| Excerpt: | The summer of 2022 has seen a disconnect between Republican politicians of the South, Midwest and Mountain West, and the sweltering, drought-stricken states they represent in Washington, D.C. |
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| Published at: | 4:00 PM on Sunday, September 4th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation |
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Category Archives: Our Environment
Republicans reaffirm their tight embrace of fossil fuels during a sweltering summer
“For the benefit and enjoyment of all of the people”: Denali-inspired reflections on the necessity of conservation’s future in Alaska
| Excerpt: | National parks, once derided by interests bent on resource extraction, have been a huge blessing for Alaska, supporting a robust tourism sector and ensuring that wild places like Denali remain as unspoiled and breathtaking as they were in bygone eras. Yet more areas of The Last Frontier still await protection from development. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, August 25th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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Inflation Reduction Act passes the U.S. House, heads to President Joe Biden’s desk
| Excerpt: | The historic climate and health focused Inflation Reduction Act is one of the most consequential environmental bills ever enacted by Congress. It now heads to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. |
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| Published at: | 3:35 PM on Friday, August 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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Seattle, TreePAC prevail over Master Builders in tree protection ordinance legal skirmish
| Excerpt: | Seattle Hearing Examiner Ryan Vancil rejected a challenge brought by the Master Builders of King and Snohomish counties to the city's determination that an update of its tree protection ordinance would not have would not have probable significant adverse impacts on the environment. |
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| Published at: | 2:30 PM on Friday, August 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Green Development |
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A win for America! U.S. Senate passes climate and health focused Inflation Reduction Act
| Excerpt: | "Today, Senate Democrats sided with American families over special interests, voting to lower the cost of prescription drugs, health insurance, and everyday energy costs and reduce the deficit, while making the wealthiest corporations finally pay their fair share," said President Joe Biden in a special statement. |
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| Published at: | 1:45 PM on Sunday, August 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals |
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Schumer, Manchin announce agreement on major climate and health focused budget bill
| Excerpt: | "This is the action the American people have been waiting for," President Joe Biden said in a statement. "This addresses the problems of today – high health care costs and overall inflation – as well as investments in our energy security for the future." |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals, Strong Commonwealth |
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Wild Olympics’ prospects rise thanks to inclusion in 2022 national defense funding bill
| Excerpt: | A decade in gestation, the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act would protect 126,500 acres as wilderness – portions of Olympic National Forest surrounding the namesake national park – while extending Wild and Scenic River status to nineteen rivers and tributaries. |
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| Published at: | 6:38 PM on Friday, July 15th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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Documentary Review: The Arctic — Our Last Great Wilderness is an immersive, stirring call to conserve one of Earth’s wildest places
| Excerpt: | Read NPI contributor Joel Connelly's review of a film created by Florian Schulz and the Campion Advocacy Fund that majestically makes the case for leaving the Arctic Refuge free from destructive activities like oil and petroleum gas drilling. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Conservation, Films |
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Proposed Pebble Mine looks kaput, this time for good, as EPA moves to protect Bristol Bay
| Excerpt: | The EPA’s action represents a win for the tenacity of Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, who began fighting the Pebble Mine project in 2011 and pushed the federal agency into a three-year study of the project’s impacts. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, May 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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A win for the Emerald City’s trees: Seattle will soon require registration for tree removal
| Excerpt: | The implementation of Council Bill 120207 will make the tree care industry in Seattle more accountable and its collective conduct more transparent to residents. |
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| Published at: | 5:46 PM on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Conservation, Green Development |
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U.S. gray wolves once again protected as an endangered species thanks to court ruling
| Excerpt: | U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Lee ruled that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service delisted the wolf based on analysis of just two core wolf populations and failed to provide a reasonable interpretation of the “significant portion of its range” standard.” |
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| Published at: | 10:51 AM on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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“A long time coming”: B.C. ends threat of mining in upper reaches of the “Magic Skagit”
| Excerpt: | In January of 2021, the Province of British Columbia announced a buyout of mining rights owned by Imperial Metals, the folks responsible for the Mount Polley disaster of 2014, which saw a retention dam burst and send tailings into Quesnel Lake. It's a huge win for conservation. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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Pacific Northwest grapples with an increasing number of wildfires as summer’s end nears