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 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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| Excerpt: | In order to protect our environment from messy oil and gas projects, hazardous waste, toxic pollution, and industrial agriculture threatening local farming, a new iteration of democracy is necessary. At least, that is the argument put forth in “We the People 2.0,” a 2016 documentary produced by Tree Media. This compelling film starts off by […] |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 |
| Written by: | Theresa Curry Almuti |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Media & Culture, Our Environment, Views & Reviews |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power, Film |
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| Excerpt: | NPI believes that we must act as a state to protect our salmon and our heritage from further destruction. We need more than a moratorium on fish farms in our waters: we need to follow Alaska's example and institute a total ban. |
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| Published at: | 3:40 PM on Friday, September 8th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Diane Jones |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Sustainable Farms |
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| Excerpt: | “When you turn the management over to the tree-huggers, the bird and bunny lovers and the rock lickers, you turn your heritage over.” — Republican State Representative Mike Noel Ever since President Barack Obama used his powers under the Antiquities Act to create Bears Ears National Monument, the pro-greed, anti-conservation faction of the Utah Republican […] |
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| Published at: | 6:03 PM on Thursday, August 24th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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| Excerpt: | Pride currently generates a lot of trash and air pollution, and we'd like to see organizers pursue strategies that would reduce emissions and the volume of material being sent to landfills. |
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| Published at: | 10:41 PM on Sunday, June 25th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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| Excerpt: | Editor’s Note: Today and throughout this weekend, NPI is running a special series here on the Cascadia Advocate called Progressive Ideas We Need, highlighting proposals that would raise quality of life in our region and in the United States as a whole. Each post is contributed by an NPI staff, board, or advisory council member. […] |
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| Published at: | 12:00 PM on Saturday, January 21st, 2017 |
| Written by: | Greg Evans |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power |
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| Excerpt: | One of the great advantages of living in the Pacific Northwest is the nearness of nature, including unspoiled mountains and ocean beaches. Thanks to the work of many sustainability-oriented Washingtonians, Oregonians, and Idahoans, we have protected many of our beautiful and wild places from being scarred or destroyed. One such place is the Mountains to […] |
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| Published at: | 8:39 AM on Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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| Excerpt: | Dirty fossil fuel utilities are opposing progressive change, raising rates and killing the planet, but people across the country, led by youth and First Nations activism, are taking back power. Climate hawks and economic justice activists are working together to make our power grid and politics cleaner, and fighting for more affordable and equitable energy […] |
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| Published at: | 11:39 AM on Thursday, July 16th, 2015 |
| Written by: | Rennie Sawade |
| Categories: | Live Coverage, Technology, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | clean energy, Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Netroots Nation, Nuclear Proliferation |
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| Excerpt: | Acting as if they don’t have anything better to do (and they certainly do!) the Republican “leadership” in the U.S. House of Representatives today engineered a vote on a bill that would gut the Antiquities Act, legislation dating back the early 1900s that allows presidents to designate national monuments. As Ken Burns and his team […] |
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| Published at: | 4:50 PM on Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Land Use, Recreation, U.S. House Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | Great news from our nation’s capital this morning: At an event in the White House’s State Dining Room, President Barack Obama announced that he has chosen Washington’s Sally Jewell to serve as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Jewell, fifty-seven, is currently the chief executive officer of Recreational Equipment Incorporated, better known as […] |
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| Published at: | 2:06 PM on Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment, Public Service |
| Other Tags: | Land Use |
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| Excerpt: | Earlier today, with the stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama transformed one of Colorado’s most beloved and best known sights – previously protected as Chimney Rock Archaeological Area – into Chimney Rock National Monument, exercising his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The move brings the site one step closer to the coveted […] |
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| Published at: | 7:06 PM on Friday, September 21st, 2012 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Conservation |
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| Excerpt: | A controversial and divisive figure is rearing its scruffy head in Washington. Absent from our state for at least seventy years, the wolf is making a vigorous comeback. And while Native Americans honor it in story, animal lovers appreciate its ecological role (not to mention its family loyalty and intelligence), many ranchers distrust it because […] |
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| Published at: | 1:52 PM on Saturday, September 15th, 2012 |
| Written by: | Kathleen Reynolds |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Land Use |
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| Excerpt: | As if we needed another reminder that the oil industry is a dirty industry… An ExxonMobil pipeline running under the Yellowstone River in south central Montana ruptured late Friday, spilling crude oil into the river and forcing evacuations. The pipeline burst about 10 miles west of Billings, coating parts of the Yellowstone River that run […] |
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| Published at: | 8:16 PM on Saturday, July 2nd, 2011 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power, Pollution |
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