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Seattle developing plan to protect local waterways

Public offered chance for input, May 20–June 20 Every year, rain washes millions of gallons of raw sewage and untreated stormwater into Seattle’s waterways. In 2012, this happened hundreds of times, releasing 154 million gallons of combined sewage and stormwater. These overflows happen because many Seattle neighborhoods have a pipeline… [ Keep reading ]

Plastics Unwrapped Ends 5/27 – Only One Week Left!

Plastics Unwrapped at the Burke Now Through May 27 Only 50 years ago, we hardly used plastics. How did they go from being rare to being everywhere? Plastics Unwrapped, a new exhibit from the Burke Museum, explores how material culture was changed—rapidly and perhaps permanently—by plastics. Learn what life was… [ Keep reading ]