Category Archive:
Pollution & Toxics
- City wants going green to be easier on taxpayers, May 14, 2008
- Paying landowners to protect Puget Sound, May 14, 2008
- Scientists: Rescue plan for Sound falls short, April 29, 2008
- Our travel habits are changing - Northwesterners are buying less gas, April 29, 2008
- 'Our last, best chance' to save Puget Sound, February 19, 2008
- Scientists fear 'tipping point' in Pacific Ocean, February 15, 2008
- Navy Sonar Restrictions Back in Place, February 5, 2008
- UW Study: Worrisome chemical found in kids, February 4, 2008
- Debris another culprit harming marine life in Puget Sound, February 4, 2008
- Puget Sound Partnership Works Toward Crafting Agenda, January 29, 2008
- Cost to save orcas starts at $50 million, January 25, 2008
- Pet waste is turning streams into sewers, January 14, 2008
- A Place Just Like Every Other Place. Only Not., January 8, 2008
- Judge put limits on Navy sonar use, January 4, 2008
- Partnership leads new idea to clean Puget Sound, December 17, 2007
- A green light for rules on auto emissions, December 13, 2007
- Popular Holiday Toys Contaminated with High Levels of Toxic Chemicals, December 12, 2007
- Shellfish beds to get better protection, December 11, 2007
- Deluge of sewage left in storm's wake, December 7, 2007
- Runoff called top pollutant in Puget Sound, December 3, 2007
- Will it be safe to eat fish from the Duwamish?, November 27, 2007
- Green schools save money and energy, November 15, 2007
- Bay Area Oil Spill: A worry for us, too, November 13, 2007
- Oil spill case a win for state waters, November 5, 2007
- More Dead Seabirds Reported Near Kingston, October 31, 2007
- Recycling the Whole House, October 18, 2007
- More pollutants pumped in Sound than allowed by law, October 13, 2007
- Study: high levels of toxic chemicals in younger orcas, October 11, 2007
- These mussels tell a story, October 1, 2007
- Plans to dump PCB-tainted soil in Elliott Bay raise concerns, September 10, 2007
- David Dicks to Head ‘Puget Sound Partnership', August 16, 2007
- A united effort, Clean Marina Program celebrates milestone, August 10, 2007
- A clean house could be a health hazard, July 24, 2007
- Food-trash recycling at homes to be required by Seattle in '09, July 17, 2007
- Fort Lewis, Ecology reach deal, June 7, 2007
- State, feds begin talks on Hanford cleanup, May 31, 2007
- State organic farm acreage up 40 percent, sales up 32 percent, May 22, 2007
- Seattle Metro will order up to 500 hybrids for bus fleet, May 17, 2007
- Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver ports agree to cut pollution, May 16, 2007
- Ink First Part of Antidote for Puget Sound, May 8, 2007
- Oil-spill tug left short of funding, April 23, 2007
- $8 billion Puget Sound bill passes, April 23, 2007
- Boeing recycling practices nets $60 million, April 16, 2007
- Study: NW shipping industry is major air polluter, April 11, 2007
- Rotting sea lettuce a foul sign of Sound pollution, April 10, 2007
- Washington state oil spill response upgraded, April 5, 2007
- Washington State first in the nation to ban PBDEs, April 4, 2007
- Oil from two military bases may be reaching Puget Sound, March 30, 2007
- Puget Sound population growth puts water quality in jeopardy, March 6, 2007
- Asarco talks settlement, but taxpayers might get stuck with billions for toxic cleanup, February 5, 2007
- UW study links auto pollution to increased health risks, February 1, 2007
- Plan aims to help clean up Columbia River, January 19, 2007
- State to issue new stormwater rules today, January 17, 2007
- Environmentalists push lawmakers for Puget Sound cleanup, January 2, 2007
- State upgrades water-quality rules in bid to help fish, wildlife, people, December 7, 2006
- Scientists fear for the health of Puget Sound, November 8, 2006
- No more seafood by 2050?, November 6, 2006
- State issues warning on eating Puget Sound salmon, October 27, 2006
- A mixed bag for recycling in Washington State, October 24, 2006
- Puget Sound panel details daunting cleanup endeavor, October 12, 2006
- Toxic stormwater is one of the Sound's biggest threats, October 11, 2006
- A rising tide of chemicals in Puget Sound, October 10, 2006
- Seattle mayor has plan to clear the air, September 27, 2006
- Scientists tally damage a day after fish die-off in troubled Hood Canal, September 21, 2006
