| Excerpt: | Progressives will need to back the forty-sixth president, but make sure he will have our backs when it comes to safeguarding shared waters of the Salish Sea. Our worries should be heard and considered at the highest level. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 PM on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution, Presidential Transitions |
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Category Archives: Our Environment
Joe Biden and the Salish Sea: Will cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline mean Alberta’s bitumen crude oil is headed to our waters?
BNSF-operated train transporting Bakken crude oil derails in Whatcom County
| Excerpt: | There were no fatalities and no injuries were reported, though the derailment did result in an oil spill. Seven tank cars went off the tracks, with two catching fire, about twenty minutes before noon. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution, Safe Neighborhoods |
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The Snoqulamie’s Middle Fork is Washington State’s latest conservation success story
| Excerpt: | Two decades ago, the river valley was rapidly becoming a mountain crime zone and trash dump. It has since been cleaned up and restored. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, December 14th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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As Biden’s Cabinet takes shape, progressive groups plan for a post-Trump future
| Excerpt: | President-elect Joe Biden has spent the weeks since the election assembling the team that he hopes to bring with him to Washington, D.C. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Healthcare, National Defense, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Presidential Transitions |
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Washington’s upcoming conservation district elections sorely need progressive candidates
| Excerpt: | Dozens of publicly governed conservation districts will be holding elections for board supervisor positions this winter and spring. In this guest post, King Conservation District Supervisor Chris Porter explains why progressive activists and community leaders should step up, run, and win. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Chris Porter |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Conservation, WA-Local |
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Senator Maria Cantwell: Defender of Bristol Bay salmon and wild places in America
| Excerpt: | For decades, Washington State's junior senator has been patiently and strategically fighting to protect America's wild places and fisheries. Those efforts have met with success even with Donald Trump in office. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation, Energy & Power |
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The Biden-Harris administration takes shape with the announcement of key appointees
| Excerpt: | Joe Biden's picks indicate the direction that the President-Elect wants to take the country. |
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| Published at: | 9:44 AM on Monday, November 23rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Announcements, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Transitions and Successions |
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A smokescreen and a big lie: Trump, climate deniers try to explain away our record fires
| Excerpt: | Climate fires are destroying property and taking lives in Washington, Oregon, and California, putting a face on the climate crisis. Right wing pundits have been reduced to lamely claiming there's no connection. |
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| Published at: | 2:45 PM on Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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Fueled by hot and windy weather, fires rage out of control up and down the Left Coast
| Excerpt: | Firefighters report that they are stretched thin and simply don't have the humanpower or the resources to properly fight the destructive blazes. |
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| Published at: | 10:35 PM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Pollution |
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Bob Ferguson, Maura Healey lead multi-state legal challenge to block Arctic Refuge drilling
| Excerpt: | A coalition of states from the Left Coast, Great Lakes region, and New England is going to court to stop the desecration of America's greatest wilderness. |
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| Published at: | 2:35 PM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Will 2020 be the year in which climate justice finally becomes a prevalent federal priority?
| Excerpt: | Always, always climate and environment get eclipsed as Election Day draws near. But even if our planet's fever doesn't get the attention it should, 2020 could still be a major turning point. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution, US-Pres |
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U.S. House passes sweeping wilderness protection bill that includes PNW’s Olympics