11-21-2002 How to improve oil-spill prevention and response
From better monitoring of fueling operations to having a tugboat on standby in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, there are many ways to minimize the risk of a devastating oil spill in Puget Sound. Seattle P.I. Full Story

11-21-2002 Spills and near-misses in area waters
In Washington and Oregon, recent history is full of oil spills and incidents that could have resulted in a spill, according to state records. Full Story

11-21-2002 Area`s defining waterway is a cesspool of pollution
State and federal protectors of the environment assure us that the wholesale dumping of toxic chemicals -- from Commencement Bay to Sinclair Inlet, from Hood Canal to the Strait of Juan de Fuca -- ended a generation ago. They tell us they have cracked down on overfishing, overbuilding and overflows from sewage treatment plants. The truth is, we`re still treating the Sound like a sewer. Seattle P.I. Full Story

11-21-2002 The Navy, a top polluter, botched cleanup
BREMERTON -- After polluting Sinclair Inlet for most of a century, it seemed that the U.S. Navy had finally cleaned up its act. The service dug up contaminated mud and sand under its docks here, and even crowed about saving millions on the job. But last month, Navy officials had to admit that the work had spread contaminants over a large portion of the inlet, including state-owned bay bottom where they had been refused permission to dump. Seattle P.I. Full Story