By DEAN BAKER The Port of Ridgefield is cleaning up the site of the former Pacific Wood Treating plant. There is a movement to build an environmental science center there. Here, Mike Carlough, a welder, is fitting a pipe in the cleanup project.

By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Nov. 9--Gov. Chris Gregoire will push for a faster cleanup of a highly polluted stretch of Columbia River shoreline, a decade after carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenyls were first discovered there.

The Vancouver-based Confluence Project, which sprang from the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is becoming a major player in the study, appreciation and protection of our environment. We welcome it. Talk about your win-win deals, this looks every bit to be one.

By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Sep. 6--The Confluence Project on Wednesday moved one of its seven art installation sites from Frenchman's Bar Park to the Ridgefield waterfront and cleared the way for an environmental coup.

By Craig Brown, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Aug. 31--Clark County Public Health has lifted a health advisory for recreational use of Vancouver Lake following test results that indicate algae is no longer a threat to the health of people and pets.