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The Texas-sized politics of calamity: Disasters put a spotlight on elected officials’ negligence

Excerpt:	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?
Published at:	5:10 PM on Sunday, February 21st, 2021
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Public Planning
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness
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Joe Biden and the Salish Sea: Will cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline mean Alberta’s bitumen crude oil is headed to our waters?

Excerpt:	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.
Published at:	9:00 PM on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Pollution, Presidential Transitions
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The bonding of Washington State and British Columbia: Even with our border closed, we share a gorgeous corner of the world

Excerpt:	While the U.S.-Canada border remains closed to non-essential traffic, neither the pandemic shutdown nor the 49th Parallel and Strait of Juan de Fuca have obstructed the bonding between Washington and British Columbia.
Published at:	11:20 AM on Saturday, December 26th, 2020
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment, World Commmunity
Other Tags:	Conservation, Diplomacy & Conflict
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BNSF-operated train transporting Bakken crude oil derails in Whatcom County

Excerpt:	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.
Published at:	8:00 PM on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment, Public Planning
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Pollution, Safe Neighborhoods
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Senator Maria Cantwell: Defender of Bristol Bay salmon and wild places in America

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.
Published at:	9:30 AM on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Conservation
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Bob Ferguson, Maura Healey lead multi-state legal challenge to block Arctic Refuge drilling

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.
Published at:	2:35 PM on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Conservation, Pollution
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Will 2020 be the year in which climate justice finally becomes a prevalent federal priority?

Excerpt:	Always, always climate and environment get eclipsed as Election Day draws near. But even if our planet's fever doesn't get the attention it should, 2020 could still be a major turning point.
Published at:	4:30 PM on Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Pollution, US-Pres
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Bernie Sanders unveils bold plan for securing climate justice in the 2020s and beyond

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.
Published at:	9:15 AM on Friday, August 23rd, 2019
Written by:	Ruairi Vaughan
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Conservation, Green Development
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Book Review: We can still make “A Bright Future” with nuclear energy

Excerpt:	Read NPI's review of A Bright Future, a book that discusses how some countries have tackled the climate crisis and how the rest could follow.
Published at:	6:30 PM on Sunday, June 30th, 2019
Written by:	David A Johnson
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment, Views & Reviews
Other Tags:	Books, Climate Crisis
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VICTORY! Cap and invest bill clears Oregon State House of Representatives

Excerpt:	By a vote of thirty-six to twenty-four, lawmakers in Oregon's more populous legislative chamber advanced House Bill 2020, a landmark climate justice bill.
Published at:	11:46 PM on Monday, June 17th, 2019
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Pollution
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Oregon poised to enact groundbreaking “cap and invest” legislation with HB 2020

Excerpt:	It's time to accelerate the clean energy revolution in the Pacific Northwest! Let's get HB 2020 passed and to the desk of Governor Kate Brown to be signed into law.
Published at:	2:33 PM on Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis
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Fracking now banned in Washington; Jay Inslee drops support for dirty gas projects

Excerpt:	Governor Jay Inslee has signed a bill to ban fracking in Washington and dropped his support for two dirty gas projects, further burnishing his green credentials.
Published at:	12:14 PM on Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton: Persistence and patience key to state’s big clean energy breakthrough

Excerpt:	Founding NPI boardmember Gael Tarleton led the way in making Washington's new one hundred percent clean electricity bill a reality. Read her bill signing remarks.
Published at:	1:14 PM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
Written by:	Gael Tarleton
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Pollution
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Five landmark pollution fighting bills signed into law by Washington Governor Jay Inslee

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.
Published at:	6:16 PM on Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment
Other Tags:	Climate Crisis, Conservation
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