AltWeeklies Wire
Scorched Earthnew

How climate change could upend the Pacific Northwest.
The Inlander |
Joe O'Sullivan |
09-13-2012 |
Environment
Fighting Wind, Stillnew

Roger Whitten, a Palouse resident, is still fighting wind power in his back yard, despite construction plans and an agreement with the region’s largest utility company.
The Inlander |
Heidi Groover |
08-19-2011 |
Environment
Scientists Confirm Existence of Giant Palouse Earthwormnew

University of Idaho scientists proved naysayers wrong with their recent discovery of two Giant Palouse Earthworms. The newly discovered worms are the first to be successfully collected and found in decades.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
04-28-2010 |
Environment
Phone Books Under Siegenew
Why phone books are in the crosshairs of legislators, environmentalists and pissed-off citizens.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
03-31-2010 |
Environment
The Giant Palouse Earthworm Can't be Found -- Yet it's Dividing the Palousenew
Jodi Johnson-Maynard will firmly tell you is that the giant Palouse earthworm -- a pale white worm that can grow three feet long -- exists. She'll also tell you that its numbers are plummeting and that it has only been found four times in the last 100 years. She just can't tell you how to find it.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
11-24-2009 |
Environment
Pulling the Plug on Snake River Dams

If four dams on the Snake River in eastern Washington State were removed to help salmon, would the power grid even notice?
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
03-08-2007 |
Environment