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Promoting ponderosa pines as super tree Spokane Ponderosa, an organization that strives to restore greater numbers of the city's most dominant native tree, is kicking off a wider distribution of the evergreen seedlings this spring for volunteer groups to plant. Kevin Cash, full-time executive director of Spokane Ponderosa, says that so far, the group has bought about $2,000 worth of seedlings—some 5,000 small trees at...


Power play at Whitworth - Art only This solar-panel installation atop the new aquatics center at Whitworth University is said to be the largest single solar installation in Eastern Washington. The private school on Spokane's North Side says the system is expected to generate enough en...		Open space said to lift home prices Homes in neighborhoods that incorporate protected open space command prices 20 to 29 percent higher than those without open space, says a new study by a Colorado State University multidisciplinary research team that included Wildlife Conservation Soc...

Coeur d'Alene lighting distributor taps LED niche Cory Turnbull, president and owner of Catalyst LEDs LLC, says the outlook for the Coeur d'Alene company is growing only brighter. Catalyst specializes in designing and distributing commercial and industrial lighting systems that use lig...		Architect champions German passive-house design For Sam Rodell, principal at Kirkwood Rodell Architects PS, of Spokane, a popular German passive-house design method could be the next big thing in architecture, if it continues to gain ground in the U.S. Rodell, who has had his own ar...

Grocery delivery touted as greener than driving to store At the end of a long day, it can be more convenient to order your groceries online while sitting on the living room couch instead of making a late-night run to the store. New research suggests it's also more environmentally friendly to leave the car...		Plug-in electric vehicle sales projected to accelerate A recent report from Boulder, Colo.-based Pike Research says sales of plug-in electric vehicles in the 102 largest U.S. cities are expected to total slightly more than 1.8 million from 2012 through 2020. A separate Pike Research report...