(articles arranged most recent to oldest)
"King County to Master Gardeners: Twist in the Wind" by Doug Nufer
Efficiency is confusion as bureaucrats scramble to cover budget cut-back.
[July/August 1998]
"The Problem: Cars" by Mother Earth Nature
The solution: Kick 'em out!
[July/August 1998]
"The Secret Life of a Newspaper" by John C. Ryan and Alan Thein Durning
People consume a lot more than they think when they read the daily paper.
[May/June 1998]
"King County Lacks Good Swamp Sense" by Anna Mockler
Greed and ignorance overrule wetland science.
[May/June 1998]
"Plum Creek Land Swap Goes to Washington" by David Atcheson
report from the Board President of the Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project (PCBP).
[May/June 1998]
"Public Art or Environmental Menace?" by Laura Lee Bennett
SOIL Gallery digs up an old controversy and turns it into an art show.
[May/June 1998]
"The Price of Power" by Eric Nelson.
Energy deregulation may shock consumers and environment.
[March/April 1998]
"Cedar River Watershed Project" by Scott Denburg.
City allows consideration of no-logging option.
[March/April 1998]
"Over Our Heads" by Mark Worth.
Want an opportunity to think globally and act locally?
[March/April 1998]
"To the Spoiler Goes the Victory?" by Rob Richie and Steven Hill.
Green Party uses a new tactic to make electoral waves.
[January/February 1998]
"'Saving' America's Forests" by Roy Keene.
New Congressional bill doesn't help much.
[January/February 1998]
"EPA Leader Demonized" by J. Bonasia.
Ruminations on Carol Browner, Steve Forbes & camels going through needles.
[January/February 1998]
"Enviroblurbs" by Scott Denburg.
Short takes on environmental news from around the globe.
[January/February 1998]
"Watershed Event or Status Quo?" by Scott Denburg.
Logging Seattle's Cedar River watershed supply.
[November/December 1997]
"Three Feet Under" by Anna Mockler.
Filling apparent wetlands for playfields at Magnuson Park.
[November/December 1997]
"With Friends Like These..." by Doug Nufer.
Watershed survey designed to make no waves.
[November/December 1997]
"Down and Out in BINMC" by Helen Wheatley.
Residents and bicyclists need a say in inustrial zone planning.
[November/December 1997]
"Enviroblurbs" by Scott Denburg.
Short takes on environmental news from around the globe.
[November/December 1997]
"Climate In Crisis" by Patrick Mazza.
Ross Gelbspan's new book turns up the heat
[September/October 1997]
"Idaho Activists Feel the Squeeze" by Natalie Shapiro.
Environmental groups experience secret surveillance and strategic lawsuits.
[July/August 1997]
"Earth Warrior" by Robert Pavlik.
Review of Let the Mountains Talk, Let the Rivers Run by David Brower with Steve Chapple.
[July/August 1997]
EnviroWatch
(July/August 1997)
"The Consequences of a Cup of Coffee" by John C. Ryan and Alan Thein Durning.
Excerpted with permission from Stuff: The Secret of Everyday Things.
[May/June 1997]
"Not Just for the Birds" by Doug Nufer.
Organic Coffee is also good for Humans.
[May/June 1997]
EnviroWatch
(May/June 1997)
EnviroWatch
(March/April 1997)
Oilagarchy by Fred Felleman, MSc.
Tanker Companies Resist Efforts to Safeguard Washington Waters from Oil Spills.
[March/April 1997]
EnviroWatch
(January/February 1997)
Q&A: Alan Durning interviewed by Mark Gardner.
Founder of Northwest Environment Watch.
[November/December 1996]
EnviroWatch
(November/December 1996)
EnviroWatch
(September/October 1996)
"Nuxalk Sovereignty Ignored" by Matt Robesch.
New confrontations planned as land dispute heats up.
[July/August 1996]
"Clearcuts and Corporate Welfare" by David Atcheson.
Sweetheart land deals and bailouts hide the true cost of corporate logging.
[July/August 1996]
"Microsoft Buys Trout Farm's Water Rights" by Matt Robesch.
Update on the McIntyre vs. Microsoft case.
[July/August 1996]
EnviroWatch
(July/August 1996)
"In Defense of Rocky Brook" by Atcheson and Collins.
As old-growth logging resumes on the Olympic Peninsula, mad-as-hell protestors aren't taking it anymore.
[April/May 1996]
"Stopping the 'Stilly' From Going to the Pits" by Mary Ann Kae.
Citizen's group battles developers and Snohomish County to keep a huge gravel quarry from spoiling the Mountain Loop Highway.
[April/May 1996]
EnviroWatch
(April/May 1996)
"Unhappy Landings" by Doug Collins.
How Sea-Tac pollution and jet roar have shaken South King County residents out of their suburban dream and into action.
[February/March 1996]
"Good Health Takes Flight in Airport Communities" by Doug Collins.
'Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.' -Edward Abbey
[February/March 1996]
"BC Natives Want Trees, Not Treaties" by Matt Robesch.
The governments of Canada and British Columbia refuse to own up to the promises of a colonial king.
[February/March 1996]
"Environmental Justice" by Lisa J. Moulds and Debra Salazar.
The view from Seattle.
[February/March 1996]
"Top Ten Trashers" by Mark Worth.
Multinational Monitor's list of big corporations that do bad things.
[February/March 1996]
"Farm Workers Build on Victory, Look to Future" by Andy Bauck.
Newly unionized Ste. Michelle farm workers win big.
[February/March 1996]
"Workers Exposed to Toxics Get Green Light to Sue Boeing" by Eric Nelson.
Boeing employees exposed to toxics will get their day in court.
[December/January 1996]
"New! Improved Forestry!" by Mike Blain.
Don't believe the hype. There are better ways to log a forest.
[December/January 1996]
"Operation Sustainable Forestry" by Mike Blain.
How the Army's training needs at Ft. Lewis helped to create a thriving experiment in ecosystem management.
[December/January 1996]
"Coming Soon to Store Near You: 'Certified' Wood" by Mike Blain.
Just as some people are willing to pay more for organically grown foods, many consumers are now looking for wood grown in sustainable forests.
[December/January 1996]
EnviroWatch
(December/January 1996)
"Breast Cancer and Environmental Toxins" by Colleen Kelly.
We all live downwind.
[October/November 1995]
EnviroWatch
(October/November 1995)
"The End of Compromise" by Roger Brian Valdez.
Environmental politics in the Year of the Newt.
[October/November 1995]
"Despite a Serious Quality Control Crisis, Big Oil Seeks to Expand Drilling," by Mike Riley.
Keep the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge clean.
[Aug/Sept 1995]
"Crude Behavior," by Eric Nelson.
Alyeska quashes findings of Alaskan pipeline inspectors.
[Aug/Sept 1995]
"Retro Rafters," by Mike Blain.
Build your home from recycled lumber!
[Aug/Sept 1995]
"A River (Used to) Run Through it," by Marsha Shaiman.
Skokomish Indians fight relicensing of the Cushman dams.
[Aug/Sept 1995]
EnviroWatch
(August/September 1995)
"An Environmental Call to Action," by WFP Staff.
Act now to stop the most extreme "property rights" measure in the US.
[June/July 1995]
"Does Homer Simpson Work at WPPSS?," by Eric Nelson.
More strange happenings at Hanford.
[June/July 1995]
"Oh, Those Silly Natural Cleaning Products," by Leah Kohlenberg.
Do household toxics really clean better?
[June/July 1995]
"UW's Enviro Studies Program Gets Pulped," by Mark Worth.
Follow-up to a previous WFP report on the timber dominance at the UW.
[June/July 1995]
"A Chat with Denis Hayes, Founder of Earth Day," by David Hirning.
Special Earth Day 25th Anniversary interview.
[April/May 1995]
Envirowatch compiled by Free Press staff.
Enviro news from around the region and the globe.
[April/May 1995]
"The Farm Bill Gets Down on the Farm," by John Fawcett-Long.
Federal agriculture policy and the consolidation of US farms.
[April/May 1995]
EnviroWatch
(February/March 1995)
"Hanford's Budgetary Meltdown," by Eric Nelson.
What happened to Hanford cleanup funds?
[Feb/Mar 1995]
"Axed" by Mark Worth and Mark Gardner.
UW administrators want to think their plan to eliminate the school's Environmental Studies Institute is just a monetary decision. Think again...
[December/January 1995]
"The Spray-Paint Zone" by Mike Blain.
How Seattle zoning laws were massaged to allow a commercial painting facility to operate in a residential neighborhood.
[December/January 1995]
EnviroWatch
(December/January 1995)
"Citizens Fight Timber Company's Giant Resort" by Holly Borba.
Roslyn, WA involved in timber dispute.
[October/November 1994]
"Urban Sprawl Pushes Farmers to the Limit" by Helen Wheatley.
King County Council member wants to turn farmland into light industry complexes.
[October/November 1994]
"State Dairy Farmers Contend U.S. Bank Milked Them Dry" by Eric Nelson.
One farmer seeks legislative protection from banks.
[August/September 1994]
"Solar Inventor Waits For His Day In the Sun" by Eric Nelson.
If solar is ever supported, Doug Wood will do the dishes.
[August/September 1994]
"Fair Wage and Green Movements Take On Free Trade" by Mark Gardner.
Labor and environmentalists unite over NAFTA and GATT.
[June/July 1994]
"Microsoft and the Stream With No Name" by Matt Robesch.
Software giant threatens one Redmond family's Lil' Bit O' Heaven.
[June/July 1994]
"Big Timber's Big Problems" by Mike Blain.
