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    Guest opinion: Cleansing sewage essential to supplying enough...
    By Don C. Brunell • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    In Washington state this year, we hope to again escape the historic droughts plaguing other parts of the world. The…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest opinion: More worn-out wind blades, solar panels...
    By Don C. Brunell • April 24, 2024 1:30 am

    While wind and solar farms generate “greenhouse gas free” electricity, there are ongoing concerns over their impacts on our environment…

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    Phoot courtesy of Don C. Brunell / Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver, Wa.
    Guest Opinion: EV battery recycling requires herculean effort
    By Don C. Brunell • April 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Each year Americans throw away more than three billion batteries constituting 180,000 tons of hazardous material. The situation is likely…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest opinion: Why no Easter Lily sightseeing tours?
    By Don C. Brunell • March 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Easter is when potted Easter Lily plants start showing up in nurseries and supermarkets like poinsettias during the Christmas season….

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    Don Brunell
    Guest opinion: Managed forests on family tree farms...
    By Don C. Brunell • March 13, 2024 1:30 am

    As climate change concerns grow, researchers are turning to family tree farmers for assistance. They have been helping for a…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest opinion: America still needs more welders, fewer...
    By Don C. Brunell • February 28, 2024 1:30 am

    In 2017, I wrote a column titled: “America needs more welders and fewer philosophers.” It was a slogan Florida Sen….

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest opinion: Those pesky initiatives are back
    By Don C. Brunell • January 31, 2024 1:30 am

    After a brief hiatus, those pesky citizen initiatives are back much to the chagrin of three-term Gov. Jay Inslee and…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest column: Biden needs to expose his secret...
    By Don C. Brunell • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    The $33 billion secret Snake River Dam plan that President Biden and friends cooked up in the White House basement…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest Opinion: Money for our military is Washington’s...
    By Don C. Brunell • January 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Aesop’s fable warns against killing the goose laying golden eggs. The tale’s origins date to 600 B.C. and tells of…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest opinion: Finding the power for future
    By Don C. Brunell • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    It is that time of year when people put up their outside holiday lights and displays. Judging from our neighborhood…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest opinion: Kudos to Rio Tinto for cleaning...
    By Don C. Brunell • December 6, 2023 1:30 am

    Today, good works are often brushed aside or ignored — especially if done by one of the world’s largest mining…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest Opinion: Making their way to America
    By Don C. Brunell • November 22, 2023 1:30 am

    As we prepare for the upcoming holidays, we must be grateful for what we have and focus on our needs…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Guest opinion: Never forget our veterans
    By Don C. Brunell • November 15, 2023 1:30 am

    While the last veterans who survived the “surprise” Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are dwindling rapidly, we cannot let their…

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