Being Frank

  April 2017

We Need to Do More to Clean Puget Sound

by Lorraine Loomis The health of Puget Sound is getting some much-needed help from efforts to reduce polluted stormwater runoff and a proposed new law that would prohibit sewage discharge from boats. Polluted stormwater runoff from urban areas is the … Continue reading

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  April 2017

Harvesting Crops Throughout the Year

by Peter Heffelfinger Before plunging into the first plantings of spring, it is useful to look back and consider what survived the bouts of snow and cold temperatures that came down from Canada this winter. Beyond the vegetable garden, under … Continue reading

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  April 2017

Whatcom: Chronic & Acute

by Robert A. Duke “America’s health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system” Walter Cronkite said long ago. Right on Walter! Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) has benefited 20 million previously uninsured persons, BUT repealing or replacing it … Continue reading

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  April 2017

An Open Letter to Betsy DeVos

by Linda Morrow The name Red Wheelbarrow Writers is from the iconic poem by William Carlos Williams. They are a loose affiliation of Bellingham based writers. Meeting at least twice monthly to support, encourage and learn from one another — … Continue reading

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  April 2017

Pollution or Profit? The True Cost of Doing Business

by Lee First When the pressure is on, we have to increase our resolve to work together to share the land, air, and water we depend on. Industry and environment can and must find a way to thrive simultaneously. One … Continue reading

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  April 2017

How to Save the Natural World on Which We Depend

by Joint PAS/PASS Working Group Editor’s Note: An international conference was held February 27 to March 1, 2017, in Rome, Italy: “Biological Extinction: Proceedings of the Joint PAS/PASS Working Group.” Leading scientists presented research findings and discussed solutions for the … Continue reading

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