Tag: environment

BOTHELL, WA – Clean water technology company HaloSource, makers of well known HaloKlear brand of products for environmental treatment and HaloPure brand of drinking water purification products, announces the appointment of Jeanine Willis as the company’s new Human Resources Director.  Ms. Willis brings over 20 years of HR leadership to the company with broad experience […]

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By Tom Rickey, Originally published by PNNL By adjusting water discharges in ways designed to boost salmon productivity, officials at a dam in central Washington were able to more than triple the numbers of juvenile salmon downstream of the dam over a 30-year period, according to a study published Feb. 25 in the Canadian Journal of […]

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Originally published by Clean Technica Energy benchmarking may not sound like the most important concept in the clean tech dictionary, but it’s helped Seattle identify an energy efficiency path forward to save up to $90 million annually on utility bills. These estimated savings come courtesy of the Seattle 2011/2012 Building Energy Benchmarking Analysis, which summarizes data […]

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The cup that holds your morning coffee is a seemingly simple item to be used and discarded. It probably hasn’t changed much over the years. No big deal, except that Americans go through 137 billion disposable beverage cups each, generating a tremendous amount of waste. That looks like a huge opportunity toMicroGREEN Polymers, a company […]

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By John Stang Five years ago, Washington’s Legislature set a goal to reduce carbon house emissions by 2020. Gov. Jay Inslee and a panel are looking for an extra pair of hands. Washington now has a list of programs worldwide from which to steal, or borrow, as a legislative panel tackles climate change in this […]

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Following is a brief overview of the July 17, 2013 meeting of the Climate Legislative and Executive Workgroup’s (CLEW) meeting written by Brandon Housekeeper, Government Affairs Director, Association of Washington Business. During the meeting, members of the CLEW group selected a  facilitator, to help them with managing their meetings, as well as produce a final […]

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Here are some of the bills that are still under consideration in the energy/climate arena that are being tracked by the Association of Washington Business: E2SSB 5802 (Ranker/Governor Request Legislation) initiates a study to provide recommendations for reducing Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions.  The bill, as it was introduced, concerned the broad business community because of […]

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You’re standing in line at the grocery store when you realize that you don’t have your reusable bag. You’ll have to get a plastic bag. Again. You feel bad for a moment and then think that it’s just one bag. But it isn’t …

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Today, the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification released its final Report, Ocean Acidification: From Knowledge to Action, Washington State’s Strategic Response, along with recommendations.  The Panel, which was derived from the work on the Shellfish Initiative, was to study Ocean Acidification and its potential impacts on Washington waters.

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Snohomish County PUD is taking on its largest environmental improvement project to date for fish on the Sultan River.  SnoPUD will enhance or create 10,000 feet – or roughly two miles – of habitat for juvenile salmon in the Sultan River. The utility is carving out new side channels, installing a series of logjams and […]

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