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SCS Engineers working to clean up landfill in China

By Journal Staff

SCS Engineers in Bellevue is providing engineering support and technical assistance on what it says is the first aerobic bioreactor landfill remediation system in China.

Utah firm may store energy in caverns

By PAUL FOY

A Utah company plans to dig a series of underground caverns that it hopes to one day fill with compressed air, releasing it to generate electricity by turning a turbine and solving one of the most vexing problems facing the clean-energy industry — how to store power.


Manure digester project costly for Yakima area dairy farmer

By DAVID LESTER

Things aren't turning out quite the way the models predicted when Dan DeRuyter built a $3.8 million plant to turn manure into electricity.


LEED gold for Mukilteo City Hall

By Journal Staff

Mukilteo City Hall has received LEED gold certification.


Israel says e-car grid due in 2011

Israel is on schedule to inaugurate a revolutionary electric car grid with dozens of recharge stations and thousands of cars on the road by next year, the project's developers said.


More work needed on Savage Rapids

The newly revealed Savage Rapids on the Rogue River need some fixing.


Would pollution tax help state budget?

ironmentalists have begun publicly pushing a major hike in pollution taxes, unveiling a plan to aid the state's recession-hobbled budget by raising about $225 million a year, mostly from oil refineries.


$215K for cleanup at Chubby & Tubby

By Journal Staff

Environmental cleanup is under way at the site of the former Chubby & Tubby store in Rainier Valley, due in part to a $215,000 stimulus grant.


Previous Stories


February 8, 2010
$250M biomass energy plant will be built on site in Shelton
Bellevue reviewing draft plan for park on Meydenbauer Bay
Artists needed for two reservoir parks

February 5, 2010
Chinese buy Oregon pulp mill
Columbia jetties need $280M for rebuilding
Quick fix sought for leaky Hanson dam
Fuel efficiency will cost state billions
Snoqualmie City Hall opens
NPS will pick firm to remove 2 dams
Portland to test food waste pickup
Tri-Cities may form regional district
Kittitas wind farm gets Gregoire's OK

February 4, 2010
Tests show planned Alaska mine has additional deposits
Gates will use crane to lift giant maple
Ship Canal Trail will fill the gap
Gregoire calls for more nuke plants
Uberuaga returns to Mount Rainier Park

February 3, 2010
Mixed report on health of Puget Sound in 2009
Comments wanted on PSRC 2040 plan
Building energy use tracking starts in '11
$4M will restore coastal wetlands

February 2, 2010
Yakima River levee near Union Gap to be removed
In Sonoma County, it's salmon versus vineyards
15 stations upgrade lighting
City issues new RFQ for designing seawall
New push for green cleaning products
Tour the Duwamish River Wednesday
Friends of Cheasty seek landscape architect
Built Green Conference March 12
Triangle Associates wins eco award
Ecology has new sand and gravel permit
Michael Mann to lead retrofit effort
Join the Kilowatt Crackdown
Firm sought to design Tilth garden

February 1, 2010
More soil testing for deep-bore tunnel
Open house on seawall replacement
Should leftover FEMA trailers go to Haiti?
Alaska pipeline cost could reach $41B
Bids sought for $3M water treatment plant

January 29, 2010
Nooksack River bridge opening delayed
State gets $590M for high-speed rail work
Sound Transit shares some of its lessons learned with contractors
Tour Saturday of seawall, waterfront
Pioneer Square trail workshop Saturday
Eroding village appeals suit seeking help with $400M move
Artist wanted for Chief Sealth Trail
Pend Oreille PUD joins Energy NW

January 28, 2010
‘Ax Men' loggers win Oregon forestry award
Treatment plant fined $24,000

January 27, 2010
Confluence Project wins waterfront award
McDonald named Engineer of the Year
Bills would let golf carts on state streets

January 26, 2010
Forum Thursday on Tacoma waterfront
E-waste recycler booming
How to tell if your wine is green
Seattle City Light buys energy from landfill
City Council adopts energy use rules
UW looks at water management, climate
Interim head for King Conservation District
NEBC talk on industrial stormwater permits
WWU students to help in city planning
Green building group seeks board members

January 25, 2010
Energy efficiency can mean lower taxes
Pontoon mock-up section comes together
Sound Transit noise meeting is Feb. 11
Study offers new models for dams
Broken levee near Marysville patched

January 22, 2010
Contractors honored for transportation projects
Lafarge, Saint-Gobain may pay $282M to cut emissions
Scientists probe underground waste at Hanford
Broker wants to make co-housing more mainstream
Melting sea ice opens up Arctic for undersea cable
6 weeks for repairs to Hurricane Ridge

January 21, 2010
South Park Bridge may go out for bids in February
Chambers Bay golf course considers a ‘community resort'
WSDOT to release 520 update Friday
$6M to support green jobs in Wash.
Rogue River slow to flush out Savage Rapids Dam gravel
Sparling's CEO: Now is the time for aggressive growth
Bored tunnel design costs up 43 percent
Kalispell attorney leads power council
Energy upgrades for state schools?

January 20, 2010
Nikkei Exclusion Memorial is expanding on Bainbridge
Seattle's other FOG: fat, oil, grease clogging up sewers throughout city
Safety issue remains for Hanford treatment plant
Nuke plant seeks license renewal
New ferries get Quileute name
Slide closes road to Hurricane Ridge
Alcoa to improve power for smelter
New BPA power line in SE Washington

January 19, 2010
Boise firm's high-tech gear helps track fish
Four teams vie for seawall design job
BCC science and tech building gets gold
Report: mixed results for green home sales
An emergency well for Mercer Island
Middle school will get a ‘walking audit'
OutBack sells solar division
Learn about on green rating systems
People for Puget Sound seeks nominees
Redmond open house on stormwater, parks
PSE offers more rebates to upgrade
$9M upgrade for Yakama fishway
Kirkland launches green blog
Talk on sustainability and business
Talk on water and social justice

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