- Pacific Coast governors vow to improve ocean conditions, September 19, 2006
- Report: Current regulations will clear gorge air, September 12, 2006
- Could rising mercury levels be a threat to Northwest tribes?, September 5, 2006
- Washington state's freshwater fish tainted, study says, September 1, 2006
- Columbia River toxins moving up food chain, July 10, 2006
- Judge bars shrill Navy sonar, July 5, 2006
- Olympia's 'zero waste' plan advances, June 29, 2006
- No easy solutions to die-off at Hood Canal, June 19, 2006
- Federal judge strikes down Hanford nuclear-waste initiative, June 13, 2006
- EPA plans to ban orchard pesticide, June 13, 2006
- Stormwater: A People Problem, June 12, 2006
- Washington scores a "D" in bus pollution study, May 25, 2006
- Washington Residents Carry Toxic Burden, May 24, 2006
- Clean engines, wings that fold: Boeing dreams of futuristic jets, May 5, 2006
- $6 million for Sound cleanup, May 5, 2006
- Ozone Layer Shows Signs of Recovery, May 3, 2006
- Hanford: Lethal And Leaking, May 2, 2006
- EPA's Latest Toxics Release Data Show Continued Decline, April 14, 2006
- Puget Sound a toxic stew, scientists say, April 6, 2006
- Legislature Funds Biological and Organic Farming Program, March 16, 2006
- Landmark Bill Passes to Provide Free, Simple and Safe Electronic Waste Recycling, March 8, 2006
- Electronic waste recycling bill passes House, March 6, 2006
- Sound tanker bill scuttled, March 3, 2006
- Washington's worst air is near ports, February 23, 2006
- Measure targets major source of Puget Sound pollution, February 21, 2006
- 2007 budget would revive funds for Hanford Cleanup, February 7, 2006
- U.S. given failing grade on improving oceans, February 6, 2006
- 2 studies: Urban sprawl adds pounds, pollution, January 25, 2006
- Washington state agencies seek ban on flame retardants, January 23, 2006
- U.S., state settle suit over Hanford waste shipments, January 10, 2006
- People for Puget Sound's Kathy Fletcher tapped for Governor's Puget Sound Initiative, January 3, 2006
- Governor Offers Plan to Restore Puget Sound, December 20, 2005
- Chemicals target of state ban, December 5, 2005
- State meets all federal clean-air standards, December 1, 2005
- New facility aimed at ending fish farm woes, November 28, 2005
- State considers tighter oil-spill regulations, November 23, 2005
- Powerful senator revives plan for more oil tankers in Sound, November 10, 2005
- Executive Director's weblog - "On the Road", November 2, 2005
- Give people sensible ways to recycle their e-waste, October 28, 2005
- Hanford cleanup scores gains but draws criticism, October 27, 2005
- Seattle School Board Adopts Strong Pesticide Reduction Policy, October 13, 2005
- Energy bill triggers oil-spill fears in Puget Sound, October 4, 2005
- Orcas need cleaner Sound, more salmon, scientists say, October 4, 2005
- Increasing orca population is a sign we can save the Sound, September 20, 2005
- $10 billion price put on Sound cleanup, September 16, 2005
- South Seattle awash in PCBs, September 14, 2005
- Organic food protects kids from pesticides, researchers say, September 7, 2005
- Toxic burden for poor, minorities, August 29, 2005
- Toxic flame retardents found in bodies of Northwest women, August 25, 2005
- Recycling of electronics encouraged, August 23, 2005
- Cars replacing industry as leading polluters in Washington, August 16, 2005
- Air pollution increasing in Columbia River Gorge, August 12, 2005
- Duwamish crab, fish are unsafe to eat, state warns, August 4, 2005
- Federal Environmental Legislation - In the news, July 28, 2005
- Dozens of Chemicals Found in Most Americans' Bodies, July 22, 2005
- Seattle schools' drinking water still fails lead test, July 20, 2005
- Crackdown urged on mercury waste from dentistry, July 19, 2005
- Gregoire announces new focus on Puget Sound's health, July 18, 2005
- Risk-to-salmon warnings on pesticides are upheld, June 30, 2005
- Hanford safety panel to be created, June 28, 2005
- Whale Watching, June 22, 2005
- Radioactive contamination at Hanford is on the move, June 15, 2005
- Washington Women Fighting to Protect Our Environment, April 26, 2005
- Proposal would ban trio of toxins used in everyday products, April 15, 2005
- Industrial pollution on the rise, March 29, 2005
- REPORT: Home is Where the Harm Is, March 24, 2005
