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The great Northwestern coal debate is about morality

Seattle Times ad coal may final 2013

posted from Seattle, WA on May 13, 2013 For those who didn’t see it, here is a small ad I placed in the Seattle Times A section on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.   The copy said:  Sending more coal to China is human cruelty.    Are the people who would have us send more coal to … Continue reading

See you at the Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival!

Seattle Times ad seabirds shorebird

Posted from Seattle April 22, 2013.   The ad shown is running the A-section of the Seattle Times on Tuesday the 23rd.   The Seabird poster got printed at Olympus Press this morning.  As usual, the press folks at Olympus got it looking even better than the proof and they’ll be delivered tomorrow or Thursday, … Continue reading

Mad Dash to finish “Shorebirds” before the Shorebird Festival

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Posted April 12, 2013 from Seattle, WA Scroll down for April 17 Update!   It’s official!!!   I’m going to be at the Gray’s Harbor Shorebird Festival, the big shindig in honor of the thousands of shorebirds that migrate through the Gray’s Harbor area in April and May.  The headquarters will be at Hoquiam High School … Continue reading

Tolls aren’t Green

Seattle Times ad tolls revised

posted Feb 4, 2013 from Seattle, WA   The above schematic covers the key points I make in the diatribe below, which also gets into the more specific political issues in the I-90 tolling debate as well as the more general issues of taxation vs profit-on-publicly-owned-assets. Disclaimer: I say harsh things about the Washington Dept. … Continue reading

US Ethanol is fueling world hunger

Seattle Times ad ethanol jan 2013

posted Jan 28, 2013 from Seattle On Tuesday, Jan 20, 2013, the small ad shown below will be running in the A-section of the Seattle Times. The Jan/Feb 2013 Utne Reader has published an excerpt from Lester Brown’s new book Full Planet, Empty Plates. Brown recaps two recent, troubling trends:  the increase in world food … Continue reading

Save the Cotton-top! See my ad this Sunday Dec. 23

Seattle Times ad WLT-US dec 2012 Sunday

Posted December 20, 2012 from Seattle, WA. It’s in the  A-section of the Seattle Times as usual and the subject will again be World Land Trust-US’s and its valiant attempts to save key parcels of land in disappearing rain forests that will essentially mean the difference between survival and oblivion for many species.  The WLT-US … Continue reading

Watch for Ed Newbold’s Seattle Times ad Nov 20

Seattle Times ad WLT-US Nov 2012

Posted Nov. 14, 2012 from Seattle, WA Seattle Wildlife Artist is running an ad in the Seattle Times A Section on November 20 to again attempt to draw attention to the valiant do-or-die struggle against extinction being waged by the World Land Trust-US.  The ad is shown below.       Now is a great … Continue reading

Last Tango in Poulsbo: See the Movie here!

Poulsbo for movie

posted Nov.2, 2012 from Seattle, WA See the Movie “Last Tango in Poulsbo,” at YouTube or here: The title makes reference to the fact that the last boat in the lineup is named the Tango, and the boats are in Poulsbo. In the five-plus minute movie, I discuss composition issues and problems I’ve had with … Continue reading

Tiny WLT-US still bravely battling extinction on its margin

Seattle Times ad atlantic forest

posted Sept. 30, 2012 from Seattle, WA     I’m putting this ad in the Seattle Times soon, I’m not sure exactly which day. It’s intended to draw attention to WLT-US’s effort to save a key piece of the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. Here is the link to WLT-US’s home page:   http://www.worldlandtrust-us.org/index.php?page=home and here is … Continue reading

Public Welcome: Open House for WORLD LAND TRUST-US at my store July 18!

Dr. Paul Salaman, Chief Executive Officer of World Land Trust-US

Posted July 5, 2012 from Seattle Press Release On July 18, 2012 leaders of the WORLD LAND TRUST-US will be at the Pike Place Market for an Open House at the newly-expanded Ed Newbold Wildlife Artist Store. DR. PAUL SALAMAN, Chief Executive Officer, DR. ROBERT RIDGELY, Honorary President, & NICHOLE BAKER, Director of Donor Relations, … Continue reading