| Excerpt: | Read NPI's recap of the opening plenary session at Netroots Nation 2021, which featured Rashida Tlaib, Mandela Barnes, Joe Neguse, Jennifer Granholm, Gina McCarthy, and several other speakers. |
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| Published at: | 11:22 PM on Thursday, October 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Caya Berndt |
| Other Categories: | Events, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Climate Crisis, Netroots Nation, Pollution |
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Category Archives: Our Environment
President Joe Biden touches down in Boise; visits National Interagency Fire Center
| Excerpt: | Today, Joe Biden made his first official visit to Cascadia as President of the United States of America, landing in Boise, Idaho to visit the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), which is located adjacent to Boise Air Teminal/Gowen Field. |
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| Published at: | 2:30 PM on Monday, September 13th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Emergency Preparedness, Presidential Visits |
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Pacific Northwesterner chosen to lead the National Park Service by President Joe Biden
| Excerpt: | Charles "Chuck" Sams, of Oregon, will be first Native American to head the National Park Service if the United States Senate concurs. He has lived the history of one park unit. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 AM on Thursday, August 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Conservation, Nominations |
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Big climate win! ConocoPhillips’ “Willow” Arctic oil drilling scheme stopped by judge
| Excerpt: | The ruling nixes the development permits approved by the Trump regime, which were not withdrawn by the Biden-Harris administration, stopping the drilling scheme from moving forward for at least the time being. |
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| Published at: | 7:45 PM on Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Tom Campion is a donor with a cause who once hosted President Obama at his home. This week, he got to introduce Joe Biden.
| Excerpt: | On Monday, the Democratic Party hosted an electronic fundraiser. Zumiez CEO Tom Campion, who has helped the party raise money for years, and whose philanthropy has helped defend the Arctic Refuge against drilling, had the honor of introducing President Joe Biden. |
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| Published at: | 9:11 PM on Thursday, August 5th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Party Politics |
| Tags: | Conservation, Partybuilding |
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Bipartisan infrastructure bill advances in U.S. Senate, but still faces hurdles to passage
| Excerpt: | The compromise legislation, which has the support of the White House, is being hailed by the Biden-Harris administration as a groundbreaking set of investments in everything from bridges and broadband to mass transit and water pipes. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Critical Infrastructure, Energy & Power, Municipal Broadband |
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Cascadia needs climate action: Mother Nature is not giving the Pacific Northwest a bye, and activism is not something we can mail in
| Excerpt: | We are living in a climate emergency. Grassroots activism is crucial to addressing that emergency. It must continue, and it must expand. But it also must be supported in our nation's capital with serious climate action. |
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| Published at: | 1:00 PM on Sunday, July 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis |
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Supreme Court tosses Montana, Wyoming lawsuit that demanded dirty coal exports
| Excerpt: | The Court's decision means that lawyers for two Republican-controlled, pro-coal state governments will not get the opportunity to further plead their case to the six member right wing majority of justices. |
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| Published at: | 4:22 PM on Monday, June 28th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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“Unprecedented” heat wave arrives in the Pacific Northwest… and it’s not even July
| Excerpt: | This weekend, temperatures across the Pacific Northwest will ratchet up into the triple digits, bringing heat that is simply unprecedented for this time of year to pretty much every corner of the region. |
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| Published at: | 3:34 PM on Friday, June 25th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis |
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Deb Haaland recommends that Joe Biden restore national monuments gutted by Trump
| Excerpt: | The Interior Secretary is making a cultural and conservation case to President Biden: Restore national monuments in Utah and New England that were brutally and unilaterally cut by the Trump regime. |
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| Published at: | 2:29 PM on Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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Biden reverses Trump again: Old growth trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest slated to be reprotected under Roadless Rule
| Excerpt: | The U.S. Department of Agriculture will “repeal or replace” a decision that removed the Tongass from a Clinton-era Roadless Rule that had protected more than nine million acres of the 16.9 million-acre national forest. |
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| Published at: | 6:42 PM on Friday, June 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation |
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The fight over Keystone XL is over: In a big win for our Earth, the pipeline won’t be built
| Excerpt: | Keystone XL represented an effort by extremely powerful, polluting interests to keep the United States and Canada wedded to fossil fuels, while increasing the profits of billionaires like the Koch brothers, who are already very wealthy. |
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| Published at: | 10:25 PM on Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Biden-Harris administration restores Bears Ears and Grand Staircase National Monuments in Utah, which were gutted by Donald Trump