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Nine projects win ASLA awards for landscapes

By JOURNAL STAFF

The Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects picked nine projects to win its 2014 Professional Awards.

Duke: coal ash removal from N.C. rivers would cost $10B

By MICHAEL BIESECKER

The company's proposal is to remove coal ash stored at three power plants, but leave much of it at other sites covered with tarps and soil.


Bullitt Center tops its energy goals

By JOURNAL STAFF

The Bullitt Center announced it has exceeded its energy performance goals during its first year of operation.


Splashy plan unveiled for $15M pool in NYC river

Forget schlepping to Jones Beach or down the Jersey Shore. A Brooklyn design team said Tuesday that New York's East River could be the next great place for a summer swim.


The Mercer Garage roof becomes an award-winning public garden

By LYNN PORTER

The garden on top of a three-story garage near Seattle Center won this year's top award from the Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.


Kennewick family farm is planning a $48M IPO

Taggares Agriculture wants to raise the money to buy orchards and vineyards in the Northwest.


Will the feds snuff out e cigarette sales?

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM

New FDA rules could come as early as this month and will have big implications for a fast-growing, largely unregulated industry and its customers.


Cracked dam cost will be about $61M

Dealing with that cracked dam on the Columbia River is going to cost about $61 million.


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Green Building Blog:
Oso mudslide: Were the risks ignored?
Disaster-resiliency expert Stephen Flynn says we can do a better job preparing for the worst.

Nuts and Bolts Blog:
Top Line: A faint heartbeat for ‘implied waiver’?
The case involved a contractor’s attempt to foreclose a lien that included the unpaid balance of its written contract plus unwritten change orders.

Previous Stories


April 22, 2014
City Light honored for preserving a 1938 men's dormitory in Diablo
Apple's free recycling part of new green push
Officials from 9 states gather to discuss taking control of land from the feds
STP has an 8-step plan to fix tunnel machine
Crater Lake snowfall declining
Suit would block Oregon forest sale
Landslide slowly devouring part of Wyoming town
Oregon forests preparing for controlled fires
State won't use inmates for asbestos cleanup work
Feds buying land for Makah tribe
New push to overhaul 1872 Mining Act
Kopachuck Park workshop is April 30
Pierce County gets funds for culverts
Bainbridge eyes 3 options for old seawall
Century-old spillway replaced in Idaho
NOAA looks at delisting Snake chinook
RFQ out for Japanese Gulch Park plan
Ecology makes changes to SEPA
City People's won't sell invasive plants
May 3 workshop for forest landowners
Upgrades cut energy use at Idaho hatchery

April 21, 2014
Forest HQ and lab at OSU becomes a case study for wood construction
Fixing road will help protect Snoqualmie River
State rejects revised Hanford proposal
US delays review of Keystone pipeline

April 18, 2014
Road grading may have caused Wyo. hill to slide
Portland to flush reservoir after man pees into it
Filmmaker turns to pot to fund his films
Spokane takes over waste energy plant
Nuclear industry thinks small, even tiny
Lowe's fined $500,000 for lead dust violations
Neighbors unhappy with plans for commercial pot farm near Tenino

April 17, 2014
Portland's car-free bridge opens next year
$45M Spokane levy includes field house
Tribe to reopen Lake Quinault
Idaho sues timber company, contractor over wildfire
Olympic Park chalet in danger

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