around here
Two items on how citizens in this area can work on cleaning up local waterways: Seattle's Adopt-a-Drain program and King County's upcoming workshops on the Miller and Walker Creek basin.
View ArticleScience panel says “radical” changes needed to control stormwater
A National Academy of Sciences report out today says the U.S. Environmental Pollution Agency could do a much better job controlling stormwater, the fetid brew that runs off streets, parking lots and...
View ArticlePuget Sound “action agenda” out today
After decades of false starts on restoring Puget Sound, a plan to be released today is said to be a plan that will finally turn around the declining health of the water body. What's supposed to be...
View ArticleGetting the low-down on stormwater control
A conference in Seattle this week features ideas from around the world on how to control stormwater, the foul mixture that runs off streets and parking lots and other hard surfaces as rainwater runoff....
View ArticleScientists attack Puget Sound rescue plan
A group of scientists who are some of the most knowledgeable in the Puget Sound region on how stormwater affects the Sound are saying the state's about-to-be-adopted "action agenda" won't get the job...
View ArticleEnvironmental Protection Agency’s most-wanted criminals list is out
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a list of its most-wanted criminals, but the agency's criminal prosecutions have been reduced.
View ArticleEven small cities must move toward controlling stormwater, state ecology...
After a groundbreaking ruling last year that required Seattle and a handful of other large governments around Puget Sound to control stormwater, a state hearings board today says small cities and...
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