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Winter bus passes on sale now | |||
The Coal Pipeline: In Pacific Northwest, A Local Battle Has Global Fallout | The flyer and I landed in Matt Krogh's Bellingham office on the same October afternoon. I had stopped by to hear why he thought building the country's largest coal port just north of town was a bad idea; the four-page full-color mailing had arrived to try to convince him otherwise.… |
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Campus encouraged to power down during the holiday breaks | |||
Coal-export plan survives election cliffhangers | It started out as a "mixed bag" election in Whatcom County on Nov. 8 and, after a week of nail-biting changes in two closely watched races, wound up in the same place for both sides of the controversy over a major export terminal that would be the nation's largest coal port. … |
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Student's Web app earns Environmental Protection Agency award | |||
Bellingham to spend more money on bus service | City leaders will consider buying more bus service with money from the 2010 voter-approved sales tax increase, although they don't yet know which areas the buses will serve. |
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Western's Hahn to discuss wild-food foraging Nov. 17 | |||
Value of farming the subject of upcoming short film | As fewer Americans maintain direct ties to farming and as urban areas increase, several local organizations are working on a short film to spread a message about the value of agriculture. |
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The Best Apps for the Environment: Bringing EPA Data to the Masses | The federal Environmental Protection Agency has announced winners of a contest to create the best "Apps for the Environment." After a solicitation earlier this year, the agency drew 38 entries and 2,000 votes on them from website users. The main prerequisite was that entrants base the… |
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EPA Announces Winners of Apps for the Environment Challenge | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the winners of its Apps for the Environment challenge, which encouraged new and innovative uses of EPA’s data to create apps that address environmental and public health issues. Developers from across the country created apps with… |