| News Archive- US, Europe make progress at climate talks
12.14.07 - Senate approves trimmed-back energy bill
12.14.07 - Poor nations demand green technology
12.14.07 - Bali climate talks enter final day
12.14.07 - 2007 among warmest years on record
12.13.07 - Gore: US blocking climate talks progress
12.13.07 - EU threatens to boycott US climate talks
12.13.07 - UN chief cautions on climate targets
12.13.07 - San Francisco airs solar incentive plan
12.13.07 - UN ban urges 2009 deadline for climate deal
12.12.07 - Ominous Arctic melt worries experts
12.12.07 - Battle over emissions at climate meeting
12.11.07 - Gore gets Nobel, warns of ominous threat
12.10.07 - Britain plans huge push for offshore wind farms
12.10.07 - Scientists: Seaweed could stem warming
12.9.07 - 2 top polluters oppose caps in Bali
12.9.07 - EPA asked to regulate aircraft emissions
12.6.07 - WWF says warming puts Amazon at risk
12.6.07 - US under pressure at climate conference
12.6.07 - Global warming wreaks havoc with nature
12.5.07 - Nations divided at climate conference
12.5.07 - Climate fund falls far short
12.4.07 - Bali climate talks advance despite squabbling
12.4.07 - Mother Nature feels the pains of divorce
12.3.07 - Earth's tropics belt expands
12.2.07 - America ships electronic waste overseas
11.18.07 - Clinton advances renewable energy ideas
11.17.07 - UN panel gives dire warming forecast
11.17.07 - Undoing your daily damage to the Earth, for a price
11.11.07, The New York Times
Quotes Eric Carlson '92 who founded Carbonfund.org. - Battle over 'natural' food designation
11.7.07 - S.D. company looks for fuel in corn cobs
11.7.07 - Travel + Leisure: 15 green hotels
11.5.07 - Advocates sue to enforce pesticide order
11.5.07 - World's coal dependency hits environment
11.4.07 - Clinton, Wal-Mart push 'green' cities
11.2.07 - Dallas Zoo looks at waste-to-energy plan
11.1.07 - Religious leaders act on climate change
11.1.07 - Fires spew tons of global warming gas
10.31.07 - Ban sought for Yellowstone snowmobiles
10.30.07 - A greener life, 1 bag at a time
10.29.07, The Seattle Times - Plan focuses on reclaiming, restoring Tacoma's open spaces
10.28.07, The Tacoma News Tribune - Coal use grows despite warming worries
10.28.07 - Report: Primates in danger of extinction
10.26.07 - Extinctions linked to hotter temperatures
10.24.07 - Geologistis: Collier Glacier is shrinking
10.23.07 - White House edits CDC climate testimony
10.23.07 - Global warming? Forest firest are getting bigger and harder to fight
10.22.07, 60 Minutes - Carbon dioxide in atmosphere increasing
10.22.07 - Ladybugs help New York as pest killers
10.21.07 - CNN takes stock of a 'Planet in Peril'
10.21.07 - Obama links faith to environmentalism
10.14.07 - Edwards, McCain win enviro endorsements
10.14.07 - Environmental problems loom in Myanmar
10.14.07 - European cities tackling climate change
10.14.07 - Experts: Climate change threatens peace
10.12.07 - Gore: Award puts focus on global warming
10.12.07 - Al Gore, UN Panel share Nobel for peace
10.12.07 - Climate change likely to increase fires
10.11.07 - Ethanol crops could threaten water supply
10.10.07 - Pollution cuts life expectancy in Europe
10.10.07 - Scientist: Greenhouse gas levels grave
10.9.07 - Threats to bumblebees fly under radar
10.8.07 - Obama proposes deep greenhouse gas cuts
10.8.07 - Dreamer hits the road in a biofueled RV
10.8.07, The Seattle Times - Melting ice pack displaces Alaska walrus
10.7.07 - Garden tour attempts to spark interest in community organics
9.27.07, Tacoma Weekly - 'Arnie,' 'Al' push climate action
9.25.07 - "One giant step for goatkind": Seattle gives them pet status
9.25.07, The Seattle Times - Runoff blamed for jump in deformed frogs
