The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| 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 |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Seattle International Film Festival |
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| Excerpt: | Caring for the Earth, our common home, is a value people across Cascadia share. The State of Washington has affirmed that value by committing itself to a one hundred percent clean electric grid by 2045. |
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| Published at: | 6:16 PM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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| Excerpt: | The 2019 Washington State legislative session has adjourned Sine Die. Read NPI's recap of the session. |
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| Published at: | 12:55 AM on Monday, April 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Fiscal Responsibility, Insurance & Coverage, Nondiscrimination, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | A bill that will expand our national parks system and permanently reauthorize the Land & Water Conservation Fund has cleared Congress. |
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| Published at: | 9:12 PM on Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Emergency Preparedness, Historic Preservation |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of "Silas" a documentary about the fight against corruption and exploitation in Liberia. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Views & Reviews, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders, Film, Seattle International Film Festival |
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| Excerpt: | Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, could soon be banned in Washington State if a bill approved by the Senate on February 13th, 2019 becomes law. |
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| Published at: | 12:53 PM on Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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| Excerpt: | Ryan Zinke is leaving office, but the environmental destruction he's been the face of will sadly continue. |
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| Published at: | 9:15 AM on Saturday, December 15th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Accountable Leaders |
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| Excerpt: | Since I-1631 is unfortunately not going to become law in December, we need to get to work developing a new climate action plan, pronto. |
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| Published at: | 6:37 PM on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | It's time to act on climate! Read Gael Tarleton's speech thanking the Washington Conservation Voters for recognizing her as their Legislator of the Year and calling for passage of I-1631. |
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| Published at: | 10:23 AM on Friday, October 12th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Gael Tarleton |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of "A Plastic Ocean". Stream the film on Netflix, or rent or buy it on YouTube, Google Play, or iTunes. You can also request to host a screening, check out the schedule of screenings, or rent or buy the film directly from Plastic Oceans Foundation. |
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| Published at: | 12:23 PM on Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | Tomorrow morning, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that concerns treaty-granted tribal fishing rights and barriers to the exercise of those treaty rights... specifically, culverts that impede salmon from spawning in Northwest streams and rivers. |
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| Published at: | 6:31 PM on Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Sustainable Farms |
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| Excerpt: | The Washington State Senate has passed a bill that will safeguard our waters and aquatic lands for future generations. Sponsored by Kevin Ranker, 2SSB 6086 would prohibit the Department of Natural Resources from signing or renewing any leases that would allow the farming of invasive, nonnative Atlantic salmon. |
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| Published at: | 1:39 PM on Thursday, February 8th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Sustainable Farms |
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| Excerpt: | While it may appear that the Republican Party's love of the oil industry and its desire to extract, refine, and burn every last drop of black gold has no limit, it turns out there are a fair number of Republicans who aren't comfortable giving the oil industry unchecked permission to plunder America's natural resources. |
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| Published at: | 11:08 PM on Friday, January 5th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power |
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| Excerpt: | Read NPI's impressions of Mark Titus' 2015 film, which explains why wild salmon are disappearing from the waters of the Pacific Northwest. |
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| Published at: | 12:09 PM on Sunday, November 12th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Sustainable Farms |
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