Green building: Keeping pace with Seattle's boom
The apparently insatiable appetite for new residential construction in and around Seattle provokes some environmental questions about the construction itself.
Martha Baskin
Martha Baskin is an environmental reporter, whose work on the subject began with a project for the King Conservation District. Green Acre Radio was born shortly afterward. Her work is currently suppor
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Washington businesses unite on climate action
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Environment
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