King County Clean Air Library

Green Links

Links to King County Programs and Services

Green Building Initiative
A King County Executive Order establishing policy to encourage and promote the use of green building practices in all buildings King County constructs, remodels, and renovates.

King County Environmental Purchasing Program
The King County Environmental Purchasing Program assists County agencies in implementation of a King County Executive Policy, which requires agencies to use recycled and other environmentally preferable products wherever practicable.

These environmental purchasing bulletins contain information about the results of product evaluations and other accomplishments of County agencies.

Biodiesel Fuel
King County Metro is piloting the use of a five percent blend of biodiesel to help power its fleet of 1,200+ buses through 2006 as part of a Seattle City Light greenhouse gas mitigation program. This partnership will establish the largest biodiesel-powered fleet in Washington State.

New Flyer Articulated Hybrid Diesel-Electric Bus
King County Metro has purchased this 60-foot hybrid diesel-electric bus to test in a variety of driving situations, including the downtown transit tunnel.

Fuel Cell Demonstration Project
King County's Wastewater Treatment Division, FuelCell Energy Inc, and the U.S. EPA Office of Wastewater Management are working together to sponsor the world's largest demonstration project of a molten carbonate (MCFC or "Direct") fuel cell using digester gas (methane) as fuel. The demonstration project is aimed at testing the technology and the claims of high energy conversion efficiencies and low air emissions for fuel cells.

Solid Waste Division Environmental Awareness Program
Its primary goal is to develop a Division-wide Environmental Management System that examines, plans and documents our environmental practices in all aspects of operation - from the field to the shop to the office.

King Street Center Virtual Tour
King Street Center, home of King County's Department of Natural Resources and Parks and Department of Transportation, is a model of environmental integrity and sustainability.

WasteWise
WasteWise provides assistance and referrals for King County agencies that need help with recycling, waste reduction or buying-recycled.

King County Business Recycling Programs
Provides information about waste reduction, reuse, and recycling programs specifcally designed for businesses of all kinds.

Related links (external):

Air Quality

Puget Sound Clean Air Agency - Air Quality
http://www.pscleanair.org/airq
City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment - Clean Air
http://www.cityofseattle.net/environment/
clean_air.htm
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Air Quality Website
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/airairquality.html
EPA website on the impacts of Air Pollution
http://www.epa.gov/air/topics/comeap.html

Climate Change
Climate Change: Local Initiatives

King County Global Warming
http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/globalwarming/
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency - Climate Change
http://www.pscleanair.org/specprog/globclim/
City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment - Climate Change
http://www.cityofseattle.net/environment/
climate_protection.htm
Climate Solutions
http://www.climatesolutions.org/

Climate Change: Background Information

Environmental Protection Agency
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/
content/index.html
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/index.html

Climate Change: Impacts

Climate Impacts Group at University of Washington:
http://www.jisao.washington.edu/PNWimpacts/
Infogate.htm
EPA website on impacts in Washington State
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/us-washington.html

Updated: October 26, 2004

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