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Previous Issues
Twenty Years Ago
March 2018
Whatcom Watch Has Joined with Northwest Citizen on the Internet
by Ken Russell Have you ever regretted recycling the Whatcom Watch prematurley because of an article you wanted to reread or share with someone? Never again! Whatcom Watch has gone digital and joined with Northwest Citizen (www.nwcitizen.com) to provide up-to-date … Continue reading
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March 2018
Forestry-Related Landslides and Their Impact on Neighbors
by John DiGregoria On November 18, 1996, a landslide originating in a 164-acre clearcut moved swiftly down Hubbard Creek, Oregon, into a residential house killing four people. Unfortunately, this tragedy need not have happened. It could have been prevented when … Continue reading
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February 2018
Bellingham’s First Cohousing Community
by Kate N. Nichols Cohousing is a unique way of bringing people together who want to live in a community designed to meet their needs. Bellingham Cohousing Group is one of about 200 groups in the United States that are … Continue reading
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Cohousing Community
January 2018
Chlorine Being Phased Out of Pulp-Bleaching – GP Plant to Be Affected
by Robyn du Pré Editor’s Note: Georgia-Pacific closed the chlorine plant in 1999. In 2001, it closed the chemical plant, and laid off 420 workers. In 2003/2004 there were cutbacks at the tissue mill; 44 workers were paid off. In … Continue reading
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December 2017
Information Fair Presents Bay Clean-up Project
by Nicole Oliver This excerpt is from the December 1997 issue of Whatcom Watch. On November 18, 1997, a pilot project to clean up the contaminated sediments in Bellingham Bay was unveiled to the public in an information fair at … Continue reading
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August 2017
Personal Costs of Driving and Car Ownership
by Preston Schiller 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 … Continue reading
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July 2017
The Environmental and Human Health Costs of Automobiles
by Jamae Pope 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 … Continue reading
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June 2017
Life Forsaken: Notes on the Ecological Holocaust in Nooksack
by Steven D. Redman 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 … Continue reading
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May 2017
Are Environmentalists Shooting Themselves in the Foot?
by Bob Keller 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 … Continue reading
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April 2017
Local Author Discusses the Need to Protect Chile’s Forests
by Al Hanners 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 … Continue reading
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