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| Northwest communities, including Sudden Valley, prepare for risk of wildfires | Wildfires have been big news this summer, from the massive Rim Fire by Yosemite National Park to the tragic Yarnell Hill Fire north of Phoenix that killed 19 firefighters. Western Washington has been spared major fires, but don't count on that lasting forever. While big fires are鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 grad student creates map of homes in path of potential wildfires | Jacob Tully spent thousands of hours, many of them late at night with loud music and lots of coffee, figuring out how many people in the lower 48 live where their houses could be destroyed by wildfire. His research for his master's degree at Western Washington University took a new鈥 |
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| Birmingham-Southern eco-leader says Magic City could be "Portland of the South" | Birmingham can be the next coming of Portland, Ore., if it follows a path of sustainability, according to Roald Hazelhoff, director of the Southern Environmental Center (SEC) at Birmingham-Southern College (BSC). As the SEC looks forward to its 20th anniversary in 2014, Hazelhoff remains鈥 |
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| Professor, students map toxic-release trends | |||
| Coal port faces a new level of environmental scrutiny | Unprecedented. |
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| Coming soon: Oil trains. All the risk, fewer regulations | The Pacific Northwest Energy Boom rolled into Vancouver, Wash., in a big way Tuesday, sparking more debate about how the region can handle demands from oil and coal companies for export terminals shipping to markets in the U.S. and Asia. |
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| EPA unveils updated lists of education institutions using green power | The University of Pennsylvania is the top Green Power user in higher education, and the Chicago public school system is the top user among K-12 systems, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says. The EPA released its latest Green Power Partnership rankings earlier this month鈥攖he top鈥 |
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| Abalone nurseries arrive | Just as he brought the snails out it started to rain. Luckily these are animals that like to get wet 鈥 in fact they need it to survive. 鈥淚f they are out of water for any longer than five minutes you might want to give them a gentle dunk,鈥 said Josh Bouma, abalone program director at Puget鈥 |
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| State Department of Ecology monitors plans, cleanup on Bellingham's waterfront | Decades of heavy industrial use took a toll on the Bellingham waterfront. The Washington Department of Ecology is working closely with the city, port and community to ensure the sites contaminated by past industries are cleaned up to protect people, plants and animals. |