Excerpt: | The mine proposal is the brainchild of Vancouver-based Northern Dynasty Minerals and its Pebble Limited Partnership. Two of the world’s largest mineral conglomerates, Anglo American and Rio Tinto, long ago pulled out. |
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Published at: | 4:36 PM on Monday, July 31st, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Conservation |
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Category Archives: Our Environment
The Ostrich Effect: Right wingers threatened by reality are putting their heads in the sand
Excerpt: | A look at today’s world evokes the Armageddon worries we used to occasionally hear from Ronald Reagan. |
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Published at: | 4:10 PM on Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis |
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Must-read InvestigateWest story documents how Master Builders influenced the drafting of Seattle’s latest tree ordinance
Excerpt: | Read NPI's commentary on a lengthy expose published by InvestigateWest that documents how the Master Builders influenced the drafting and development of Seattle's 2023 tree ordinance. |
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Published at: | 7:48 AM on Friday, July 21st, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Affordable Housing, Conservation |
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Earth is heating up faster than many models suggested while humanity continues to dither
Excerpt: | The climate crisis is a truly global concern. It has intensified in equatorial regions, yes, but also impacted our livable region and extended to both poles. |
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Published at: | 11:18 AM on Monday, July 10th, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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Canada’s TransMountain pipeline expansion: A hideous crime against the climate
Excerpt: | This must-read, highly illustrated story depicts how one of Canada's largest dirty petroleum infrastructure projects has become a feast for connoisseurs of ugliness. |
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Published at: | 4:30 PM on Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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Sorry, local Republicans, but higher gas prices aren’t the winning issue you think they are
Excerpt: | Republicans seem to be calculating that once Washingtonians are frustrated enough with high gas prices, public support for policies like the Climate Commitment Act will evaporate. However, our research suggests they are wrong. |
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Published at: | 3:04 PM on Monday, June 26th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution, Research Poll Findings |
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The Earth is warning us of the consequences of continued climate inaction. Will we listen?
Excerpt: | Consequences of climate damage have hit home this spring, from waters of the Atlantic Ocean to boreal forests of Alberta to the Mariana Islands of the Pacific Ocean. As our politicians fiddle with manufactured issues, the Earth burns. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, June 17th, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Pollution |
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East Coasters, national media discover the poisonous, gloomy affliction of wildfire smoke
Excerpt: | "Zero shade for the New Yorkers dealing with this - it's awful - but it's wild to see the way East Coast media is suddenly doing wall-to-wall coverage of something that's been reality on the West Coast for a decade," noted Rachel Alexander. |
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Published at: | 8:12 PM on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Pollution, Wildfires |
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Scrapping the Alaska king salmon troll season will hurt fishing communities without helping our endangered southern resident orcas
Excerpt: | A lawsuit that seeks to halt the southeast Alaska commercial salmon troll fishery has become a big topic of discussion in the Last Frontier and in the PNW's fishing communities after a federal court judge recently ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, putting the upcoming fishing season in jeopardy. |
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Published at: | 12:30 PM on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 |
Written by: | Diane Jones |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Conservation, Pollution, Sustainable Farms |
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The oil sands province of Alberta: Where extreme weather meets extreme politics
Excerpt: | The political climate of Canada’s oil producing province is being upstaged by Mother Nature. Prolonged heat and lightning have produced a natural climate emergency with fires blackening the skies and consuming more than 2.3 million acres in a not-so-merry month of May. |
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Published at: | 10:25 AM on Wednesday, May 24th, 2023 |
Written by: | Joel Connelly |
Other Categories: | Elections, Party Politics, Policy Topics |
Tags: | AB-Assembly, Climate Crisis |
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Amazon has a big opportunity to be a leader in plastic packaging reduction
Excerpt: | In 2022, Amazon stopped packing products in single-use plastic delivery bags shipped from their European fulfillment centers, and stopped using plastic air pillows in Europe and Australia. Yet, Amazon has not made similar commitments in the United States, its largest market. |
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Published at: | 12:00 PM on Saturday, May 20th, 2023 |
Written by: | Pam Clough |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Pollution, Zero Waste |
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Washington is making important, long overdue investments in environmental equity
Excerpt: | In this guest post for NPI, Senators Joe Nguyễn and Rebecca Saldaña explain how the Evergreen State is prioritizing equity in our response to the climate crisis. |
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Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, May 11th, 2023 |
Written by: | Joe Nguyen and Rebecca Saldana |
Other Categories: | Guest Posts, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics |
Tags: | Climate Crisis |
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Washington’s DNR teams up with American Forests, City of Seattle to advance tree equity
Excerpt: | The partnership, which will be known as the Washington Tree Equity Collaborative, "will engage cities, community organizations and stakeholders during the next three years to build rigorous and inclusive urban forestry programs," the Department says. It will make use of American Forests' Tree Equity Score, a tool freely available to the public that measures tree canopy cover in an increasing number of cities and towns along socioeconomic lines. |
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Published at: | 4:30 PM on Thursday, April 13th, 2023 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Other Categories: | Policy Topics |
Tags: | Conservation, Green Development, Smart Growth & Density |
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Donald Trump indicted again — this time, finally, for assaulting American democracy