en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Washington headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish. Fisheries biologists from 10 government agencies and private groups are working shifts to try to save the salmon and trout. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010313642_apuslandslidefish.html?syndication=rss Salmon Washington 11/20/2009 Seattle Times The trend of people no longer being able to afford health insurance has been getting worse, Washington officials say. A new state study predicts the number of people here without insurance will hit 1 million by the end of 2011. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1580243/KPLU.Local.News/%E2%80%99Under-Uninsured%E2%80%99.Growing.as.Fast.as.Uninsured Human Health Washington 11/19/2009 KPLU Washington's home-weatherization efforts have fallen at least two months behind goals set under the federal stimulus aid, the result of a mix-up over conflicting wage requirements under federal and state laws. http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1041764.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theolympian-News+%28The+Olympian+-+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Efficiency Washington 11/19/2009 Olympian On Monday comes the latest in the long-running court battle over the government's plan to run its hydroelectric dams without pushing Columbia Basin salmon closer to extinction. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_judge_has_questions_a.html Salmon Oregon United States Washington 11/19/2009 Oregonian The Seattle Housing Authority unveiled a plan last week to remake Yesler Terrace's 561 units of public housing into a mixed-use area of office, housing, and retail with buildings up to 22 stories high. http://www.realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/3453/ Economy Washington 11/19/2009 Real Change Kim Radtke of Seattle was pregnant with her now nearly three-week-old son when tests detected in her blood 11 chemicals, including mercury. http://seattlepostglobe.org/2009/11/17/infuriated-mom-why-cant-i-protect-my-body-study-pinpoints-chemicals-in-moms-to-be Human Health Pollution & Toxics United States Washington 11/18/2009 Seattle Post Globe Fear is as infectious as any virus, and gives many Americans a warped view of the dangers posed by vaccines, genetically engineered crops and other beneficial technologies, New Yorker writer Michael Specter said in Seattle Tuesday. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thebusinessofgiving/2010302503_by_sandi_doughton_fear_is.html?syndication=rss Climate Washington 11/18/2009 Seattle Times The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says about 500 endangered Oregon spotted frogs have been released this fall at a lake on the Fort Lewis Army base near Tacoma. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010295568_apwainmatesfrogs.html?syndication=rss Environment Washington 11/18/2009 Seattle Times A new report from the advocacy group Physicians for Social Responsibility concludes that pollutants from coal-fired power plants contribute to four of the five leading causes of mortality in the US: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. Coal plants still provide about 40 percent of the electricity used in OR and nearly 20 percent in WA. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/physicians_group_details_healt.html Climate Energy Human Health Pollution & Toxics Oregon Washington 11/18/2009 Oregonian