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Mega Manure Digester Project In Wash. State Meets Community Resistance [1]

"A proposal to build a mega-manure digester in a small Washington state community is sparking uproar among citizens who say the project to convert waste from dairy cows into fuel will add to the region’s already significant pollution problems."

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Source: The New Lede [15], 04/10/2026

"Trump’s Pro-Coal Crusade Hits A Snag In Washington State" [16]

"The DOE just ordered the TransAlta coal plant to keep running. But it has been offline since December, and a new state law would make it too costly to turn back on."

Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [9]
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National (U.S.) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [14]
Source: Canary Media [20], 03/19/2026

Judge Orders Changes To Columbia and Snake River Dam Operations To Help ‘Disappearing’ Salmon [21]

"A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon, saying the Trump administration’s plans for the massive structures would harm salmon runs that are 'disappearing from the landscape.'”

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Source: AP [24], 02/27/2026

"Firefighter Bear-Hugs Terrified Deer On Icy Lake In Daring Rescue" [25]

"Daniel Poleschook Jr. looked out of his window at Washington state’s Loon Lake and saw something unusual: A deer was stranded in the middle of it."

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People & Population [26]
Water & Oceans [11]
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Source: Washington Post [28], 02/10/2026

Trouble on the Elwha: Trump’s Budget Cuts Undermine Salmon Restoration [29]

"A staffing exodus at Olympic National Park has put salmon recovery efforts in jeopardy."

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Source: The Revelator [31], 02/05/2026

"Feds Greenlight $2B Renewable Energy Project On Yakama Nation Sacred Site" [32]

"Federal energy regulators last Thursday greenlit a roughly $2 billion renewable energy megaproject on a Yakama Nation sacred site overlooking the Columbia River in Klickitat County."

Activism [2]
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Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Justice [33]
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Source: Washington State Standard [36], 02/03/2026

Even in This Toxic River — A Salmon Story [37]

Seattle’s heavily polluted Duwamish River is no place to catch fish — except for salmon, which pass quickly through these troubled waters on their way from the sea to their freshwater spawning grounds. With fishing pole in hand, environmental journalist Alex Brown joins jostling crowds of industrial-zone anglers and catches a firsthand view of a spectacle that is both anomalous and awe-inspiring.

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Washington Wants Ship PFAS Firefighting Foam To An Incinerator In Utah [41]

"Firefighters sometimes use a special type of foam to put out fires caused by flammable liquids, like gases or solvents. But that foam contains “forever chemicals,” or PFAs."

Public [12]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
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Source: OPB [43], 12/23/2025

"Trump Admin Orders Washington State Coal Plant To Stay Running" [44]

"The Trump administration has ordered another aging, costly coal plant to keep operating past its long-planned retirement date — this time in Centralia, Washington."

Air [4]
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Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [9]
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Source: Canary Media [45], 12/19/2025

"Climate Change Primed Washington State For Historic Flooding" [46]

"Low snowpack, leftover burn scars, and abnormally warm temperatures are supercharging the atmospheric rivers hitting the Pacific Northwest."

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People & Population [26]
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Source: Grist [49], 12/17/2025

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