Changing Electric Grid May Make Dams Expendable — And Help Save Salmon
"PASCO, Wash. -- The fate of the Northwest salmon may be decided by the way you use your heater and your air conditioner."
Source: Idaho Statesman, 08/07/2017
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Heat Wave Threatens Seattle, Where Only a Third Have Air-Conditioning
"Much of the country is used to occasional 100-degree days. Seattle, which has had just three in the past 123 years, is not."
Source: NY Times, 08/02/2017
Native Shrimp Once Seen as Pests Now At Risk From Invasive Parasite
"Oregon State University researcher John Chapman is knee-deep in mud and sinking deeper by the minute. The mudflat surrounding him in Newport’s Yaquina Bay is pocked with holes – some snaking down more than 6 feet underground."
Source: OPB/EarthFix, 08/01/2017
CO2 Turns Puget Sound Acidic And Region’s Oysters Struggle To Survive
"Bill Taylor’s first memory is of falling out of a boat at about age 3."
Source: Investigate West, 07/12/2017
Trump and the Cascades: How Federal Environmental Policies May Impact the Northwest
SEJ hosted a free public forum for journalists examining Trump environmental policies at the Seattle Aquarium on July 6, 2017. The evening comprised two moderated panels. The policy panel examined the impact of, and response to, specific federal actions whether they have already occurred or may occur in the future. The journalists’ panel sought to identify stories and examine the reporter’s role in covering them. See some photos and stay tuned for coverage to be posted.
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"Carbon Cap Rule In Washington State Faces Legal Challenge"
"Even as the Trump administration seeks to roll back Obama-era rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants, Washington state is forging ahead with its own rules to cap carbon pollution from big industrial facilities. But the state faces legal challenges as it begins requiring large polluters to gradually reduce carbon emissions over time to combat climate change."
Source: AP, 05/30/2017
"Oregon Port Vote Is Latest Local Action On Fossil Fuels"
"Residents of a coastal community in Oregon are considering whether to try to derail a fossil fuel export project in their rural county, a decision that could put them at odds with the Trump administration."
Source: AP, 05/15/2017
Court Restores Lumber Companies’ Challenge To Spotted Owl Habitat
"A top federal appeals court has added fuel to a long-running fight over federal protections for the northern spotted owl in California, Oregon and Washington state."
Source: McClatchy, 04/12/2017
"Seattle Plant Failure Dumps Millions Of Gallons Of Sewage"
"Millions of gallons of raw sewage and untreated runoff have poured into the United States' second-largest estuary since a massive sewage treatment plant experienced equipment failures that forced it to stop fully treating Seattle's waste."
Source: AP, 03/27/2017
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