| 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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Category Archives: Our Environment
Supreme Court tosses Montana, Wyoming lawsuit that demanded dirty coal exports
“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 administration halts scheme to drill in Arctic Refuge while backing ConocoPhillips’ planned expansion on Alaska’s North Slope
| Excerpt: | One of America's greatest treasures appears to have won an eleventh hour reprieve from being despoiled by oil driving. But a large nearby oil drilling project continues to enjoy the support of the federal government. |
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| Published at: | 7:12 PM on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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U.S. House passes sweeping wilderness protection bill that includes PNW’s Olympics
| Excerpt: | The Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act designates approximately 1.5 million acres of public land as wilderness and incorporates more than 1,200 river miles into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. |
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| Published at: | 6:00 PM on Friday, February 26th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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Joe Biden and the Salish Sea: Will cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline mean Alberta’s bitumen crude oil is headed to our waters?
| 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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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: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Conservation, WA-Local |
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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