EcoMetro

What ever happened to Seattle's fee on plastic and paper grocery bags? For awhile last summer it was one of the hottest topics in the city. Then the plastics industry put nearly $200,000 into petition drives to get it on the ballot. They were successful, so the city called off its January 1 start...

Recycling works for books, too. "Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet" , a new book by Eric Sorensen and the staff at the Seattle-based Sightline Institute , updates a 1999 book by John Ryan of Sightline (then known as Northwest Environment Watch). With plenty of timely new stats and a 21st-Century...

Recycling works for books, too. "Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet" , a new book by Eric Sorensen and the staff at the Seattle-based Sightline Institute , updates a 1999 book by John Ryan of Sightline (then known as Northwest Environment Watch). With plenty of timely new stats and a 21st-Century...

Recycling works for books, too. "Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet" , a new book by Eric Sorensen and the staff at the Seattle-based Sightline Institute , updates a 1999 book by John Ryan of Sightline (then known as Northwest Environment Watch). With plenty of timely new stats and a 21st-Century...

Recycling works for books, too. "Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet" , a new book by Eric Sorensen and the staff at the Seattle-based Sightline Institute , updates a 1999 book by John Ryan of Sightline (then known as Northwest Environment Watch). With plenty of timely new stats and a 21st-Century...

Recycling works for books, too. "Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet" , a new book by Eric Sorensen and the staff at the Seattle-based Sightline Institute , updates a 1999 book by John Ryan of Sightline (then known as Northwest Environment Watch). With plenty of timely new stats and a 21st-Century...

Will bicycles ever be taken seriously in America as a means of urban transportation? What would it take? One thing that would really help is if people besides just bike riders themselves start supporting the concept. This concept - progressive but not so far-fetched - would include safe streets for cyclists...

Will this be the year reusable grocery bags go mainstream? Let's hope so, because most major grocery stores in the area are doing their part. Nearly every grocery chain now sells a nice reusable bag (with their name on it) for about a dollar. Now it's up to us, the customers. So far, most Americans...

Will this be the year reusable grocery bags go mainstream? Let's hope so, because most major grocery stores in the area are doing their part. Nearly every grocery chain now sells a nice reusable bag (with their name on it) for about a dollar. Now it's up to us, the customers. So far, most Americans...

Will this be the year reusable grocery bags go mainstream? Let's hope so, because most major grocery stores in the area are doing their part. Nearly every grocery chain now sells a nice reusable bag (with their name on it) for about a dollar. Now it's up to us, the customers. So far, most Americans...