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"A Thin Green Line with Global Impact" [1]

"During a decade when Cascadia’s governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists fighting fossil fuel exports exceeded their wildest expectations."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Canada [8]
Source: Investigate West [9], 01/19/2021
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Trump Admin Slashes Critical Habitat For Northern Spotted Owl [10]

"The Trump administration has cut designated critical habitat for the northern spotted owl by millions of acres in Oregon, Washington and California."

Biodiversity [11]
Forests [12]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Wildlife [13]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: OPB [14], 01/14/2021
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"A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia" [15]

"Washington, Oregon and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and some epic battles, they all failed."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [16]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Canada [8]
Source: InvestigateWest [17], 01/12/2021
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"Homeless In Seattle Get Help From City Waste Pumper" [18]

"Chris Wilkerson used to get phone calls in the middle of the night about poop."

Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Waste [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: NPR [23], 01/05/2021
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"U.S. Justice Department Sues Over Puyallup River Pollution" [24]

"The Justice Department has filed a civil suit against the owners of the Electron Hydroelectric Project for violating the Clean Water Act by polluting the Puyallup River."

Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: Seattle Times [26], 11/27/2020
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"An Ancient People With A Modern Climate Plan" [27]

"After a brutal storm in 2006, the Swinomish tribe off the coast of Washington state launched a strategy to deal with the effects of a warming planet. Now, 50 other native tribes have followed suit."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
People & Population [29]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: Washington Post [30], 11/25/2020
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"US Judge Voids Permits For Columbia River Methanol Plant" [31]

"A judge on Monday voided permits needed for a massive methanol plant on the Columbia River in southwestern Washington, agreeing with conservation groups that the project needs a more thorough environmental review."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: AP [32], 11/24/2020
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Klamath: "Historic Deal Revives Plan For Largest US Dam Demolition" [33]

"An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen hundreds of miles of waterway along the Oregon-California border to salmon that are critical to tribes but have dwindled to almost nothing in recent years."

Agriculture [34]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [28]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
California [35]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: AP [36], 11/18/2020
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For Waste Industry, PFAS Disposal Leads to Controversy, Regulation, Mounting Costs [37]

The toxic compounds known as PFAS are causing a crisis in the waste and recycling industry, which faces mounting regulation and litigation over handling its presence in the waste stream. One reporter on the PFAS front lines explains the industry’s dilemma, as well as the challenges of covering the story and how a financial prism led to important insights into industry’s response.

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Pollution [25]
Waste [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
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"Fishing, Environmental Groups Sue Over Umpqua River Dam" [48]

"A coalition of environmental and fishing groups are suing a water district in southern Oregon over an aging, privately owned dam that they say hinders the passage of struggling salmon populations in the pristine North Umpqua River."

Fish & Fisheries [28]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [7]
Source: AP [49], 11/12/2020
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