The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Energy & Power |
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| Excerpt: | Firefighters report that they are stretched thin and simply don't have the humanpower or the resources to properly fight the destructive blazes. |
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| Published at: | 10:35 PM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 2:35 PM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Events, Our Environment, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Global Health, Netroots Nation, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 PM on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Holidays, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Earth Day, Green Development, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | 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. |
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| Published at: | 12:57 PM on Saturday, March 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | A stickler for the rule of law, Washington's chief law enforcement officer has repeatedly taken on the Trump regime... and won. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 AM on Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Richard McCartan |
| Categories: | Economic Security, Healthcare, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Consumer Protection, Reproductive Rights |
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| Excerpt: | Vermont's junior United States Senator is thinking big about what we need to do to bring emissions under control and save the Earth, our common home. |
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| Published at: | 9:15 AM on Friday, August 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Categories: | Elections, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Energy & Power, Green Development |
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| Excerpt: | King County's Parks, Recreation, Trails, and Open Spaces Levy is passing overwhelmingly. Funding will increase trail connectivity, trailhead parking, and community outreach. |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Elections, Our Environment, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | WA-Local |
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| 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: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| 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, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| 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: | Our Environment, Policy Topics, 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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