The ruling nixes the development permits approved by the Trump regime, which were not withdrawn by the Biden-Harris administration, stopping the drilling scheme from moving forward for at least the time being.
Tag: Climate Crisis
Cascadia needs climate action: Mother Nature is not giving the Pacific Northwest a bye, and activism is not something we can mail in
We are living in a climate emergency. Grassroots activism is crucial to addressing that emergency. It must continue, and it must expand. But it also must be supported in our nation’s capital with serious climate action.
Supreme Court tosses Montana, Wyoming lawsuit that demanded dirty coal exports
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.
“Unprecedented” heat wave arrives in the Pacific Northwest… and it’s not even July
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.
From chaos to coherence: President Joe Biden’s worldview comes into focus
When he says that he is fighting to save our democracy against all threats, foreign and domestic, natural or manmade, believe him. This is a politician who means what he says and says what he means. That’s what coherence sounds like.
Biden reverses Trump again: Old growth trees in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest slated to be reprotected under Roadless Rule
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.
The fight over Keystone XL is over: In a big win for our Earth, the pipeline won’t be built
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.
The Texas-sized politics of calamity: Disasters put a spotlight on elected officials’ negligence
Will the country wake up to the need for infrastructure modernization following the horrors in Texas, or will we see right-wing politicians escape responsibility and go on demonizing clean renewable energy?
Joe Biden and the Salish Sea: Will cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline mean Alberta’s bitumen crude oil is headed to our waters?
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.
BNSF-operated train transporting Bakken crude oil derails in Whatcom County
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.
As Biden’s Cabinet takes shape, progressive groups plan for a post-Trump future
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.
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.