The cost of poor timber practices.
[April/May 1994]
"Violating Nature" by Mike Blain.
A sample of timber-practice violations committed by major logging companies.
[April/May 1994]
"Political Log-Jam at Deer Creek" by Kurt Beardslee.
Logging's effects on one Western creek.
[April/May 1994]
"Timber Lobbyists Seek to Axe Legislative Reforms" by Kimberley L. Crawford.
What happens when the timber industry sees unfavorable legislation on the horizon...
[April/May 1994]
"The Giving (and giving and giving) Tree" by Andrea Helm.
Timber industry propaganda in your childrens' schools.
[April/May 1994]
Envirowatch compiled by Andrea Helm.
Environmental news from around the state and region.
[April/May 1994]
"How's My Progressivism? Dial 1-800-IT-SUCKS" by Mark Worth.
Many Washingtonians think they're progressive, but when's the last time a bumper sticker saved a spotted owl? Face it: Nice liberals finish last.
[April/May 1994]
"Project Isaiah and the Revenge of 'Whoops'" by Eric Nelson.
Recycling plutonium isn't an environmental boon.
[April/May 1994]
"Nuclear Nazis" by Eric Nelson.
Illegal tests are okay as long as the government knows about it.
[February/March 1994]
"Beware the Business Climate" by Mark Gardner.
Behind this innocuous-sounding term is an effort to roll back environmental regulation and shift laws away from protecting people and toward protecting business.
[February/March 1994]
EnviroWatch
(December/January 1994)
"The Covert Tree Agency" by Free Press staff.
Shady dealings in the US Forest Service.
[December/January 1994]
"More Reasons to Worry About Hanford" by Eric Nelson.
WFP obtains new documents.
[December/January 1994]
Q&A: Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin interviewed by Neal Herbert.
Founders of the New Road Map Foundation, an organization dedicated to voluntary simplicity.
[October/November 1993]
"Media Overlook Recycler's Dirt" by Andrea Helm and David Hirning.
Local dailies don't dig deep enough.
[October/November 1993]
"What the Hell Are They Doing at Hanford?" by Eric Nelson
Would you believe processing more plutonium?
[October/November 1993]
"Making Paper Without Trees" by Free Press staff.
Consumers protest GTE's 'old growth into phone books' practice.
[October/November 1993]
"Eastern Washington Incinerator Plans Crash and Burn" by Free Press staff.
Environmentalists celebrate victory.
[October/November 1993]
Q&A: Robert Gilman interviewed by Mark Worth.
Founder of the sustainability-minded think tank Context Institute.
[September 1993]
"Don't Blame the Earth's Environmental Problems on My Vagina" by Andrea Helm.
Politically correct tampons draw Andrea's ire.
[September 1993]
"Boeing Pays Environmental Fine But Dodges Bullet," by Mark Worth.
$100,000 Boeing environmental fine is a mere slap on the wrist.
[July/August 1993]
"Hands On Hake," by Christina Sporrong.
Take a ride on a floating seafood factory.
[June 1993]
"Four Decades of U.S. Support For Nuclear Power = $475 Billion," by Free Press staff.
Huge financial needs and poor returns make nuclear power a huge bust.
[June 1993]
"Tunnel-Visioned Rail Opponents Can't See the Light," by Free Press staff.
Opponents of light rail in Seattle win Dufus of the Month award.
[May 1993]
"Boeing Flip-Flop on Incinerator Legislation Burns Supporters," by Mark Worth.
Boeing kills another environmental reform.
[May 1993]
"New AIDS Report: Good News and Bad," by Free Press staff.
Findings that link lifestyle and health to AIDS-risk may deflate safe-sex campaigns.
[May 1993]
"Plug Gets Pulled on Utility Image-Makers," by Free Press staff.
Puget Sound Power & Light told to put some bite into its conservation ad campaign.
[May 1993]
"The Shell Game," by Free Press staff.
Zapped by US regulators, the 'no pest strip' finds new life in Mexico.
[May 1993]
"The Fox Guarding the Slaughterhouse," by Free Press staff.
Department of Agriculture standards for restaurants are lower than their public reccomendations. Why?
[April 1993]
"The Other Boeing," by Mark Worth.
An in depth look at Boeing's environmental record.
[April 1993]
"Boeing: 'Committed to the protection of the environment...'?," by Mark Worth.
Boeing's environmental report card in timeline form.
[April 1993]
"Political Muscle: 'No one fucks with Boeing...'," by Mark Worth.
Take a peak at some of the things Boeing lobbyists have done.
[April 1993]
"Boeing, the Media's Sacred Cow: 'The giant moo of them all...'," by Mark Worth.
For some reason Seattle media consistently forgets to scrutinize Boeing.
[April 1993]
"Boeing to Regulators: 'Who? ...US?," by Mark Worth.
Excerpts on Boeing from the records of government regulators.
[April 1993]
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