Groups Vow To Clear "Coastal" Hurdles

"Senior Army Corps of Engineers officials agreed Wednesday to work with state officials and representatives of environmental and other nongovernmental groups to quickly identify and solve scientific and engineering concerns to speed construction of four major coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects.

The agreement resulted from a request of an environmental leader who suggested forming small teams to solve problems that might crop up in preparing to build major projects. The request came during a meeting of corps and state officials working on proposals to protect the state's coast from storm surge from large hurricanes with independent scientists and environmental and civic groups." |Read more|

Sierra Club Pushes Federal Way, Washington To Become More Environmentally Friendly

"The push is under way to make Federal Way more environmentally friendly and conscious about global warming.

The Sierra Club, a grass-roots environmental conservation group operating in the United States, sent Federal Way Mayor Michael Park an e-mail Sept. 4. In the message, the club urged him to make Federal Way a Cool City — one that agrees to the terms of the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement and carries out an action plan to decrease greenhouse gas pollutants such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous dioxide.

The Sierra Club has spent the past two years investing in its Cool City Campaign. The club contacts U.S. city mayors and requests the city make a commitment to decrease its contributions to global warming by signing the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement and enacting a four-step process to achieve the goals the agreement encompasses.

Once the agreement has been signed, the city is on its way to becoming a Cool City."