NWCN.com Environment News http://www.nwcn.com en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:02 GMT webmaster@nwcn.com Analysis: Polar bear's impact on people is felt http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/northwest/environment/stories/NW_051508ENB_polar_bears_impact_KC.10442ea0e.html NWCN.com Environment News The Arctic bear facing extinction because of global warming is bringing home the consequences of cheap energy and - until recently - the need for little sacrifice. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:02 GMT TIMES: UW plans to create environmental college http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/northwest/environment/stories/NW_051508ENBTIMES_uw_environmental_college_JM.1024f79fd.html NWCN.com Environment News The proposed new College of the Environment would be the largest environmental college in the world. It would start with 97 faculty members, 1,135 students and a budget of more than $60 million. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:02 GMT Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/northwest/environment/stories/NW_051408ENB_nitrogen_emissions_JM.102c9a4ed.html NWCN.com Environment News While carbon dioxide has been getting lots of publicity in climate change, reactive forms of nitrogen are also building up in the environment, scientists warn. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:02 GMT Polar bears to be protected species http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/northwest/environment/stories/NW_051408ENB_polar_bear_protected_KC.ff2f8b24.html NWCN.com Environment News The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:02 GMT Seattle tapping local industries to clean Duwamish River http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/northwest/environment/stories/NW_051408WAB_duwamish_waterway_cleanup_TP.ff07b4a5.html NWCN.com Environment News The city wants to lease sites to a private company that would restore them and get private companies to pay for it.Still some risk Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:02 GMT Hot weather expected to stress rivers http://www.nwcn.com/sharedcontent/northwest/environment/stories/NW_051408WAB_flooding_spring_KS.ff19335a.html NWCN.com Environment News Temperatures in Western Washington are expected to reach the 80s in the next few days, meaning rivers will have to absorb the snow runoff. Eastern Wash. will get even hotter Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:02 GMT