On March 13, 2008, Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law the Climate Action and Green Jobs bill (House Bill 2815), which authorizes Washington officials to work with the Western Climate Initiative, a partnership of six states and two Canadian provinces, to develop a regional greenhouse…
We'll remember this October mostly for the algae bloom wake-up call and the attention that local folks have started to pay to the health of the Spokane River and other waterways in the region - as the Center for Justice recently called it, "a vivid…
Volunteering on planning committees is a great way to take part in important decision making and could be a tremendous experience. It just so happens Washington state is seeking volunteers to evaluate grants for parks, trails, wildlife habitat, and preservation. Note: Each are due December…
The following is a message from Maurice Robinette, a local Spokane County rancher, about a threat of cluster growth and what that development could potentially do do local agricultural land. Because we are NOT directing our growth to our urban centers, and NOT protecting our…
The East Mission Flats Repository continues. In addition to mine waste storage in a floodplain and the location near Old Cataldo Mission, a big point of contention with the recently okayed East Mission Flats Repository was the EPA public outreach effort. This aspect passed the…
If you're fortunate enough to subscribe to Rolling Stone, or tend to pick it up on the rack, you no doubt noticed in the recent issue the amazing story of Captain Charles Moore, scientist and founder of the Algalita Research Institute and the "Great Pacific…
We prefer to stay local but there are some rumblings in Seattle too strange to ignore. The Washington State Department of Transportation is under scrutiny for an alarming video that shows a simulation of the Alaskan Way Viaduct collapsing in an earthquake. The video didn’t…
The story of cleanup efforts at Hanford hit the national radar last week as Rachel Maddow did a story about radioactive waste removal and stimulus spending and radioactive rabbit poop. Yes that's right, radioactive rabbit poop. At an area that is the center of the…
Climate change: True or false?Tis’ the question of the season and one we stake our lives on. A disturbing new survey said the number of American citizens who believe climate change is related to human caused pollution is at its lowest in three years, 57…
"The scientific method has successfully identified the biggest problem the world has ever faced. It's worked great. The political method has not worked so well. In fact it's lurching toward something between abject and embarrassing failure." - Bill McKibben talking about climate change. Less than…
Here we are at the end of another busy week, and as it tends to happen, we've found a few stories that got buried on our desks. Likely buried by the climate science we were pouring over during the week as we battled climate skeptics…
Even as lifetime members for life, we struggle with ways to talk about FBC on DTE - partly because of our inability to use adult words on a family site, and partly because aside from telling you we had one helluva time on rides, one…
What are your plans this Saturday?We’ll be meeting at noon, near the north end of the Blue Howard Street Bridge, Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane. Here’s a list of cool videos to get excited for the day which includes Bill McKibben explaining to Steven Colbert…
Incredible that, in 2009, a sign of economic hope in Silver Valley continues their enigmatic legacy which is still down in the mine. As silver prices rise---currently trading at $17 an ounce--- the metal is suddenly a prospect. Again. So a court battle is emerging…
Yesterdays hijinks in Washington D.C involving the United States Chamber of Commerce, a fake United States Chamber of Commerce, and the issue of pushing for climate change legislation was interesting at best - probably more so given our insanely fast-paced news gathering tendencies (Twitter was…
“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You would never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” - Mitch Hedberg Did you know there are over 30,000 escalators in this country? Neither did…
Two weeks ago we were on site with toxic algae thanks to Riverkeeper Rick Eichstaedt and the Center for Justice's interview of Scott Chaney, the Suncrest-area resident who discovered and blew the whistle about dangerous algae blooms on Long Lake, also called Lake Spokane -…
Last Thursday night, DTE attended an open house at Windsor Elementary regarding growth management review planning in Spokane County. A fitting location considering the topic: Quiet, rural area, surrounded by a few farms and wetlands. But for the uninitiated, the evening discussion would’ve been boring…
The pressure of our numbers, the abundance of our inventions, the blind forces of our desires and needs are generating a heat – the hot breath of our civilisation. How can we begin to restrain ourselves? We resemble successful lichen, a ravaging bloom of algae,…
"Come join with your Spokane area neighbors to stand together and call for world leaders to set a sane and science-based climate action policy. Come to the north end of the blue Howard St. Bridge at noon on Saturday, October 24. We will have our…
Hopefully you've been lucky enough here in Spokane to experience first-hand the awe-inspiring beauty of sustainable rennovation. You might even say we're spoiled here, though we're the first to admit not spoiled enough. The way we see it, green building innovation and practices is just…
Spokane is in a crucial development stage. As local environmental advocate Kitty Klitzke pointed out, “our county's Urban Growth Area (UGA) already covers over 89 square miles, this is over 2.5 times larger than the City of Paris, France. And Paris we ain't. Their population,…
There's a part of all of us that strives for a simpler life - for some the calling is easier to adhere to, for others, it's an often forgotten New Year's resolution. But it's there, and we have it ingrained in us to pursue that…
The dubious honor goes to the Bush Administration for suppressing science and public health interests. A two year old email surfaced yesterday after it was sent but never opened. We hate it when that happens. It shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the prior evidence…
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