environment: July 2009

By Lori Matsukawa / KING 5 News

SEATTLE - A $5 million piece of the federal stimulus package will help clear miles of so-called "ghost nets" that lurk beneath Puget Sound.
They trap all manner of sealife, including crabs and whales.
You can't see them from the Sound's surface and that's why it's been hard to get funding to get rid of abandoned fishing nets.
"Imagine if you had nets strung along the streets that are ...

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BELLINGHAM, Wash. - The current hot weather is blamed for fueling an algae bloom on Lake Whatcom in Bellingham that has led to mandatory water restrictions.
Residents were told to curtail lawn watering, take shorter showers and such, and they responded by cutting use by 900,000 gallons in the just one afternoon.
But algae continues to plug the water treatment center reviving a nagging question: Is an urban lake a dependable supply ...

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The news video coming out of Kelowna, B.C. over the past several days is frightening. Fire is burning homes, 11,000 people have been evacuated or are on standby to do so.
Those scenes could be repeated here as fire season in Washington is running a month ahead of schedule.

>> Continue reading: How long can we dodge the bullet?

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A year ago he set out on a nationwide mission to convince Americans the answer to our energy needs was blowing in the wind.
Today, the AP reports, T.Boone Pickens has scrapped plans for the world's largest wind farm.

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