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| Bike to Work and School Day is Friday | |||
| Environmental author Bill McKibben on radio show, at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø | Bill McKibben, author of a dozen books about the environment, will be the guest for Chuckanut Radio Hour on Friday, May 16, at Whatcom Community College's Heiner Theater, 237 W. Kellogg Road. McKibben's 1989 book, "The End of Nature," is regarded as the first book for… |
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| Bees in the Outback | |||
| Scientists narrow in on Sea Star Wasting Syndrome devastating the West Coast | Scientists are making some headway in figuring out what is killing millions of sea stars in the waters off the Pacific coast, from British Columbia to Mexico. While a definitive answer eludes them, researchers suggest a pathogen — either bacterial or viral — is responsible for the death… |
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| Green Energy Fee Grant Program annual expo is May 14 | |||
| Spring issue of Sustainable Transportation newsletter is out | |||
| Western leads largest-ever Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference | |||
| Weimer to discuss safety of U.S. pipelines Thursday at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø | The executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust will discuss the safety of the Keystone XL pipeline and other U.S. pipelines on Thursday, May 8, at Western Washington University. The free 4 p.m. talk, which is part of the Huxley College of the Environment speaker series, will be in… |
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| Scientists: Ocean acidification has arrived in the Northwest | Studies show that conditions are already bad enough to affect the growth and development of important sea creatures. |
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| Death of the Stars | The Seattle Aquarium sits on Pier 59, above the cold, dark waters of Puget Sound. As children run inside its wood-beamed atrium, Lesanna Lahner peers into the largest display tank. A few salmon swim idly past barren rocks. "This used to be full of sea stars," says Lahner, the aquarium… |