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: | If passed, SJR 8200 would amend the Washington State Constitution to allow the state's emergency powers to be invoked in the event of a "catastrophic incident". |
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| Published at: | 9:15 PM on Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The bill would advance our understanding of the geology behind landslides and make funds available for emergency preparedness programs pertaining to landslides. |
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| Published at: | 4:37 PM on Monday, June 3rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery |
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| Excerpt: | NPI is calling on Washington's lawmakers to appropriate funding so geologic hazards like slides can be researched by our Department of Natural Resources. |
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| Published at: | 9:58 PM on Friday, March 22nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery |
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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: | Conservation, Historic Preservation |
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| Excerpt: | In the event of a large earthquake, the new SR 99 tunnel will be by far the safest place to be, according to seismic experts. Learn why. |
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| Published at: | 2:04 PM on Monday, January 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Sunshine will soon be but a memory in the Sunshine State, with the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever recorded set to roar ashore in a matter of hours. "If" is no longer a question. Irma is coming, and it's going to be bad. |
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| Published at: | 11:17 AM on Friday, September 8th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery |
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| Excerpt: | For months, authorities across the Pacific Northwest have been warning that our region was facing an extreme wildfire risk this summer that would only be exacerbated by a lack of precipitation. As we approach the autumnal equinox, those fears have come to pass, with a series of devastating fires burning up and down the Cascade […] |
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| Published at: | 10:59 PM on Tuesday, September 5th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery |
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| Excerpt: | Last week, as readers know, Hurricane Harvey roared ashore in Texas, making its first landfall at Rockport around 03:00 UTC. It is the first hurricane to make landfall in the southern United States in twelve years, ending a record stretch that began following the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005. Since then, […] |
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| Published at: | 11:28 PM on Monday, August 28th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery |
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| Excerpt: | A powerful windstorm rolled through the Pacific Northwest today, felling trees, knocking out power, and forcing the closure of roads and bridges. Gusts of more than sixty miles per hour were reported in many places, like Seattle’s Discovery Park, which recorded a peak gust of sixty-six miles per hour at 4 PM. Winds were also […] |
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| Published at: | 5:13 PM on Sunday, March 13th, 2016 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Live Coverage, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Windstorms |
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| Excerpt: | Good news. This just in from the White House: Today, the President declared an emergency in the State of Washington and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from flooding and mudslides beginning on March 22, 2014, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of […] |
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| Published at: | 6:42 PM on Monday, March 24th, 2014 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery |
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| Excerpt: | Yesterday afternoon on Daily Kos, progressive activist Wu Ming suggested that, in the wake of the failure of Interstate 5’s Skagit River crossing, which carries more than seventy thousand vehicles a day, it would be appropriate to give the span a new name: The Tim Eyman Memorial Bridge. Ming wrote: As I watched the coverage […] |
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| Published at: | 8:01 AM on Saturday, May 25th, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Permanent Defense, Strong Commonwealth, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | It’s only been sixteen hours since a section of the bridge that carries Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapsed, but already the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is working on a plan to put the span back together. Experts have estimated the cost of a bridge repair at around $15 million, according to […] |
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| Published at: | 10:50 AM on Friday, May 24th, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | Disaster strikes again: A massive tornado roared through Moore and south Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, grinding up neighborhoods and ravaging at least one elementary school in its path. Terror quickly spread as the Emergency Medical Services Authority rushed ambulances to Briarwood Elementary School in the Moore School District and to several homes, businesses and […] |
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| Published at: | 4:32 PM on Monday, May 20th, 2013 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery |
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| Excerpt: | President Barack Obama will travel to New Jersey tomorrow to inspect damage caused by Superstorm Sandy with Republican Governor Chris Christie. The President will spend his time “talking with citizens who are recovering from the storm and thanking first responders who put their lives at risk to protect their communities”, White House Press Secretary Jay […] |
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| Published at: | 12:19 PM on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Disaster Recovery |
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