9.24.07 - APEC aims at future climate change talks
9.9.07 - Polar bear population seen declining
9.8.07 - Countries agree on plan to save animals
9.7.07 - NOAA affirms predictions of sea ice loss
9.6.07 - U.S., China urged on energy efficiency
9.6.07 - Climate Change Redraws World Maps
9.6.07, LiveScience - Bush supports APEC climate change pact
9.5.07 - Growth in carbon emissions slows
9.4.97 - Talks on climate change impact in Africa
9.1.07 - Global warming might spur earthquakes and volcanoes
8.30.07, LiveScience - NOAA blames hot year on greenhouse gases
8.29.07 - U.N. climate talks focus on business end
8.26.97 - Crushed glass to be spread on beaches
8.26.07 - Arctic sea ice shrinks to record low
8.17.07 - Affordable housing gets green standards
6.7.07, Seattle P-I - G-8 leaders agree on climate change
6.7.07 - 7M pounds of trash pulled from waterways
6.7.07 - Climate change imperils monuments
6.6.07 - Ecotourism may damage environment
5.16.07 - 15 cities to go green under Clinton plan
5.16.07 - California-sized area of ice melts in Antarctica
5.15.07, Live Science - Climate talks face international hurdles
5.14.07 - Brazil to be site of Live Earth concert
5.14.07 - Warming world threatens migratory birds
5.13.07 - NASA study: Eastern U.S. to get hotter
5.11.07 - Argentina confronts biofuels craze
5.11.07 - Delegates work on climate change accord
5.8.07 - U.N. raises possible biofuel problems
5.8.07 - Japan vows $100M to stem climate change
5.6.07 - Progress on global warming is questioned
5.5.07 - Switch to organic crops could help poor
5.5.07 - Wind farms useful but may threaten birds
5.3.07 - Talks at climate conference progress
5.3.07 - Arctic ice cap melting 30 years ahead of forecast
5.1.07 - South Carolina seeks public input on ocean energy
5.1.07 - Gore calls Canada climate plan a 'fraud'
4.29.07 - China to act on pollution, warming gases
4.27.07 - University of Puget Sound President signs climate commitment pact
4.26.07 - U.N. panel to lay out steps on warming
4.23.07 - McCain: Address energy security, warming
4.23.07 - Sheryl Crow ends global warming tour
4.23.07 - NYC pledges 1 million new trees by 2017
4.22.07 - Green parties cut waste, not fun
4.18.07, The Washington Times - Global warming may put U.S. in hot water
4.17.07 - EPA Chief: Bush climate policy working
4.16.07 - Turtle race being tracked on the Web
4.15.07 - Far north feels worst effects of warming
4.15.07 - China: Yangtze is irreversibly polluted
4.15.07 - Schwarzenegger pumps up green movement
4.12.07, cnn.com - Greenhouse gas study says 1 percent from NYC
4.11.07 - Study: Local maritime activity pumps almost 2 million tons of greenhouse gases into air
4.10.07, Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Climate report: Poor will suffer most
4.6.07 - Warming's biggest wallop aimed at wildlife, not people
4.6.07, The Christian Science Monitor - City of Tacoma offers Make a Splash grants
4.3.07 - Many large cities at risk of rising seas
3.29.07 - Volunteer vacations become popular
3.28.07 - Governor Gregoire announces members of the Washington Climate Change Challenge Advisory Team
3.28.07, www.governor.wa.gov - Tourism threatens Galapagos Islands
3.28.07 - PBDEs: They are everywhere, they accumulate and they spread
3.27.07, Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Puget Sound orcas spotted with new baby
3.27.07 - Understanding carbon offsets
3.27.07 - Southern Ocean current faces slowdown threat
3.22.07 - New carbon-dioxide tracking developed
3.21.07 - SAC sustainability grant winners announced
- John Hickey and James Vance appointed to the City of Tacoma Mayor's Green Ribbon Task Force on Climate Change
2.20.07 - 5 governors agree to work on climate
2.26.07 - Safeway unveils first biodiesel pump at Seattle station
