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Previous Issues
Twenty Years Ago
August 2017
Personal Costs of Driving and Car Ownership
To celebrate 26 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. This article is from the August 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. Previous articles (Whatcom Watch January 1997, May and June 1997 ) … Continue reading
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July 2017
The Environmental and Human Health Costs of Automobiles
To celebrate 26 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we are printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below excerpt is from the July 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. Americans directly subsidize driving to the tune of $400 billion per year. … Continue reading
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June 2017
Life Forsaken: Notes on the Ecological Holocaust in Nooksack
To celebrate 26 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we are printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below excerpt is from the June 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: Steven D. Redman is author of “Visions of the Sentient … Continue reading
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May 2017
Are Environmentalists Shooting Themselves in the Foot?
To celebrate 26 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we are printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The excerpt below is from the May 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: Bob Keller died in February 2017. A long-time contributor to … Continue reading
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April 2017
Local Author Discusses the Need to Protect Chile’s Forests
To celebrate 26 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below excerpts are from the April 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: The Whatcom County based Trillium Corporation purchased land in … Continue reading
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March 2017
Lummi Island and the Comprehensive Plan
Editor’s Note: Lummi Island has been spared the wrecking ball. In 2015, the Lummi Island Heritage Trust secured a deal to purchase the 105-acre Lummi Island quarry property. The April issue of Whatcom Watch will have an update on the … Continue reading
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February 2017
Winter Solstice Thoughts on Fairhaven Woods
To celebrate 25 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below excerpts are from the February 1997 issue. Editor’s Note: In 1996, the Madrona Development Corporation of Seattle proposed the Chuckanut Ridge … Continue reading
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January 2017
The Costs of Driving
To celebrate 25 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we are printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The article below is from the January 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. Washington residents drove over 50 billion miles in 1995. It doesn’t take … Continue reading
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December 2016
Expose of Gannett as Nasty, Unscrupulous Corporation
To celebrate 25 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below excerpts are from the December 1996 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: When this article was written, the Gannett Corporated owned … Continue reading
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Oct/Nov 2016
Ballot Issue May Influence Future of County’s Natural Heritage
To celebrate 25 years of publishing Whatcom Watch, we will be printing excerpts from 20 years ago. The below excerpts are from the October-November 1996 issue of Whatcom Watch. Editor’s Note: In 1992, the Whatcom County Council passed the Conservation … Continue reading
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