Not too many bloggers can lay the smackdown like David Roberts, so we’re excited about this new series on Grist in the wake of the recent climate bill death. Roberts: What’s the biggest barrier to progress in American politics? Ask a dozen people at random…
"Child survival is the new green." - Hans RoslingWhat will the world look like in 2050? Have a look at Hans Rosling's recent TED@Cannes presentation where he looks at population trends over the last half century and the half century to come.
This isn't your grandparent's Airstream trailer though - this is a modern take on the American icon in the travel industry. Six graduate students from WSU Spokane's Interdisciplinary Design Institute are in the midst of an eight-week renovation of a 1958 Airstream Overlander trailer in…
How many of our readers use LaunchpadINW? With various social media options these days, perhaps we had not checked out the local networking site as frequently as hoped. However, that changed after reading blogger Sam Fletcher’s thought provoking post on Generation Y and the response…
An interesting story made its way through the region last week and we wanted to make sure you were aware of it.Dr. Venkataramana Sridhar, the assistant professor of civil engineering at Boise State University, just finished a study on how climate change will impact the…
*This is part two of a two-part DTE analysis of the trailer for local filmmaker Marc Gauthier’s upcoming oil spill documentary titled “Gulf Coast Blues: Oil in Our Veins” Today is DTE blogger Paul’s take on the trailer. DTE blogger Bart’s take appeared here on…
On Wednesday evenings, friends gather for a potluck at Riverfront Farms in West Central, 2606 W. Boone, and DTE recently had the joy of experiencing first-hand the power of this special place. Started in 2007 as part of Project HOPE’s at-risk youth and gang prevention…
*This is part one of a two-part DTE analysis of the trailer for local filmmaker Marc Gauthier's upcoming oil spill documentary titled "Gulf Coast Blues: Oil in Our Veins" Today is DTE blogger Bart's take on the trailer. DTE blogger Paul's take will appear here…
New Orleans musicians Shamarr Allen, Dee-1, Paul Sanchez and Bennie Pete from the Hot 8 Brass Band recently released a song called "Sorry Ain't Enough No More" speaking out about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The video can be seen below, and the song…
"If my doctor brought me biopsy results showing cancer, I would do something about it. Inhofe would likely call the doctor an idiot, say the biopsy was a hoax and have me skip merrily to an early death." - New York Times columnist and Spokane…
If you're like us you've been suffering through satire withdrawls thanks to the Colbert Report being in the midst of a two-week vacation. Even though we're on the homestretch, we're in need of a fix. And for that the fine folks at Colbert Nation have…
Yesterday we posted a gripping documentary called Dark Horizon: A Documentary about the Gulf Oil Disaster that was shot in May by filmmakers from GreenerMedia who traveled from Brooklyn to New Orleans to document the struggles people directly affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster were…
"If you care about where your kids are going to live or if you care about where you're going to retire, Futurewise is the group you need to invest in because their work is the key to our ability to make progress on all those…
This is why blogs matter in a funny and weird way. The AmericaBlog broke a great story when they caught a series of photos posted in the Houston command center for BP. They write: “If you’re doing a fake crisis response, you might as well…
* Warning - F-bomb at the 2:45 markThis is a true story of real people. Under real circumstances. Who are really screwed because of the BP oil disaster. The footage is gripping - hell, it's even entertaining and often-times funny. It's sad, it's frustrating, it's…
McDonald’s is not beyond sinking to the depths of a greasy ballpit - but this latest fiasco in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood is one of the worst localwashing campaigns we’ve seen.Full story and more photos at Grist.
It's cheesy but it's true. It aint easy being green.That's where Sun People Dry Goods comes in. Opening this Fall (expect a larger profile later), Sun People Dry Goods will be Spokane's go-to place for green living - offering products, services, knowledge and inspiration. We…
“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. In case you were wondering, we love that quote.…
One of our favorite bloggers Jesse Jenkins of WattHead was recently featured on Grist as one of their seven favorite journos and wonks for a two-part series about looking ahead in preperation for cap and trade not making it "over the finish line." Here's what…
Last night DTE attended the bicycle/pedestrian part of the SRTC Transportation Vision Project facilitated and featuring a presentation by Portland consultants MIG Inc. For all the regional momentum in regards to bike/ped opportunities, the attendance was surprisingly low - about sixteen people showed up even…
Interested in what DTE would look like under oil? A Cleaner Future, an organization devoted to finding clean sources of alternate energy, has created Instant Oil Spill, an interactive site that brings the Gulf crisis right to any computer screen.
Many regional airports, including Spokane International Airport, announced on Monday an initiative to promote aviation biofuel development in the Pacific Northwest. Included in this regional assessment are Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport and Washington State University. This look…
The David vs Goliath story in our backyard continues. In a press release titled “Flooding at Old Mission Repository,” the Silver Valley Community Resource Center urges citizens to contact the EPA in response to a controversial mining cleanup plan. If you’ve followed this story here,…
Who knew the campy 1994 film On Deadly Ground would be so prophetic? In this clip, after mumbling and kicking during ninety minutes of vigilante environmentalism, Steven Seagal speaks out against the BP oil spill 16 years early.As Slog says:Seriously, though: When two-decade-old B-movie schlock…
Matt Yglesias is a good blogger. We enjoy checking out his work on Think Progress and his latest criticism of the Obama administration is right on. "One of the most frustrating things about the Obama administration is the tendency of its leaders and communicators to…
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