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Building Green: Bullitt wants to go off the water grid: realistically, will it be able to?
The Bullitt Foundation wants its living building to treat and produce all its own water. It is a challenging goal.

Ecology considers bans on mosquito spray

By ROSS COURTNEY

There would be exceptions in areas where diseases such as West Nile virus have been confirmed.


SDOT moving forward with South Spokane Street Viaduct

By Journal Staff

On May 17, the Seattle Department of Transportation will permanently close the First Avenue South on-ramp to the westbound lanes of the South Spokane Street Viaduct.


Harris to assist with biorefinery program

By Journal Staff

R.W. Beck has selected Seattle's Harris Group to be a subcontractor for the Integrated Biorefinery Program of the U.S. Department of Energy.


PSE, Kennedy get EPA awards

By Journal Staff

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy honored businesses and organizations for their contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. There were nine local winners.


U.S. House passes Alpine Lakes bill

The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would add 22,000 acres to Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area.


Exelon threatens to close N.J. nuke plant

By WAYNE PARRY

The company says it would cost $800 million to build cooling towers mandated by state environmental regulators.



Green River flood risk is over: Corps

Army Corps of Engineers officials say they think the flood risk for the Green River Valley south of Seattle is over for this winter.


Previous Stories


March 18, 2010
Contractors get ready for SR 520 and U Link
Oregon cement plant cleaning up its act
Grass, flax, food waste: Air fuel of the future?
Construction bids due May 5 to clean up the ‘Mercer mess'
PUD: Conservation saved $6M in 2009
Group says Portland needs more shade trees
Developers sue city over 'trespassing'
Astoria mayor opposes plan to export logs
Can tides become an energy source?
Ore. city's street lights will stay on

March 17, 2010
Bullitt wants to start a revolution with design of new headquarters
Mount Vernon to start flood project
Oil company to pay $588K to clean up spill
Schools may get energy upgrades
Oregon town may turn off the lights

March 16, 2010
Seco, Rafn are Built Green winners
Ebey Slough to get $47M bridge
Council OKs waiver for Brightwater job
Charges of lax oversight as oil firm expands drilling near downtown LA
China to build high-speed rail projects in the U.S.?
ESA has a new COO
Conference March 26 on passive houses
Comment on Kirkland stormwater program
Farallon Consulting makes new hire
King County seeks emissions inventory help
Bend transit center remodel needed
Pierce County Chevron reacts to water issues

March 15, 2010
Clean air program scraps its 100th truck
WSDOT studies buildings on route of bored tunnel
Astoria port told to renew LNG lease

March 12, 2010
Panel looks at connecting SR 520 to Seattle streets
Plans for $20M chapel shelved
Groups release U.S. green building code
Bremerton firm wants to ship logs from Astoria

March 11, 2010
Detroit areas going back to fields, farms
OSU engineer leads effort to make reactors smaller, simpler
Imperium plant restarts production
Stimulus grants help Oregon schools, housing
$45M plant OK'd in Coos Bay, Ore.
Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013

March 10, 2010
Tetra Tech team is picked for $18M seawall contract
Army Corps slowly filling Hanson Dam
PNNL installs 850 radiation detectors at border crossings
Hanford tours are filling up fast

March 9, 2010
Fourth and Roy: The shape of townhouses to come?
Chilean garden will bid in April
Research looks at biochar's potential
Looking for new flooring? Try leather
South Lake Union EIS help needed
NW ‘spiders' head from St. Helens to monitor restless Chilean volcano
Pierce County to repair ferry ramps
EPA settles with former zinc mine
Warm temps are melting snowpack
State OKs bill to let golf carts on roads
Built Green Conference Friday
Pacific Plumbing opens green showroom
BetterBricks Awards March 25
Port seeks team for tank farm site
Globe Conference March 24-26
Ecoroof event in Portland

March 8, 2010
Regional skatepark going in at Delridge
Salvaged materials turn up as cool new office decor
States get $47M for transit work

March 5, 2010
Turning windows into power plants
Blueprint for TODs published
Solar factory opening in Oregon
Arboretum garden site tour March 10
Court awards $57M to Energy Northwest
Ore. stream work could cost $1.2B

March 4, 2010
Bulk buying helps spread solar in Portland
Meeting tonight on waterfront renewal
States joining effort to control LNG ports
Boeing, Ecology to clean up sites
Pacific Power seeks rate hike
TransCanada eyes pipeline ‘onramp'
Old Hanford water tower torn down

March 3, 2010
Lewis and Clark Bridge needs $40M paint job
Oregon takes 6 years to bill logger for highway damage
SR 14 slope work starts next week
March meetings on sewer overflows

March 2, 2010
Thin film solar installed on school
Can Seattle make alleys seem cozy?
City planning director wants to push green
Corps starts work on Fremont Cut
Yakamas resurrect coho runs
$25M marine mammal center for OSU would be largest in U.S.
Portland area OKs plan for future development
Eugene plywood mill burns
Longview firm fined $40,000 for spill
City needs team for CSO management
Nathan Hale building a greenhouse
Local tribes get $1.5M for conservation
Tour of Pacific Plaza Thursday
Forum on natural drainage at EOS
Waste-to-Profit Workshop March 17
Blanchard Mountain could be protected

March 1, 2010
Simmons to head sustainability office
Gig Harbor boat shop open for tours
County wants to cut hauling fees

February 26, 2010
Portland puts ‘living machine' into $241M port headquarters
Chevron to build high-efficiency solar plant in New Mexico
High costs may delay new nuclear plants
Water tests begin in Yakima Valley
Hurricane Ridge Road to reopen
Wal-Mart suppliers must cut emissions

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Building Green: Bullitt wants to go off the water grid: realistically, will it be able to?
The Bullitt Foundation wants its living building to treat and produce all its own water. It is a challenging goal.

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SeattleScape: Surprised to hear about high-rises in Federal Way? You're not the only one
Response to the two potential projects has really run the gamut. There have, not surprisingly, been a few naysayers.
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