Editor's Take: May 27, 2008
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California's Last Good Salmon Run
With bad news hailing down regularly about Pacific Northwest salmon, a bit of hope comes from Butte Creek in the Sacramento River System, where spring run chinook are doing OK. Not all bodies of water share successes. Lake Whatcom is a favorite rec spot in Bellingham, but do people realize they swim in their drinking water?
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A Haven for California Chinook
San Francisco Chronicle
05/26/2008
Fast-flowing Butte Creek now holds the largest population of wild spring-run chinook, or king salmon, in the Sacramento River system.
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Seattle's Water is Bellingham's Wishful Drinking
Crosscut
05/27/2008
Here's a tip for consumers who have doubts about the quality and security of Seattle's tap water: Think of Bellingham. It won't improve your drinking water, but you might feel better about it. Here in Bellingham, we swim in our drinking water.
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Young B.C. Residents Look for Greener Pastures
Vancouver Sun
05/27/2008
While British Columbia's economy has boomed, a growing minority of its young residents have come to expect they'll have to move away to start lives on their own, according to a recent survey by the Canada West Foundation.
B.C.'s high cost of housing is one of the reasons, said Robert Roach, the foundation's director of strategic policy and research.
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What Is a Green-Collar Job, Exactly?
Time Magazine
05/26/2008
What do presidential candidates John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have in common, aside from the obvious? They all love green-collar jobs.
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Is Gender Playing a Role in Montana's Indian Vote?
Indian Country Today
05/23/2008
A growing number of female Indians from Montana are wondering whether some of their male colleagues and leaders are supporting Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. Hillary Clinton largely due to his gender.
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Washington Biodiesel Plant Struggles
Tacoma News Tribune
05/27/2008
Ten months after the nation's largest biodiesel plant opened in Grays Harbor County, its owners are facing the same financial pressures that have brought a once high-flying industry down to earth.
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Rossi, Gregoire Battle for Eco-Credentials
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
05/27/2008
Democrats say Dino Rossi's green streak may be a mile wide, but it's not deep enough to splash the wheel wells of his recently purchased Ford Escape hybrid. Most environmental groups back Governor Chris Gregoire.
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
05/24/2008
Tons of slash from a 250-acre logging site north of Loon Lake, Washington could have gone up in smoke.
Instead, the woody debris will be chipped and hauled to Avista Corp's biomass facility in Kettle Falls, where it will produce enough electricity to meet 37,500 homes' needs for about eight hours.
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I-5 Bridge Plan Taking Its 'Toll'
Oregonian
05/27/2008
Three of seven Metro councilors are scheduled today to oppose a proposed Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River, a potentially significant blow to a federally backed $4.2 billion effort to untangle congestion in one of the West Coast's worst bottlenecks.
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How Green Is Your College?
New York Times
05/26/2008
While previous generations focused on recycling and cleaning up rivers, today's college students want to combat global warming by figuring out ways to reduce carbon emissions in their own lives, starting with their own colleges.
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