Who will run EPA’s Seattle-based Region 10?
Former Seattle City Attorney Mark Sidran and former Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg appear to be the front-runners for the job of heading the four-state U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's...
View ArticleDirt — we’re running out of it
MacArthur "genius" grant winner Dave Montgomery holds forth about how the world's dirt supplies are running out. His talk has profound implications for those of us who like to eat.
View ArticleFilmmaking Coen brothers take on “clean coal”
The Coen brothers, who brought you such hilarious films as "Fargo" and "O Brother Where Art Thou" (not to mention the inimitable "The Big Lebowski") have turned their gunsights on the "clean coal"...
View ArticleScientists to again help in endangered species protections
The Obama administration is reexamining a late-breaking Bush policy that removed federal scientists from weighing in on endangered species protections
View ArticleExxon Valdez 20th anniversary — an early look
The 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill is coming up, and while Dateline Earth isn't one to do much for anniversary journalism, a session scheduled Thursday night at REI looks pretty...
View ArticleEnvironment wants its own Web address: .eco
Al Gore and others are teaming up to lobby the ruler of the internet, AKA ICANN, to create a pro-environment domain: .eco
View ArticleRFK Junior tells “Built Green” conference green energy is the path to...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tells attendees at the "Built Green" conference in Seattle that building a new green energy industry is the key to pulling the nation out of its current economic doldrums.
View ArticleObama administration will not pursue nuke waste dump at Yucca Mountain
In a major revelation, the Obama administration's energy secretary, Stephen Chu, tells John McCain and other members of Congress the administration will no longer pursue the idea of building a nuclear...
View ArticleClimate skeptics try to get on same page at NYC meeting
With Obama in office and the Dems running Congress, climate change skeptics met in New York in part to talk strategy.
View ArticleGet stuff free — Martin Tobias launches Kashless in Seattle, hopes to go...
"Serial entrepreneur" Martin Tobias launches a new site that is designed to allow people to give away stuff they no longer want to people who are in the market for the hand-me-downs. How does Kashless...
View ArticleNew species of wolf identified in British Columbia
A new scientific paper says that the wolves of coastal British Columbia should be considered a distinct species. They are colored differently from their cousins in the Rockies, and they've learned to...
View ArticleBusiness, utilities favor climate change bills in Olympia
Business and utility interests are largely pleased with climate change bills moving in Olympia
View ArticleGoodbye from datelineearth.com
With the Seattle P-I laying off virtually all of its reporters, including the Dateline Earth duo, one of the blog's authors says so long, but tells readers how to find his future work.
View ArticleWhere to find Dateline Earth in the future
Item tells readers where to find Dateline Earth after the Seattle P-I lays off most of its reporters, including the author.
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