In case you were wondering:"Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, all containment structures on new nuclear plant designs in the U.S. have been re-engineered to withstand the direct impact of a jetliner" - this from a recent report onYale's environment 360 blog by…
It’s like the snobs versus the slobs, right? Hardly. Potholes are a big deal in Spokane. We even have a popular Facebook page dedicated to the subject. However, Seattle makes us look like a bunch of wusses for complaining as the rain eats the pavement.…
“I was - enchanted—overwhelmed—with the beauty and grandeur of everything I saw. It lay just as nature had made it, with nothing to mar its virgin glory.” James Glover 1873 upon first seeing the Spokane River. Things are a bit different now with seven dams…
- The Gulf of Mexico is awash in 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells and nobody has checked to see if they are leaking.-Journalists who come too close to oil spill clean-up efforts without permission could face a $40,000 fine or even one to five…
It's July, temps are escalating, and the forest fire season is upon us. Fires occur each and every year and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But how much of the recent activity is natural and healthy and how much of it is the result…
This is an oldie but goodie: Sightline did a study a few years ago on sprawl in northwest cities. From the below animated graphic it is obvious the outskirts of Spokane are dominated by low-density housing and we also ranked quite low in smart growth.…
"There is only one Ocean for everyone and everything." That's the sentence that reads at the beginning of a new page on Pearl Jam's official website called simply, "Oceans". Pearl Jam "Oceans" is an attempt to raise awareness on the efforts of various organizations working…
Several years ago, before DTE, there was a History class at Eastern Washington University taught by a one Dr. Bill Youngs. The shared learning of Andrew Carnegie and the Industrial Revolution lead to a confused afternoon in Riverfront Park some five years later and some…
"And that’s how a constitutional crisis gets virtually ignored while a cute baby seal grabs front page headlines." - horsesass.orgThe constitutional crisis at hand is that Washington State Pulic Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark is battling state Attorney General Rob McKenna at the Supreme Court level…
We’ve had great coverage of the BP oil disaster at DTE, thanks to the hard work of Paul Haeder and Marc Gauthier. Not only are they continuing to file dispatches on this site but you should also listen to Haeder's coverage at Tipping Points on…
Starting today Spokane and Whatcom counties are not alone in the state. As of today, July 1, the entire state of Washington requires the sale of low phosphate automatic dishwashing detergents for residential use. Here's more information from the EcoLink section on DTE: In an…
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