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| 'National Chemistry Week' celebrates sustainable resources | From waste prevention to energy-efficient design to safer manufacturing processes and substitutes for rare natural resources, sustainability considerations are key to meeting projected global needs and encouraging a safer tomorrow. |
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| Jellyfish are wreaking havoc on tourist areas | Jellyfish blooms are on the rise and taking over the ocean, experts say. They may not look scary, but they pose a serious threat to regions that are just now entering their tourism seasons. |
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| Whatcom County coal controversy sees outside money pouring into coffers of local election campaigns | An unprecedented amount of outside money pouring into local elections in Whatcom County may shape whether the area becomes home to the largest coal shipping terminal on the West Coast. A $600 million Gateway Pacific Terminal project proposed outside Bellingham could export as much as 48鈥 |
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| Outside money, coal shapes Whatcom Co. races | An unprecedented amount of outside money is pouring into local elections in Whatcom County that may shape whether the area becomes home to the largest coal shipping terminal on the West Coast. |
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| Grimm, students have research published | |||
| The County Council Election That Could Mean Big Things For Coal Exports | Whatcom County could one day be the home of the largest coal export facility on the west coast 鈥- which would transfer up to 54 million tons of coal from trains onto ships bound for Asia. |
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| Regional chambers say that the practice of "expedited removal" hurts cross-border business | For Canadian residents wanting to visit the U.S., the threat of 鈥渆xpedited removal鈥 鈥 an on-the-spot decision by a border agent to ban someone from the U.S. for five years or more 鈥 is a major deterrent to doing business in America. At least that鈥檚 the opinion expressed in a court brief鈥 |
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| In Washington鈥檚 GMO labeling campaigns, most money from out of state | For a clear picture of how Washington voters are the target of a national food fight over genetically modified ingredients, one need only look at contributions for and against Initiative 522. In this high-stakes battle, the Yes on I-522 campaign has collected more than $4.6 million in鈥 |
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| Students dig up bones of buried killer whale | Two years after a marine mammal observer on St. Paul Island buried a young killer whale that had washed up dead, students from St. Paul High School dug up the skeleton. |
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| Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities in the New Communication Climate | I just returned from my first visit to Japan, which was limited to a small slice of Tokyo, a megacity offering a dizzying mix of ancient and modern, exuberant consumption and reflective modesty. I was there to speak at an annual forum on the environment organized by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper鈥 |