For decades, Washington State’s junior senator has been patiently and strategically fighting to protect America’s wild places and fisheries. Those efforts have met with success even with Donald Trump in office.
Category: Our Environment
The Biden-Harris administration takes shape with the announcement of key appointees
Joe Biden’s picks indicate the direction that the President-Elect wants to take the country.
A smokescreen and a big lie: Trump, climate deniers try to explain away our record fires
Climate fires are destroying property and taking lives in Washington, Oregon, and California, putting a face on the climate crisis. Right wing pundits have been reduced to lamely claiming there’s no connection.
Fueled by hot and windy weather, fires rage out of control up and down the Left Coast
Firefighters report that they are stretched thin and simply don’t have the humanpower or the resources to properly fight the destructive blazes.
Bob Ferguson, Maura Healey lead multi-state legal challenge to block Arctic Refuge drilling
A coalition of states from the Left Coast, Great Lakes region, and New England is going to court to stop the desecration of America’s greatest wilderness.
DNR fire meteorologist horrified by barrage of (human caused) Labor Day 2020 fire disasters
By the time the sun had set on September 7th, 2020, the Pacific Northwest had joined California in firestorm misery, with hundreds of thousands of acres newly burnt or burning.
Will 2020 be the year in which climate justice finally becomes a prevalent federal priority?
Always, always climate and environment get eclipsed as Election Day draws near. But even if our planet’s fever doesn’t get the attention it should, 2020 could still be a major turning point.
Equity, climate justice, and public health go hand in hand, Netroots Nation panelists say
The world is grappling with a novel coronavirus pandemic while climate damage grows ever worse. Netroots Nation 2020 decided to explore how systemic inequality defines both fights.
Earth Day turns fifty as the world community grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic
Earth Day, one of our favorite days of activism, has turned fifty. Here are some great articles you can read and videos you can watch to commemorate the occasion.
Finally! Washington State House gives giant thumbs up to single use plastic bag ban
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.
Three key NPI legislative priorities advance in Washington State House, all on the same day
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.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson steps up to defend access to reproductive health services
A stickler for the rule of law, Washington’s chief law enforcement officer has repeatedly taken on the Trump regime… and won.
More than two in three Washingtonians favor banning single use plastic bags, NPI poll finds
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.
City of Everett approves resolution opposing Tim Eyman’s destructive I‑976
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.