By Sound News Reporter Clea Hersperger
We live in a “prescription happy” society, and now are seeing those pharmaceuticals enter our environment and hurt the ecosystem. Two bills tried to address the problem, but both are now effectively dead.
Both HB 1165 and SB 5279 - for the safe collection and disposal of unwanted drugs from [...]
By Puget Sound News reporter Emilia Ptak
So, you may be thinking, “what the heck do chickens have to do with Puget Sound?” And I will simply respond: “Everything.”
An interesting bill will be up for public hearing today that concerns the preservation of livestock and poultry diversity. Senate Bill 5002 is sponsored by Democrat Senator [...]
Although boat owners may not know where their $10.50 boat-registration fee goes after they finish writing the check, the state Legislature is considering adding the cause against saltwater algae to the beneficiaries of these fees.
SB 5412 would allocate 25 cents from each registration fee for a saltwater algae control account that specifically targets sea [...]
By Sound News reporter Jeanne Fulcher
Controversy has surrounded Glacier Northwest’s proposed gravel mine on Maury Island for several years. Maury Island’s aquifer provides clean water for homes on the island, and citizens are worried that the gravel mine has the potential to pollute the groundwater or use so much water that neighboring wells will dry [...]
By Sound News reporter Tye Rogerson
On the first day of 2009 Seattle banned the use of expanded polystyrene food containers from being used in restaurants and delis. The weaning process apparently needs to take a full year and a half. Why couldn’t we have a year and half to prepare for this economic collapse?!
Needless to [...]
It’s the leading culprit in water pollution. Storm runoff has been a recent concern for the Puget Sound region, and when questioning who should be held responsible for the problem, local lawmaker and several environmentalists believe oil companies should.
According to KOMO News, HB1614 is a bill that would actually tax oil companies in an effort [...]
If you are interested in getting involved with the Puget Sound, but do not know where to start, People for Puget Sound are hosting some events this month. People for Puget Sound is a “citizens’ group established in 1991 by Kathy Fletcher to protect and restore the health of our land and waters through education and [...]
By Sound News reporter Lyndsay Gordon
As of November 2005 the local Puget Sound orcas also known as the Southern Resident Community (SRC) are listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. NOAA was originally petitioned in 2001, but they declared the SRC insufficient to comprise a species, subspecies, or evolutionary significant unit. As [...]
By Sound News reporter Lyndsay Gordon
For the last ten years a rescue tug has been posted at Neah Bay and for the last ten years it has cost taxpayers approximately $3.5 million of tax payer money annually. This new bill would requires the oil, cargo, and cruise industries to pay for the tug boat [...]
It is amazing how 200 years can really change a place. This past weekend, I rode the train from Seattle to Portland. Long ignored and considered to be past its prime, my choice of travel was based on nothing more than sale fares on Amtrak. However, I would ride it again and pay three [...]
