Waterway Gas and Wash

Longview, Wash., ranks No. 3 in the nation for construction job growth
Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR); 9/30/2009; 859 words; ...workforce, over the last year. Longview, Wash., ranks third in the nation for construction...billion and spending at least $7 billion on waterways for flood control and navigation. Calling...investments, including a doubling of the federal gas tax. Doubling that tax would cost the...

Going green and lean: readers share their tips for green, frugal living.
Natural Life; 9/1/2009; 1126 words; ...to save on the price of gas and help the environment...for the health of our waterways. It's also so much...soap and water used to wash cloth ones, we are using...and baby diapers, and wash them in cold water. We...water and cloth. I also wash most of my laundry by...

Vital La. oil port left vulnerable to hurricanes
AP Online; 7/31/2009; 1307 words; ...from the Gulf of Mexico washes away. The miles-long...worse could wipe out its waterways, docks, giant cranes...rigs, ships and oil and gas facilities. "The companies...Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, said the...through taxes on oil and gas extraction and with its...do is watch the ...

Around the Northwest.(NWFriday)
The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 7/10/2009; 1162 words; ...staff and news services Hood River, Oregon Gas-filled barge runs aground A barge laden...operator Tidewater Barge Lines of Vancouver, Wash., have inspected the double-hulled...tracks, with most dumping into the Duwamish Waterway. Olympia Flags lowered for dead soldier...

UNIVERSITY'S PARKING GETTING GREEN FOOTPRINT GOAL OF OVERHAUL IS MAKING KY. CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current); 7/6/2009; 554 words; ...reducing the amount of oil and sediment that washes into public water. A recent study showed...sediments, those are carried into the waterway (when it rains)," Tougas said. Putting...dedicated to helping reduce greenhouse gases from transportation companies makes its...