- EPA rules to cut mercury pollution fall short, March 16, 2005
- Hanford waste treatment plant under way, February 11, 2005
- Electronics designers find it's not easy being green, February 7, 2005
- A slow recovery for Puget Sound, January 19, 2005
- PC Makers, Critics Join EBay Recycle Push, January 6, 2005
- Cascadia Scorecard Update - Gifts for the region that has everything, December 16, 2004
- Inquiry is urged into ability to react to big spill, December 7, 2004
- Spokane River Health Risk Advisories Given to Low-Income and Immigrant Communities in Spokane, December 6, 2004
- Hanford initiative put on hold, December 3, 2004
- Arsenic, lead taint soils at many 'child-use areas', November 29, 2004
- Scientists See Hope Amid Coral Doom and Gloom, November 22, 2004
- Region urged to get serious on oil spills, November 22, 2004
- US study links more than 200 diseases to pollution, November 15, 2004
- Voters approve limit on Hanford nuclear waste, November 3, 2004
- Cleaner boats: City of Seattle subsidizes biodiesel ferry fuel, October 19, 2004
- Subpoenas issued in oil spill; cleanup costs top $750,000, October 18, 2004
- Oil Spill Soils South Sound, October 15, 2004
- The Struggle to Reclaim Seattle's Only River, October 7, 2004
- Lead Levels in Water Misrepresented Across U.S., October 5, 2004
- Cruise ships to plug in to reduce pollution, October 1, 2004
- Northwest women contaminated with toxic flame retardants, September 29, 2004
- Protecting Our Oceans, September 16, 2004
- Seattle acts to clean up waterways, September 14, 2004
- PCB levels result in fish warning, September 1, 2004
- WA Department of Ecology Unveils Plan for Eliminating Toxic Flame Retardants, August 27, 2004
- Hanford reaches milestone in cleanup of tanks, August 24, 2004
- Pollutants cause huge rise in brain diseases, August 20, 2004
- Earth Saving Tips - Environmentally Friendly Pest Control, August 18, 2004
- Elwha dam removal gets final go-ahead, August 6, 2004
- High mercury risk in fish raises alarm, August 5, 2004
- U.S. eases review of pesticides for endangered species, July 30, 2004
- Lack of Funds Delaying Toxic Waste Cleanups, July 29, 2004
- Northwest Cruise Ships Moving in Right Direction, July 23, 2004
- Surfrider Foundation Releases 2004 State of the Beach Report, July 22, 2004
- Radioactive Waste Shipments to Hanford Halted, July 20, 2004
- Oceans soaking up carbon dioxide, July 19, 2004
- Office Depot offers to recycle old PCs, July 13, 2004
- Washington State likely to sue federal government over Hanford, July 9, 2004
- Hanford waste dumping will be scaled back, July 5, 2004
- Toxic Emissions Rising, EPA Says, June 28, 2004
- Heavy Use of Pesticides Found at Washington Schools, May 4, 2004
- Immediate measures needed to save oceans, April 21, 2004
- Earth Saving Tips - Greener Computing, April 7, 2004
- 15th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, March 23, 2004
- Washington ranks high on human health, trails in energy efficiency and smart growth, March 10, 2004
- UN Study: The real cost of a new PC, March 8, 2004
- Washington Might List Orcas as Endangered Species, March 2, 2004
- Hanford Waste Cleanup May Have Human Price, February 26, 2004
- Toxic Flame Retardants Found in Puget Sound Women, February 24, 2004
- Rainwater Causes Sewage Dumping Into Puget Sound, February 19, 2004
- Gov. Locke Unveils Plan to Save Polluted Hood Canal, February 10, 2004
- Court Stops Pesticide Spraying Along Salmon Streams, January 26, 2004
- Earth Saving Tips - Resolve to Make Your Life Toxic-Free, January 12, 2004
- Concerns Raised Over Farmed Salmon, January 9, 2004
- Environmental Victories this Holiday Season, December 18, 2003
- Seven key trends shaping the future of the Northwest, December 15, 2003
- EPA Decision Threatens Clean Air Act, November 6, 2003
- Local nonprofit reinvents reuse, November 3, 2003
- Sanyo develops corn-based CDs, October 22, 2003
- King County Metro Transit taking strides to help the environment, October 21, 2003
- Navy to curb use of sonar system, October 16, 2003
- New Navy Sonar Scientifically Linked to Whale Deaths, October 9, 2003
- Earth Saving Tips - Protect the Ozone Layer, October 3, 2003
- California Takes on PC Waste, September 29, 2003
- Living With Toxins - Real Stories, September 22, 2003
- Greening the Classroom - One King County Student's Mission, August 25, 2003