Monthly News Archive:
October 2008
Table of Contents:
- Despite new lead laws, consumers still need to be vigilant
- New Study Finds That Clean-Energy Industry Can Power Northwest Economy, Job Creation, and Carbon Reduction
- The South Sound's conservation queen
- Riding Seattle's essential bike trails
- New label to help Washington car buyers
Despite new lead laws, consumers still need to be vigilant
Washington state has new laws restricting lead in children’s toys. From lead in toys to lead in household paint, here’s what you should know.
From lead in kids’ toys to household paint, here’s where to learn more:
HealthyToys.org: www.healthytoys.org
Washington Toxics Coalition — Safe Start for Kids: www.safestartforkids.org
Toy recalls: www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/category/toy.html
National Center for Healthy Housing: www.centerforhealthyhousing.org
U.S. EPA: www.epa.gov/lead
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October 06, 2008
Add Comments...New Study Finds That Clean-Energy Industry Can Power Northwest Economy, Job Creation, and Carbon Reduction
Clean Edge and Climate Solutions’ Carbon-Free Prosperity 2025 Report Finds Potential for 63,000 New Jobs in Oregon and Washington
A new study concludes that five emerging clean-tech industry sectors offer the Pacific Northwest one of the best opportunities for sustained economic vitality and job growth. It also charts the course for private and public investment and leadership to capitalize on the opportunity.
Carbon-Free Prosperity 2025 is produced by two leading clean-tech organizations — research and publishing firm Clean Edge and research and advocacy organ...Read the full story
The South Sound's conservation queen
Decades of working on behalf of nature and open spaces earns a Pierce County conservationist a lifetime achievement award.
Along a quiet urban park trail, every plant evokes a memory for Thelma Gilmur.
“Here’s a huckleberry that has done quite well,” the 85-year-old Gilmur says as she walks, probing overgrown weeds and pointing out plant species with the canes that help her navigate a trail once traveled by stronger legs.
She is pleased to discover a young snowberry plant, spreading its filigreed leaves. She points out native hawthorn and hemlock trees, and an a...Read the full story
Riding Seattle's essential bike trails
A steady stream of cyclists flowed across Lake Washington one recent sunny Sunday, prompting a trickle of questions as I drove along the Interstate 90 floating bridge before zooming into the Mount Baker Tunnel.
Bicycling a trail on a floating bridge along a busy interstate — is that not an essentially Seattle thing to do? Is there anywhere else in the world where a person can bicycle on a path on a major freeway bridge? Furthermore, are there other bicycle rides in this hilly, water-oriented city that could be said to spin in a particularly Seattle way?
After riding th...Read the full story
New label to help Washington car buyers
Beginning next year, car buyers in Washington can learn about a new vehicle’s emission standards in a jiffy, with the help of a new label.
The label will provide global warming and smog emissions scores, said Seth Preston, a spokesman for the state Department of Ecology.
It’ll be mandatory for all new cars, vans and trucks sold in Washington.
Generally, consumers look at fuel-efficiency ratings when buying a vehicle, and now they’ll be able to compare different emission ratings, he said.
A low rate won’t make the vehicle illegal just ...Read the full story
