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Dateline Earth
Check out our environmental blog for frequently updated tips and tidbits
· Seattle schools to cut down Ingraham's trees
· What the climate activists actually did in Eugene
· Boatload of comments on marine protections

Reader blog: Energy: Strategies, Policy & Best Practices
· Harvest the Sun -- From Space
· 'Smart meters' May Soon be Outdated (LA Times): Screw-up Illustrates PR Challenge
· Hybrid Yukon Sales Slow off the Starting Line

Reader blog: Building Seattle Green
Environmentally conscious design
· You too can be a Master Home Environmentalist Volunteer!
· Seattle Urban Chalet
· Sustainable Neigborhoods & Imagine Capitol Hill

Reader blog: Green Gal
Environmentally conscious living
· The "greenest" day of them all
· The neti revolution
· Naked snacking

Reader blog: Living Simply: Creating a New Life Off the Grid
· Sadness
· Drama Queen
· View from the Window

Reader blog: Electric Vehicle Guide
· Electric Cars Are the Key to Energy Independence
· Former Intel CEO pushing hard for battery cars
· T. BOONE PICKENS Project

Special Reports

Climate Change
Fears about the damage caused by climate change -- less snow, vanishing shorelines, more forest fires -- are mounting. How will governments, businesses and residents respond?
· Former President Clinton sees climate's silver lining (November 2007)
· Seattle urges greenhouse cuts (September 2007)
· Global warming needs green revolution (October 2007)
· Scientists say humans warming world (February 2007)
· Special report: What climate change means to the region (November 2003)

Tracking Puget Sound's Health
The Puget Sound region's iconic estuary is being hammered by pollution and development. Leaders pledge they'll save the Sound, but will it work?
· Plan to dump PCBs in Elliott Bay (September 2007)
· Tribes win on ruling on salmon (August 2007)
· Gov.'s plan to help Sound (May 2007)
· Special Report: The Sound of Broken Promises (October 2006)
· Special Report: Our Troubled Sound (November 2002)

Global Warming
A warmer world means less snow and higher tides in the area. Agencies are trying to slow greenhouse gas releases and prepare for the changes.
· Read the story: How changing water temperatures affect Lake Washington's ecosystem. (July 2005)
· Multimedia: See how it works (Flash 6)
· Special report: What climate change means to the region, includes full-page PDF (November 2003)

Endangered Species
Beloved Northwest salmon, orcas and spotted owls are in jeopardy of vanishing. There are efforts to save them -- will they succeed?
· Logging stopped to help owl (August 2007)
· Wild vs. hatchery salmon (August 2007)
· Salmon rescue plan (January 2007)
· Special report: The federal government is handing out licenses to kill endangered species (May 2005)

Natural Seattle
Sure it's a metropolis, but Seattle is home to countless wild things. But how healthy is the city's ecosystem?
· Special report: What is happening to Seattle's urban forest and what's at risk. (November 2005)
· Multimedia: What happens when an urban forest is neglected, or if it's restored (Flash 6 required).
· Recent news: Getting the ivy out at Beacon Hill park (January 2006)

P-I reporters Lisa Stiffler and Robert McClure cover environmental issues from the region and beyond. Contact Lisa by e-mail or phone (206-448-8042) and Robert by e-mail or phone (206-448-8092).

'Alarming' elevated cancer risk in South Seattle linked to air pollution
Residents of a broad swath of South Seattle from Seward Park to West Seattle face elevated cancer risks because of air pollution, according to a soon-to-be released government study.

Lummi, orca matriarch presumed dead, was 98
Great-great-great-grandma Lummi � the oldest member of the local orca population � has been missing since December and is presumed dead.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008
Smog watch issued for Puget Sound area
A smog watch has been issued for Snohomish, King Pierce and Kitsap counties until Wednesday night, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency said.

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008
Eco-conscious fashion being designed for the masses' appeal
With greater public consciousness shifting from what we put in our bodies to what we put on them, mass-market retailers as well as smaller businesses are answering the demand for affordable organic clothing.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008
Governors' plan aims to make ocean healthier
West Coast governors Tuesday released an action plan for improving ocean health by curbing pollution, preventing oil spills and reducing the harm of shoreline development.

MONDAY, JULY 28, 2008
Winds of change fill new career
With wind turbine towers popping up on the U.S. landscape at a rate of almost 10 per day, the need for people to maintain and repair them is reaching the critical point.

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2008
Want to calculate a carbon footprint?
"Carbon neutrality" is definitely in, as more people go online to calculate and offset their carbon footprints. But a UW study shows that results from these calculators can vary widely, which means we may not be as "neutral" as we think.

Audit sharply rebukes BLM over abandoned mines issue
WASHINGTON -- The government has endangered the public's health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit released Friday.

FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2008
Gregoire's Puget Sound push doesn't quite float
Is Puget Sound an issue that will carry water for Gov. Chris Gregoire?

Study considers how to make cents of the Sound
What is the "natural capital" of the Puget Sound region worth? A team of economists has taken the first steps toward putting a price tag on the natural assets many of us take for granted.

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2008
Christians taking on role as environmentalists
American Christians are becoming more involved in the problems of global warming, connecting the scientific with the spiritual.

Group proposes climate-saving strategy
Tired of the lack of leadership at the national level, Western leaders are taking charge on curbing climate change by proposing a "cap and trade" plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2008
Grocery bag fee headed to full council
Seattle city officials moved a step closer Tuesday toward becoming one of the few major American cities to discourage paper and plastic bags in favor of reusable bags, and to ban polystyrene food and drink containers.

SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2008
Woman gets 5 years for UW arson
A Seattle woman was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison, and five years' probation, for participating in an Earth Liberation Front/Animal Liberation Front rampage of arson that hit targets across the West.

Biologists work to verify wolves are back in the state
YAKIMA -- State Fish and Wildlife biologists and wolf experts from Idaho captured what they believe are two wolves Friday in western Okanogan County, a development that could confirm the first wolf pack in Washington since the animals were eradicated decades ago.

THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008
Diesel spills into Duwamish waterway
A diesel spill Tuesday night at Seattle's Terminal 5 in the Duwamish waterway is under investigation by the state Ecology Department and the U.S. Coast Guard.

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