SAFS’ Thomas Quinn is a co-author of an opinion piece in the Cordova Times. The article discusses the ineffectiveness of the 1872 Mining Law in regulating today’s mines and their effects. Read it here.
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The W Fund is a new $25 million investment fund that will look to spin more startups out of research labs at the University of Washington, Washington State University, and other local research institutions. Governor Gregoire is announcing today that the state will contribute $5 million to finish off the Department of Commerce-administered fund’s total. Read more here. Four decades of data show that the US need not choose between a clean environment and economic growth. Read Gernot Wagner’s discussion here. “The joint planning and mitigation plan decisions that have taken place quietly in government offices have gone largely unnoticed by the public. But those decisions are critically important to the economic vitality and future growth of south Puget Sound.” Read more here. |
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Shipping containers have become a hot commodity in the green building business, apparently — and Starbucks’ new store in suburban Seattle is the latest to make use of them. Read more 
We know that climate is changing, and projections suggest that the climate of one spot on the planet might become the climate of another spot, in relatively short order. To help farmers adapt to climate change, one group is undertaking ‘exchanges’ between locations, so that farmers can learn what their climate — and agriculture — might be like in the coming decades. Check out this interesting project
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