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Guest opinion: Cleansing sewage essential to supplying enough freshwater
In Washington state this year, we hope to again escape the historic droughts plaguing other parts of the…
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Guest opinion: More worn-out wind blades, solar panels landing in dumps
While wind and solar farms generate “greenhouse gas free” electricity, there are ongoing concerns over their impacts on…
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Guest Opinion: EV battery recycling requires herculean effort
Each year Americans throw away more than three billion batteries constituting 180,000 tons of hazardous material. The situation…
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Guest opinion: Why no Easter Lily sightseeing tours?
Easter is when potted Easter Lily plants start showing up in nurseries and supermarkets like poinsettias during the…
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Guest opinion: Managed forests on family tree farms reduce greenhouse gases
As climate change concerns grow, researchers are turning to family tree farmers for assistance. They have been helping…
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Guest opinion: America still needs more welders, fewer philosophers
In 2017, I wrote a column titled: “America needs more welders and fewer philosophers.” It was a slogan…
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Guest opinion: Those pesky initiatives are back
After a brief hiatus, those pesky citizen initiatives are back much to the chagrin of three-term Gov. Jay…
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Guest column: Biden needs to expose his secret Snake River Dam plan to reality
The $33 billion secret Snake River Dam plan that President Biden and friends cooked up in the White…
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Guest Opinion: Money for our military is Washington’s golden egg
Aesop’s fable warns against killing the goose laying golden eggs. The tale’s origins date to 600 B.C. and…
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Guest opinion: Finding the power for future
It is that time of year when people put up their outside holiday lights and displays. Judging from…
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Guest opinion: Kudos to Rio Tinto for cleaning up holden mine site
Today, good works are often brushed aside or ignored — especially if done by one of the world’s…
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Guest Opinion: Making their way to America
As we prepare for the upcoming holidays, we must be grateful for what we have and focus on…
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Guest opinion: Never forget our veterans
While the last veterans who survived the “surprise” Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are dwindling rapidly, we cannot…