It seems as if Americans have never before been involved in a situation where
every day brings a loud new threat to our public order and to our
commonwealth. Our executive branch demands our scrutiny on a daily, even
hourly basis. We watch as America and much of the world g...
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In the mid-2000s, Western nations, led by the United States, began drafting
environmental laws that encouraged the use of vegetable oil in fuels. But
this ambitious move to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and curb global
warming, had unforeseen consequences. Warnings that t...
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For more than 14 years, southern Oregon communities have been fighting a
proposal to build a 229-mile Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline that
would cross more than 400 rivers and streams on its way across Southern
Oregon and the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal at the Po...
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Two years ago, shortly after Donald Trump was elected president, Eric de
Place with Sightline Institute wrote to his friends and colleagues: "I want
you to write down your predictions for the future. It’s conventional wisdom
that the Trump presidency will yield unusual even...
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As another endless and virulent fire season takes a breather, the U.S.
Forest Service is still spending inordinate amounts of money suppressing
remote wild land fires, which in many cases are better allowed to burn
themselves out. According to Timothy Ingalsbee, Executive D...
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Last week over 1,000 people from across the Pacific Northwest attended a
public hearing in Longview, Washington, to comment on the draft supplemental
environmental impact statement for the world’s largest methanol refinery,
proposed for the Port of Kalama. Project supporter...
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The United States Department of Energy wants to reclassify 70,000 gallons of
high-level nuclear waste in a cluster of tanks near the Columbia River.
DOE’s proposal seeks to reclassify the pollution as low-level waste so that
DOE can fill the tanks with grout and leave the w...
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The push for massive fracked gas projects continues to put pressure on
communities across the Pacific Northwest. Last month there was a public
hearing in Tacoma, where the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency took public
comments on Puget Sound Energy's proposed hybrid LNG fuel hub...
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On November 13, a report written by the company proposing the world’s
largest fracked-gas-to-methanol refinery was released by the Port of Kalama
and Cowlitz County, WA. The proposed fossil fuel refinery at the Port of
Kalama in Southwest Washington is controversial becaus...
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The wildfires in Northern and Southern California this month are a grisly
foreshadowing of a world in the fiery grip of climate chaos. It is apparent -
unless you're a climate denier - that climate change is upon us and that fire
seasons without end are a stark indication o...
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