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  January 2024

Scrap Metal Meeting Spurs Opposition

by Bill Craven   ABC Recycling is the Canadian scrap metal company with eyes on Bellingham for its expansion plans. It already has a lease on the waterfront from a docile and submissive Port of Bellingham where unsightly stacks of … Continue reading

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  December 2021

Post Point Renovations

Editor’s Note: This  is an excerpt from an article about anaerobic digesters and the Post Point plant that appeared in the September 2020 issue of Whatcom Watch. by Giovanni Roverso Anaerobic digesters are projected to replace a pair of aging … Continue reading

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  Oct/Nov 2021

Harcourt Falls Short on Condo Project

by Giovanni Roverso After Two Missed Deadlines, Will Harcourt Meet Third?  You should have been able to see three condominiums rising up from behind the graffiti wall along Granary Avenue by now.  The original contracted called for condominium occupancy to begin … Continue reading

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  June 2021

City Council Moves Forward With Single-Use Plastic Ban

by Giovanni Roverso The Bellingham City Council is moving forward with its ban of single-use plastics. The final vote was scheduled for May 24. At a Committee of the Whole meeting on May 10, Councilmember and Committee Chair Hannah Stone … Continue reading

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  June 2021

Whatcom’s Recyclers Face Uncertainty

by Giovanni Roverso Old Town Prepares for Redevelopment Whatcom County’s curbside recycling system went through a bit of a shakeup recently. Sanitary Service Company Inc. (SSC) trucks still collect recycling from customers in Bellingham, Ferndale, Blaine, and much of unincorporated … Continue reading

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  April 2021

Bellingham Pondering Single-Use Plastic Ban

by Giovanni Roverso The city of Bellingham’s Public Works and Natural Resources Committee began discussing a draft ordinance on single-use plastic in 2020. The ordinance would ban most forms of single-use plastic foodware and hotel personal care mini-containers.  However, in … Continue reading

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  March 2021

Zero Energy Buildings Promise Affordable Housing

by Giovanni Roverso If people had more affordable housing options to choose from, more people struggling with homelessness would be able to find a place to rent, John Moon, Habitat for Humanity Whatcom executive director said in a statement. When … Continue reading

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  February 2021

Solar Industry Has Grown in Whatcom County

by Giovanni Roverso Environmental laws have been burgeoning in Washington state recently, despite the federal downplaying of environmental stewardship under the Trump administration. Governor Jay Inslee announced an array of new climate-related policy proposals in mid-December 2020. If passed, these … Continue reading

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  December 2020

Washington Conservation Corps Replenishing Bellingham’s Waterways Since 1999

by Giovanni Roverso Like their shoreline neighbors at the heart of the Salish Sea, Whatcom residents are fortunate to live in an iconic region with a taste of the ocean, mountain views and sweeping rainforests, accompanied by a temperate climate. … Continue reading

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  September 2020

Post Point Treatment Plant Renovations

by Giovanni Roverso Big changes, namely anaerobic digesters, are in store for Bellingham’s wastewater treatment plant at Post Point, Fairhaven. The digesters would replace a pair of aging incinerators. They are the core features of the Resource Recovery project which … Continue reading

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