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Explore new public art bike route in Kent with free Earthworks Bicycle Tour

By Anna Telensky from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

Have you ever been to the Herbert Bayer Earthwork, the Robert Morris Earthwork, the Green River Natural Resource Area, or Lorna Jordan’s Waterworks Garden? These four iconic landscapes in Kent, Seatac and Renton are internationally recognized, but not well known locally, despite existing in our regional back yard. The Kent Arts Commission wants to see [...]

Missoula City Council supports study of coal trains' effects

By suzanne from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

The resolution calls on the Corps of Engineers to conduct a “programmatic environmental impact statement” on the cumulative effects of air pollutants, traffic delays, coal dust, and noise pollution. It also calls for a public hearing in Missoula.

Infographic: The way we farm now | Grist

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

As Congress hustles to pass the next food and farm bill, there’s been a lot of discussion about how little government support goes to fruit and vegetable farmers compared to the Big Five commodity crops (wheat, corn, soy, rice, and cotton).

Remote OR town builds gathering place | KUOW

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

Nearly every Northwest city and town has a center of gravity — a place with a heartbeat — Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square or Seattle's Pike Place Market. But in the remote town of Arock , in southeast Oregon, that kind of spot has been missing for a long, long time. That's about to change.

Feeding salmon bycatch to the hungry | Oregon Public Broadcasting

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

A bill that passed in the 2012 Oregon Legislature promises to deliver more fish to the Oregon Food Bank. House Bill 4068 makes it legal for the food bank to pay fish processors to package unintentionally caught fish – aka bycatch – that can’t be sold in the marketplace.

Algae and acidification | Oregon Public Broadcasting

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

How are nitrates getting into Puget Sound? Sure, some of it comes from the rich coastal upwellings of nutrients that make their way in to these protected waters. But scientists think it’s no accident that the rise in nitrate levels in the past dozen years corresponds with population growth around Puget Sound.

Teen pregnancy rates due to poverty, not promiscuity | Christian Science Monitor

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

Teenage pregnancy rates in the US have declined dramatically – 40 percent in two decades – but remain among the highest in the developed world. A new study suggests American teens don't have more sex than teens elsewhere, but that they suffer more "despair" due to poverty.

Portland again nation’s top bike-friendly city | The Oregonian

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

After a year of drafting off of Minneapolis, Portland has once again pulled into the lead as Bike City U.S.A., according to the latest annual ranking from Bicycling magazine.

Seizing BC’s ‘Comparative Advantage’ | The Tyee

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

We are one year away from a provincial election likely to be fought on who is best to create economic growth and particularly good jobs in B.C. Here is a question all candidates should be asking themselves: What is our province's "comparative advantage"?

Biologists confirm wolverine kit born in N. Cascades | Wenatchee World

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

Six years after initiating the first wolverine study in the Pacific Northwest, Keith Aubry has been able to confirm that these elusive animals not only visit the North Cascades, but also breed and reproduce here.

Missoula Council supports study of coal trains’ effects | Missoulian

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

Everyone who breathes will be at risk in Missoula if all the planned coal terminals on the Pacific Coast get built out – and coal train traffic here skyrockets, one doctor said Monday. She was among many members of the public speaking in support of a resolution calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the cumulative and local environmental effects of multiple proposed coal export terminals on the Pacific Coast.

Seattle drivers lost 33 hours stuck in traffic last year | The Seattle Times

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 22, 2012.

You didn't necessarily notice, but drivers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett area spent less time in congestion last year than in 2010, according to a new traffic study.

A Backroom Deal for Northgate that’s Bad for Bicycling

By Craig Benjamin from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 21, 2012.

Michelle lives less than a mile from the Northgate transit center and wants nothing more than to ride her bicycle there and catch the bus to her job in Bellevue. But she doesn’t ride because she just doesn’t feel safe. Instead, Michelle is forced to drive less than a mile to catch the bus, or pay [...]

Event: Conservation Remix

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 21, 2012.

A great event is coming to Seattle’s Town Hall on June 2: Conservation Remix. A dozen speakers will present on a variety of topics, from smart building to GMO crops. Sightline fellow and funny-guy Yoram Bauman will be presenting on a perennial favorite: tax shifting.

It’s an all-day event that promises to be highly engaging.

You can get more information or buy tickets here.

See you there! …  read more »

Infographic: Not your parents’ American Dream | GOOD Magazine

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 21, 2012.

In a time of continued economic uncertainty, young Americans' priorities are shifting, according to MetLife's fifth annual survey of American ideals. They are less concerned with professional success and the trappings of material wealth, instead aspiring to a greater sense of personal fulfillment.

The world’s only crime lab for 34,000 species | Oregon Public Broadcasting

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 21, 2012.

In a non-descript office complex, 25 scientists are equipped with some very high-tech machines and a colony of flesh-eating beetles. They are searching for evidence that will link human suspects to animal victims at one of the only labs in the world dedicated to crimes against wildlife.

Does organic food turn people into jerks? | msnbc.com

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 21, 2012.

Renate Raymond has encountered her fair share of organic food snobs, but a recent trip to a Seattle market left her feeling like she'd stumbled onto the set of "Portlandia." As it turns out, new research has determined that a judgmental attitude may just go hand in hand with exposure to organic foods.

The end of fish, in one chart | Washington Post

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 21, 2012.

Want to see how severely we humans are scouring the oceans for fish? Check out this striking map.

Peabody Coal buys coal from US taxpayers for cheap | Grist

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 21, 2012.

Yesterday, I wrote about the issue of public land in the Powder River Basin being leased to coal companies for cheap, so they can strip-mine it and sell the coal abroad at an enormous profit. Today, a case in point.

Seattle takes greener approach to drainage | The Seattle Times

By (author unknown) from "Environmental News from our Community" via Environmental in Google Reader. Published on May 21, 2012.

A greener approach in Seattle aims to prevent untreated sewage and polluted runoff from flowing into Puget Sound by installing dozens of landscaped drainage systems in front of people's homes. In Southwest Seattle, though, a petition is seeking to stop the project.