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Category Archives: environment
Take a taxi with no wheels
Ed Note: I’ve often enjoyed driving visitors out to Seacrest Park at Alki where the parking is easy – then taking the passenger ferry to downtown having lunch somewhere. With the traffic now, it may be best to walk or … Continue reading
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Inferno Observatory
During a fellowship at the Mineral Sciences Laboratory at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, the UK filmmakers Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt stumbled upon a collection of 16mm films shot by volcanologists in the field. … Continue reading
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For Seattle, Viadoom gridlock is history repeated
From Crosscut: On Jan. 11, Seattle enters a period the city has dubbed the “Period of Maximum Constraint.” It sounds a bit like bondage, but without the fun bits. It kicks off with the closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, resulting … Continue reading
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The $1.1-billion orca plan could be a gamechanger
A reflection of whale watchers seen through the window of the Puget Sound Express traveling from the Port of Edmonds along Puget Sound on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (Photo by Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut) On Friday, Gov. Jay Inslee announced a $1.1 billion … Continue reading
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You dig it out. Do you get to keep it in Boston?
Boston is putting the breaks on people’s attempts to use everyday items to hold parking spots they’ve spent hours digging out from the snow.
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Crane tower sprouts overnight for the 705 Terry project
Last evening the crane tower began to sprout in front of the Frye Museum and just east of Skyline. Today more assembly is taking place.
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Abandoning U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms treaty threatens our very existence
By : George P. Shultz and Mikhail Gorbachev Special to The Washington Post More than 30 years have passed since the day the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union, meeting in Geneva, adopted a joint statement declaring … Continue reading
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How climate change could affect us all – new US government report (buried by release on Black Friday)
(CNN)The average global temperature is much higher and rising more rapidly than “anything modern civilization has experienced,” according to David Easterling, one of the authors of a new US government report that delivers a dire warning about our future. Thousands more could die, … Continue reading
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Video presentation of the twin towers’ project at 707 Terry
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Construction Update on the twin towers east of Skyline
Construction Bulletins: November 9, 2018 UPDATE Earthwork activities will continue during select Saturdays in an effort to expedite the mass excavation scope and to minimize overall night hauling durations. Excavation and Shoring is approximately 90% with completion of mass excavation … Continue reading
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Would you choose to live wild and free as a wolf, or have a job with benefits, like a sled dog?
From Aeon: “Swedish-born Sven Engholm owns and operates a dogsledding tour company in the extreme north of Norway, far above the Arctic Circle. In Vargsamtal, this prizewinning elite dogsledder tells the Swedish filmmaker Axel Byrfors how he took a group of … Continue reading
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The New York Times: Washington State voters will decide next week whether to impose a fee on carbon emissions. We hope they do.
From the NYT: “Will voters in Washington State breathe new life into the idea of taxing carbon emissions? Plenty of people worried about the earth’s future certainly hope so. Climate scientists and economists have long argued that the single best way to slow … Continue reading
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Safeguarding Health and Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe
Ed Note: The Washington State Physicians for Social Responsibility *WPSR) is sponsoring the presentation. The concerns have become even more relevant as nuclear rhetoric heats up: “The US national security adviser, John Bolton, has confirmed that the US will withdrawal from the … Continue reading
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Twin tower update – what’s up next at the big dig?
Ed Note: Thanks to Joan H. we’ve found the web site for updates for the construction of the twin towers between Skyline and the Frye Museum: http://www.707terryproject.com/. We’ll try to post their updates as they occur on their website. ABOUT THE … Continue reading
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Walking to Little Saigon
Walking south on 9th past Harborview and following it downhill across Yesler last Sunday, I found the new park quite lively situated among all the construction going on. There were lots of young families with kids on the well laid out … Continue reading
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Trick or Treat? Phantom on the deck
Fun photo by Diane S
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Join Your Neighbors at the Autumn Clean Up! Oct 13th
The First Hill Improvement Association is happy to be hosting the sixth Autumn Cleanup! Saturday, October 13th 10am-12pm First Hill Park (1201 University) Meet your neighbors and FHIA’s new Executive Director, learn about what’s going on in the neighborhood, and … Continue reading
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An I-5 Lid?
From Crosscut by Knute Berger: If Chicago is the City of Big Shoulders, Seattle is the City of Big Visions. We’ve literally moved mountains to create the city we know — we’ve redirected rivers (the Duwamish), connected the sea to … Continue reading
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How Washington’s bug ranching helps to feed fish
From Crosscut: Every year millions of tons of fish are scooped out of the ocean, ground up and fed to the fish that we eat. It’s a massive waste of dwindling natural resources. But a nonprofit focused on protecting salmon and … Continue reading
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This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief
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Dealing with plastic waste in the oceans
Sent by Dick Dion – thanks! I’ve been asked how to buy one of the bracelets made by this group. This is what I found on a Google search: https://4ocean.com/products/4ocean-bracelet
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Closing a highway to save Washington salmon
From Crosscut: “Washington state is on the hook for hundreds of road culvert projects ever since the Supreme Court let stand a mandate to remove fish barriers throughout the state. Swauk Creek runs through the dry dirt and the fir … Continue reading
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Factfullness: Ten reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think
Ed note: Hans Rosling has written a fascinating book that Bill Gates called the most important book he’s ever read. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Rosling explains how and why our thinking … Continue reading
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“You can breathe as long as you don’t inhale”
Ed note: Remember Tom Lehrer’s song called Pollution? Coming true? Seattle is now in the “unhealthy” range in terms of air quality – at least through tomorrow. Cliff Mass gives us some perspective (Beijing better than Seattle!) as reported in … Continue reading
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