May 2013
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EarthFix Wins Multiple Northwest Journalism Awards →
Yay us! Check out our Society for Professional Journalists’ Northwest Excellence in Journalism award-winning stories.
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After decades of dreaming and scheming,...
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A brief history of America’s fluoride wars →
Today Portlanders will vote on whether or not to fluoridate drinking water.
The fluoridation war is alive in Portland.
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Chamber: Greens using ‘sue and settle’ to coerce... →
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This American Life: Hot In My Backyard
After years of being stuck, the national conversation on climate change finally started to shift
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Climate Change Has Shifted the Locations of... →
The shifting locations of the North and South poles.
Increased melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and other ice losses worldwide have helped to move the North Pole several centimeters east each year since 2005
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For Insurers, No Doubts on Climate Change
Excerpt from NY Times’ story about how the insurance industry is breaking away from the conservative party line on climate change.
But the industry’s analysis of the risks it faces is evolving. One sign of that is how some top American insurers responded to a billboard taken out by the conservative Heartland Institute, a prominent climate change denier that has received support from the...
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Losing Water | EMagazine.com →
Interesting look at the ‘water footprint’ (vs ‘carbon footprint’) of energy projects.
The water footprint could become as important as the carbon footprint in years to come.
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“There needs to be robust and open debate on the merits of expanding the export...”
– Roger O. McClellan, an expert on toxicology and human health-risk analysis, is former chairman of the National Research Council Committee on Toxicology, past Chairman of EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, and a member of the Institute of Medicine. This is an excerpt from an op-ed piece...
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Second-Hand Smoke | Conservation Magazine →
City-dwelling birds have an odd habit of lining their nests with bits of cigarette butts. Now scientists have figured out why: the nicotine in the butts may help keep parasites away.
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Beyond the pale ale: A guide to sustainable beer →
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AP IMPACT: Wind Farms Get Pass on Eagle Deaths →
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Check out our 'Northwest Spring in Color' photo... →
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Top stories on EarthFix now
Which Fish Get To Recolonize After Elwha’s Dams Are Gone?
Elwha River: Recovery Proceeds Despite Sediment Setbacks
Anti-Logging Protesters: ‘We Are Not Terrorists’
Coal Company Drops Plans For Export Terminal On Columbia
No New Wind Farm Construction In PNW This Year
Why It’s Getting Harder To Deal With Droughts And Floods
What A Golf Course Could Mean For...
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WatchGeek out on our videos documenting the Elwha River restoration and dam removal process.
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UW chemists coal project gets crowdfunded in... →
A UW chemist wanted to do air-quality monitoring on the health effects of coal trains, but couldn
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googleearthwalkabout:
Visualize three decades of changes to the Earth’s surface with Google Earth timelapses
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Global carbon dioxide in atmosphere passes... →
Climate change news
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Climate warming greenhouse gas reaches 400 parts per million for the first time in human history
The steep ramp on the graph is not good.
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/10/182599588/college-div... →
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Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Plant May Be Too... →
Safety issues make plans to clean up a mess left over from the construction of the U.S. nuclear arsenal uncertain
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Top Stories on EarthFix Now
What A Golf Course Could Mean For Washington’s Groundwater
Ore. Bill Requires Wave Energy Companies To Remove Equipment
Report: Feds Planning To Drop Wolves’ Legal Protections
Ending Year-End Checks For Green Energy Surpluses
Washington State Pressed To Save Honey Bees By Restricting Pesticides
Talking Columbia River Treaty
Court Tosses Agreement Over Rare Forest Species
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“The small companies demonstrate to the big cosmetic giants that making safe...”
– Janet Nudelman, cofounder of Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a group that blew the whistle on Johnson & Johnson and now praises it for removing chemicals from baby products. The article notes, “Pressure on the corporations also comes from some smaller companies that already make organic or...
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What Is The Future of Coal? →
Coal
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Branding Problem | Conservation Magazine →
Green labels deter conservatives from buying energy-efficient bulbs
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April 2013
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