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[cid:image001.jpg@01CED94D.ECA09860] [cid:image012.jpg@01CED953.8AFEF240]<airsafepiercecounty.org> If you can afford to stop burning wood in your home please consider doing it. If not, please take the time to learn from the clean burning checklist<http://airsafepiercecounty.org/clean-burning-checklist>. Please sign up for winter burn ban alerts<http://www.airsafepiercecounty.org/burn-ban-alerts> by text or email to avoid $1,000 tickets. Check out the financial incentives<http://www.airsafepiercecounty.org/wood-stove-program> to remove your old uncertified stove or to switch to a cleaner burning device. Reducing wood smoke is crucial to human health and to our local economy. [cid:image003.png@01CED94D.ECA09860] US Fish & Wildlife grants endangered species status to horned lark and checkerspot butterfly<http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/10/us_fish_wildlife_grants_endang.html> Best 100 Places to live includes Tacoma<http://www.businessexaminer.com/blog/October-2013/Best-100-Places-to-Live-includes-Tacoma/> How coal and oil trains will block traffic: Olympia and Tacoma region<http://daily.sightline.org/2013/10/15/how-coal-and-oil-trains-will-block-traffic-olympia-and-tacoma-region/> Tornado strikes Frederickson; no injuries<http://www.dispatchnews.com/2013/10/01/tornado-strikes-frederickson/> Sustainability Tip: The healthiest time to jog outdoors during winter heating season is 3pm in the afternoon. [cid:image004.png@01CED94D.ECA09860] 3 states, B.C. craft climate accord<http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022143977_climategovernorsxml.html?syndication=rss> Cars are deadly, but not how you think<http://www.fastcoexist.com/3020226/cars-are-deadly-but-not-how-you-think-pollution-causes-more-death-than-crashes?partner=rss> CHARTS: US carbon emissions are dropping<http://climatedesk.org/2013/10/charts-us-carbon-emissions-are-dropping/> Leases for plug-in electric cars may offer savings<http://www.timesdispatch.com/business/leases-for-plug-in-electric-cars-may-offer-savings/article_94ad0379-b36f-5aa3-a8e0-4a9410fb5d13.html?utm_source=WW+Clean+Cities+News+Digest+--+October+30%2C+2013&utm_campaign=Weekly+News+Digest&utm_medium=email> State preserves scenic Teanaway as community forest<http://mynorthwest.com/11/2373146/State-spends-100-million-on-largest-land-preservation-transaction-in-45-years> UW students ask regents to take steps toward ending investments in fossil fuels<http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/10/uw-students-ask-regents-to-end-investments-in-fossil-fuels/?syndication=rss> Sudden disappearance of sardines has serious economic and ecological effects on the B.C. coast<http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Sudden%20disappearance%20sardines%20serious%20economic%20ecological/9034961/story.html> First-ever census reveals growing popularity of Farm to School program<http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/first-ever-census-reveals-growing-popularity-of-farm-to-school-programs/2013/10/22/9f8eafe2-3a75-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html> Olympia is 10th Wash. city to ban plastic bags<http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/10/10/olympia-is-10th-city-to-ban-plastic-bags/> Sustainability Tip: Your local cable company usually has wood fires on demand for your TV or you can enjoy a fire on YouTube<http://youtu.be/97g1krDkzNI>. [cid:image002.png@01CED951.94FB2B30] Where There's Smoke, There's Sickness [cid:image011.jpg@01CED955.A2287110]<http://vimeo.com/earthfix/woodsmoke> Sustainability Fact: Wood smoke accounts for 53% of wintertime fine particle pollution in the Pierce County Smoke Reduction Zone. [cid:image005.png@01CED94D.ECA09860] The Foothills Trail [cid:image009.jpg@01CED956.3613B880] The Foothills Trail<http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?nid=1384> sits atop a historic railroad bed and snakes through the river valley southeast of Tacoma. This 25-mile-long trail is a popular commuter route and recreational destination for bicyclists, while hikers enjoy shorter, more manageable segments of the trail. [cid:image007.png@01CED94D.ECA09860] Nov. 16th - Point Defiance Marina Beach Clean Up<http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/calendar/index.php?cid=1943> Nov. 20th - SustainableWorks home energy fair<http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/tacoma_wa/events/show/364082063-sustainableworks-home-energy-efficiency-fair> Nov. 28th - Fantasy Lights<http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=1253> [cid:image008.jpg@01CED94D.ECA09860] <http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=3528>