2.21.07, Seatle Post-Intelligencer - Australia to ban old-style light bulbs
2.20.07 - Gore announces climate-change concerts
2.15.07 - Scientists agree: Humans causing global warming
2.2.07, Seattle P-I - Climate change questions answered
2.2.07, Seattle P-I - Opposing climate experts face off
2.2.07, Seattle P-I - British to show Al Gore movie in schools
2.2.07 - University of Puget Sound becomes newest "green power" user
11.20.06 - University of Puget Sound ranked third most vegetarian-friendly campus in the country
- $10,000 student research grant offered by Puget Sound Energy
More details >> - Waste Reduction Task Force Update
The Campus-Community Waste Reduction Task Force has been working hard to figure out ways to reduce waste on campus, in neighborhood businesses, and in the community. After studying what the campus and community throw away, the Task Force identified several focus areas for waste reduction--on-campus paper use, plastic shopping bags, and food waste among them. Students in Dr. Karin Sable's and Dr. Nila Wiese's fall 2006 classes developed pilot projects to test community-based social marketing techniques to convince students, faculty, staff, local businesses, and neighbors to reduce waste. If the Task Force receives additional grant funding, it will implement these projects in 2007. - Recycling on campus on the rise
Since the beginning of the year, recycling has increased 40%! At the start of term, we were using 80 of the 90-gallon blue recycling toters that you see in the residential areas of campus. As of the end of September, we've increased that to 114 toters to deal with the increased recycling efforts! In addition, during sustainable move in efforts, we recycled approximately 270 cubic yards of cardboard--we had to have our three cardboard recycling bins emptied three times! Since move in, we've collectively recycled 23,140 pounds of waste that would normally have gone into the landfill. Good job, Loggers! - Impressive Zero Waste Events
 At this year's Log Jam, UPS fed approximately 2000 people, but yielded only 12 pounds and 5 ounces of non-recyclable or compostable trash. That's one-tenth of one ounce per person, or the equivalent of one empty ketchup packet per person! The freshman picnic had similar zero waste success. Keep up these efforts by using the china and silverware in the Diner--and bringing it back in a timely fashion! - Sustainability Advisory Committee Annual Report 2005-06 (DOC)
- College campuses are going green: Sustainability seen as key for next generation
8/23/06 Seattle PI - Students' trash becomes help for the needy
5/10/06 Tacoma News Tribune - The dorm-room dump
5/11/06 Poynter online - Grocery co-operative wins $10,000 Seed Fund grant
4/21/06 Tacoma News Tribune - REI announces $10,000 grant for Point Defiance trail work
4/21/06 Tacoma News Tribune - Restaurants ride biodiesel 'wave of the future'
4/20/06 Tacoma News Tribune - Sustainable timber challenged
4/19/06 Tacoma News Tribune - Green agriculture at Wilcox Farms
4/19/06 Tacoma News Tribune - University of Puget Sound hosted environmental education summit on March 31 (click link and then scroll down for story)
- University of Puget Sound receives Russell Family Foundation Sustainability Grant
- UW students think globally, sip locally
Seattle PI - Documentary looks at promise, controversy surrounding fair trade goods
Tacoma Weekly article on the documentary, “Buyer Be Fair,” which premiered at UPS on 1.23 - WWU turns on to totally green power
11/21/05 Bellingham Herald - Demand climbs for biodiesel fuel 11/20/05 Seattle Times
- Can Canola Fulfill State's Biodiesel Hope? 11/21/05 Kitsap Sun
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