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Is E-Shopping Harmful to the Environment?
December 24, 2018
by Kim Dolgin – Everyone knows how e-commerce has taken off in recent years, not just in the United States, but globally. More than half of U.S. purchases are now
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The Environmental Impact of Pet Ownership, Part Two
February 12, 2018
Last month I wrote about the environmental impact of pet waste (or, what goes out one end …); now I’ll try to convince you to reconsider what you are putting
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The Problem of Ocean Acidification
October 9, 2017
As I indicated in the last issue, several of this year’s climate-change articles will address the impacts of global warming on the Puget Sound region. (Other articles will focus on
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Using Native Plants to Fight Climate Change
February 27, 2017
As most of you know, the National Audubon Society considers climate change to be the number-one threat to birds; its scientists predict that global warming could result in the extinction