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Reporting on the past, present and future of the environment in the Northwest.

Environment

How Washington’s unusual developer-friendly laws allow suburban sprawl

By Robert McClureInvestigateWestWashington was the first state in the country to adopt what has become…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureJanuary 13, 2011
EnvironmentGovernmentUrban sustainability

Odd provision in state law severely undercuts growth management

By Robert McClureInvestigateWestAn unusual provision of Washington law has repeatedly authorized major real-estate developments to…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureJanuary 12, 2011
Environment

How far will we sprawl? Answer unknown because of lots subdivided decades ago

By Robert McClureInvestigateWestIn addition to letting modern-day developers skirt the Growth Management Act and other…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureJanuary 12, 2011
Environment

State board limits developers’ ability to avoid water rules; appeal expected

Far from the shores of Puget Sound lurks an under-the-radar environmental legal case that holds…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureJanuary 12, 2011
EnvironmentHealthNewsroom

How a new generation of rat poisons menaces children

Part 2 of 2A 1-year-old boy starts vomiting and experiencing diarrhea. Later, ripped-up remains of a…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureDecember 13, 2010
Environment

Super-toxic rat poisons mysteriously seep into our world

Part 1 of 2 VANCOUVER, British Columbia – With the spooky glow of his headlamp…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureDecember 12, 2010
DataEnvironment

Gray whale dies bringing us a message — with stomach full of plastic trash

When news that a dead gray whale had washed up on the shores of Puget…
Rita Hibbard
Rita HibbardMay 3, 2010
EnvironmentGovernmentHealthInvestigative Reports

Study sees parking lots dust as cancer risk

Chemicals in a cancer-causing substance used to seal pavement, parking lots and driveways across the…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureJanuary 12, 2010
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