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Entries from March 2008

City of Seattle won’t buy bottled water

March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Good move.  Shoulda happened a long time ago.  We have one of the best municipal water supplies in the country; we should be proud to drink "Seattle’s finest, straight from the tap."
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Tags: seattle · water

Sound Transit ridership rose 12.5% in 2007

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Sound Transit saw ridership increase 12.5 percent in 2007, compared with a national increase of about 2 percent, according to the American Public Transportation Association, an international organization representing the transit industry.
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Tags: transit · transportation · environment · washington+state

Legislature OKs bill to put state-grown food in schools

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Senate Bill 6483 relaxes food-purchasing regulations to allow schools and state-run institutions to buy fresh produce and meats from Washington farmers — even if locally grown products cost a little more than their processed or canned counterparts.
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Tags: education · environment · food · washington+state

Turning Glare Into Watts

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Solar thermal energy generation resurges in the Southwest
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Tags: green+energy