| Excerpt: | Legislation that would ban single use plastic bags at the statewide level is one step closer to becoming law thanks to a big vote today in the Washington State House of Representatives in support of Mona Das' ESSB 5323. |
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| Published at: | 12:57 PM on Saturday, March 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Conservation, Pollution |
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Category Archives: Our Environment
Finally! Washington State House gives giant thumbs up to single use plastic bag ban
Three key NPI legislative priorities advance in Washington State House, all on the same day
| Excerpt: | Abolition of the death penalty, a statewide ban on plastic bags, and comprehensive sexual health education have each received an affirmative vote in their House committees of origin. |
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| Published at: | 4:49 PM on Thursday, February 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Education, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Criminal Justice, Curriculum, Nondiscrimination, Pollution |
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson steps up to defend access to reproductive health services
| Excerpt: | A stickler for the rule of law, Washington's chief law enforcement officer has repeatedly taken on the Trump regime... and won. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 AM on Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Richard McCartan |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Healthcare |
| Tags: | Conservation, Consumer Protection, Reproductive Rights |
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More than two in three Washingtonians favor banning single use plastic bags, NPI poll finds
| Excerpt: | In a survey conducted last autumn by Public Policy Polling for NPI, voters enthusiastically endorsed Senator Mona Das' Senate Bill 5323, which would implement a statewide plastic bag ban, by a margin of more than two to one. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Pollution, Research Poll Findings |
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City of Everett approves resolution opposing Tim Eyman’s destructive I‑976
| Excerpt: | Washington's seventh largest city has taken a position opposing the measure, citing loss of funding for road maintenance work, light rail expansion, and law enforcement. |
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| Published at: | 8:58 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Public Planning |
| Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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Sound Transit officially breaks ground on Lynnwood Link, delighting Snohomish County
| Excerpt: | At a ceremony at the Lynnwood Transit Center, the agency celebrated the long-anticipated milestone with a third of the state's congressional delegation plus state legislators, labor leaders, and construction workers. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 PM on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Transportation |
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Bernie Sanders unveils bold plan for securing climate justice in the 2020s and beyond
| Excerpt: | Vermont's junior United States Senator is thinking big about what we need to do to bring emissions under control and save the Earth, our common home. |
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| Published at: | 9:15 AM on Friday, August 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Energy & Power, Green Development |
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Book Review: We can still make “A Bright Future” with nuclear energy
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of A Bright Future, a book that discusses how some countries have tackled the climate crisis and how the rest could follow. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Sunday, June 30th, 2019 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Books, Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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VICTORY! Cap and invest bill clears Oregon State House of Representatives
| Excerpt: | By a vote of thirty-six to twenty-four, lawmakers in Oregon's more populous legislative chamber advanced House Bill 2020, a landmark climate justice bill. |
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| Published at: | 11:46 PM on Monday, June 17th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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SIFF Documentary Review: Reconnect to the effort to save Alaska’s salmon with The Wild
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of The Wild, a new film by Mark Titus that examines the renewed campaign to stop the proposed Pebble Mine from inflicting massive damage on Alaska's Bristol Bay. |
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| Published at: | 7:03 PM on Sunday, June 16th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Other Categories: | Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Conservation, Seattle International Film Festival |
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Oregon poised to enact groundbreaking “cap and invest” legislation with HB 2020
| Excerpt: | It's time to accelerate the clean energy revolution in the Pacific Northwest! Let's get HB 2020 passed and to the desk of Governor Kate Brown to be signed into law. |
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| Published at: | 2:33 PM on Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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Senators call on NBC to make climate justice the focus of the first presidential debate
| Excerpt: | Three Democratic senators have released a letter calling on NBC News to make climate justice the focus of the first presidential primary debate. |
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| Published at: | 7:46 PM on Friday, May 31st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, US-Pres |
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Earth Day turns fifty as the world community grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic