This article was published November 19, 2009 by Brad Shannon (bshannon@theolympian.com)
in the Olympian newspaper's blog.

Washington’s home-weatherization efforts have fallen at least two months behind goals set under the federal stimulus aid, the result of a mix-up over conflicting wage requirements under federal and state laws.

Forty-seven homes statewide were weatherized in the July-to-September period. The agency’s contr… Continue

This article by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu was published October 31, 2009 on the Climate Progress website

Photograph a person holding a caulking gun while caulking the inside of a window.I’ve always been a bit of an energy efficiency nut.

I’ve made it my mission to cut the utility bills at every home we’ve owned. Long before I learned ab… Continue

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Published October 15th, 2009 by cdunagan in the Kitsap Sun.

Jay Manning’s last official act as director of the Washington Department of Ecology was to announce that a water right will not be required to collect rainwater from the roof of a building.

It has been a bone of contention among some folks that state water law appears to require a water rights permit for the di… Continue

Political and business leaders from the Northwest to Washington, D.C. stepped into the spotlight Thursday on the issue of climate change. Rob Manning reports. The original article fom Oregon Public Broadcasting is here.

Within hours of each other Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency rolled out new greenhouse gas rules, leading Democrats in D.C. announced a Senate bill to deal with c… Continue