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: | The pipeline, owned by TC Energy, carries up to 600,000 barrels a day of heavy oil from the tar stands of northern Alberta to Cumberland, Oklahoma. This isn't the first time it has ruptured. |
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| Published at: | 7:35 PM on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | Five school districts in Washington State will join 384 others in receiving funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to buy new electric school buses, the Biden-Harris administration announced during a special event held at Lumen Field. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis |
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| Excerpt: | Situated in the remote Four Corners area in New Mexico and reached by a rough road, Chaco Culture contains remains of stone buildings and Great Houses that were once among the largest structures in North America. |
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| Published at: | 4:08 PM on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | The ruling nixes the development permits approved by the Trump regime, which were not withdrawn by the Biden-Harris administration, stopping the drilling scheme from moving forward for at least the time being. |
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| Published at: | 7:45 PM on Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | The compromise legislation, which has the support of the White House, is being hailed by the Biden-Harris administration as a groundbreaking set of investments in everything from bridges and broadband to mass transit and water pipes. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Critical Infrastructure, Municipal Broadband |
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| Excerpt: | The Court's decision means that lawyers for two Republican-controlled, pro-coal state governments will not get the opportunity to further plead their case to the six member right wing majority of justices. |
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| Published at: | 4:22 PM on Monday, June 28th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | Keystone XL represented an effort by extremely powerful, polluting interests to keep the United States and Canada wedded to fossil fuels, while increasing the profits of billionaires like the Koch brothers, who are already very wealthy. |
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| Published at: | 10:25 PM on Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution |
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| Excerpt: | One of America's greatest treasures appears to have won an eleventh hour reprieve from being despoiled by oil driving. But a large nearby oil drilling project continues to enjoy the support of the federal government. |
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| Published at: | 7:12 PM on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Pollution |
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| 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? |
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| Published at: | 5:10 PM on Sunday, February 21st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | National Defense, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 PM on Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution, Presidential Transitions |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 11:20 AM on Saturday, December 26th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Other Tags: | Conservation, Diplomacy & Conflict |
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| 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. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Climate Crisis, Pollution, Safe Neighborhoods |
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| 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: | Conservation |
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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, Conservation, Pollution |
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