| Excerpt: | Landmark legislation that would commit Washington State to a renewable energy future is one step closer to reaching Governor Jay Inslee's desk. |
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| Published at: | 7:33 PM on Thursday, April 11th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Energy & Power |
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Category Archives: Our Environment
Bill requiring a clean electric grid clears Washington State House, returns to Senate
Washington Governor Jay Inslee announces climate-focused presidential campaign
| Excerpt: | Our own Governor Jay Inslee has officially joined the 2020 Democratic presidential field. |
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| Published at: | 11:29 AM on Friday, March 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, US-Pres |
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Mammoth public lands bill gets resounding vote of support on final passage in U.S. House
| Excerpt: | A bill that will expand our national parks system and permanently reauthorize the Land & Water Conservation Fund has cleared Congress. |
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| Published at: | 9:12 PM on Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Historic Preservation |
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Documentary Review: “Silas” will take you inside the fight against corruption in Liberia
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of "Silas" a documentary about the fight against corruption and exploitation in Liberia. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Views & Reviews, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Conservation, Film, Seattle International Film Festival |
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VICTORY! Washington State Senate votes to ban fracking in oil and gas production
| Excerpt: | Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, could soon be banned in Washington State if a bill approved by the Senate on February 13th, 2019 becomes law. |
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| Published at: | 12:53 PM on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power |
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Individual Number One forces out Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior
| Excerpt: | Ryan Zinke is leaving office, but the environmental destruction he's been the face of will sadly continue. |
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| Published at: | 9:15 AM on Saturday, December 15th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Conservation |
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A great day for Sound Transit: Hilltop Link breaks ground; Lynnwood Link gets funded
| Excerpt: | Puget Sound's Regional Transportation Authority has secured two big wins heading into the Thanksgiving holiday. |
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| Published at: | 7:50 PM on Monday, November 19th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Washingtonians rejected I-1631, but that doesn’t mean they oppose a price on pollution
| Excerpt: | Since I-1631 is unfortunately not going to become law in December, we need to get to work developing a new climate action plan, pronto. |
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| Published at: | 6:37 PM on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power, Pollution, WA-Ballot |
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Sound Transit gets serious about permanently fixing its problematic station escalators
| Excerpt: | The main lesson here is that it pays to invest in well engineered, carefully thought out stations instead of trying to save a few bucks here and there on things like escalators -- especially to appease naysayers who will never be happy. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Saturday, October 27th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton: It’s time to sprint to pass Initiative 1631 and save our common home
| Excerpt: | It's time to act on climate! Read Gael Tarleton's speech thanking the Washington Conservation Voters for recognizing her as their Legislator of the Year and calling for passage of I-1631. |
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| Published at: | 10:23 AM on Friday, October 12th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Dirty TransMountain pipeline dealt massive blow by Canadian Federal Court of Appeal
| Excerpt: | VICTORY! A Canadian court has dealt a MASSIVE blow to the TransMountain oil pipeline that Justin Trudeau wants to build to pump oil out of Alberta to B.C.'s coast. The pipeline may not be built now. Learn about this huge win for indigenous peoples, climate justice, and our orcas. |
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| Published at: | 1:12 PM on Thursday, August 30th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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Documentary Review: “A Plastic Ocean” is a sobering film that everyone should see
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of "A Plastic Ocean". Stream the film on Netflix, or rent or buy it on YouTube, Google Play, or iTunes. You can also request to host a screening, check out the schedule of screenings, or rent or buy the film directly from Plastic Oceans Foundation. |
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| Published at: | 12:23 PM on Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Conservation, Pollution |
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Cantwell, Murray back push for vote of no confidence in Scott Pruitt, Trump’s EPA chief
| Excerpt: | A record number of United States Senators have signed on to a resolution expressing no confidence in Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump's anti-environmental Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chieftain, according to the offices of Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington. |
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| Published at: | 7:10 PM on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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Big Earth Day victory: 100% clean electricity bill goes to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk