• Victoria, BC has finally decided to stop leaving bags of turd on Washington State doorsteps - [Vancouver Sun]
• In other poo news, dog walkers in Edmonds are frantically shopping today. The plastic bag ban begins tomorrow - [Everett Herald]
• Flexcar already offers hybrid Toyotas for rent in Seattle, but Enterprise is out-greening them with a new fleet of pure-electric Nissan LEAFs - [KPLU]

Seattle has been named as one of the five cities across the U.S. that will be driving off with millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy's $99 million federal grant. Now don't get too excited, the set funds will go towards 2,550 charging stations throughout the metro area for the fleet of electric cars expected next fall. more ›

So the makers of the electro-rocketcar are opening a Seattle Tesla-emporium on Westlake. The Tesla Roadster is said to hit 60 in under four seconds and tops out at 125 mph (some kinda rev limiter). It goes over 200 miles on a charge. more ›

Sometimes we stop to think--for instance while waiting to hear more about the non-credible bomb threat that's halted the Bremerton ferry run this afternoon--about Bainbridge Island. Which is always the way. Bremerton forever gets the short end of the stick. more ›