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Category Archives: environment
Spinning Ice Disk – pretty cool
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Seattle nostalgia
From Crosscut: “The media is full of stories bemoaning change in Seattle. Old cafes closing, landmarks demolished, efforts to save legacy businesses like that dive bar down the street. There are more construction cranes dotting the skyline than in any … Continue reading
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In Mexico, Murray joins united front against Trump
From Crosscut: “MEXICO CITY — Continuing his defiant tone following the presidential election, Mayor Ed Murray insisted that Seattle will continue to press forward on climate change whatever the policies of the Trump administration. On his first official trip to … Continue reading
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Human population through time
From Aeon: “From our origins in Africa, humans began migrating around the globe roughly 100,000 years ago. But it was only with the advent of agriculture about 12,000 years ago that our population started to swell to more than a million. This data … Continue reading
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ATTEND THE CONVENTION CENTER ADDITION PUBLIC BENEFITS OPEN HOUSE 12/7
To build the Washington State Convention Center Addition project, the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) is requesting that the city vacate three alleys and underground portions of Olive Way and Terry Avenue. The project will pay for these rights of … Continue reading
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Seattle’s tech boom is just getting started
There interesting commentary in Crosscut discussing the silicon valley and San Francisco tech growth problems. Seattle is beginning to look more and more attractive, perhaps not to the new hires who sleep on futons, but certainly to the more mature tech … Continue reading
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From National Geographic: “The candidates for president of the United States, particularly on the Republican side, have hotly debated how to handle the roughly 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) border between the United States and Mexico. “Donald Trump has famously and repeatedly promised … Continue reading
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How Seattle blew its chance at a subway system
Tom Gibbs sends along this article from Crosscut: “The question is no longer whether we will grow, but only how we will grow.” “So said attorney and civic leader Jim Ellis, in a speech at the Seattle Rotary Club. As … Continue reading
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Tree-planting robots could save Northwest forests
From Crosscut: “In the summer of 2015, Grant Canary, an entrepreneur with two startups under his belt who was looking for his next venture, was brainstorming ways to make a dent in carbon dioxide pollution, one of the main culprits … Continue reading
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License to kill: How Washington may lose its right to wipe out salmon
From Crosscut: “So you’re a salmon heading upstream this fall. It hasn’t rained much for months. The water is low. You reach a culvert that takes the stream under a state highway. The culvert was installed higher than it should … Continue reading
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Winter in Seattle – remembering when
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Local Hikes
Sometimes I’m asked about hiking in the Cascades or Olympics. There an incredible hiking web site from the Washington Trails Association, http://www.wta.org/. This gives you all the information you need: easy hike? elevation gain? trail condition and recent reports? It will … Continue reading
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Sunset
Sunset at Coronado, CA. Please send me your favorite nature pictures!
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The green problem in the Olympic pools
Something sounds fishy to me. Did someone dump green dye in the diving pool. But then I remembered from high school chemistry that copper compounds are greenish. That’s probably going on – too much copper in the water looks OK … Continue reading
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Tom Leher – Pollution
Leher, a Harvard and MIT mathematician is well known for his political satire. This is one of my many favorites which seems appropriate for the problems in the Olympics.
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I-123 threatens Seattle’s newly designed waterfront park
Sent in by Tom Gibbs from the Seattle Times: “INITIATIVE 123 is not worthy of your vote on Aug. 2. It requires the city to pay for a new, expensive, elevated viaduct that has no plan, cost estimate or new … Continue reading
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First Hill Improvement Association meets Tuesday July 12th
The July meeting of the First Hill Improvement Association is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12th from 6:00 – 7:30pm at Swedish Hospital in the Glaser Auditorium. Click here for more info.
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Have your grand-kids had their vitamins and dirt today?
As published in the NYT today, there may be some positives in unhygienic parctices by children! Nail biting and thumb sucking may have some benefits afterall. “In a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, researchers drew evidence from an … Continue reading
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