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“Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West” [1]

It’s a site of stunning natural beauty. It’s also the place with America’s worst income inequality. A new book details how Wyoming’s Teton County elite have, perhaps unwittingly, used their extreme wealth to remake the region through conservation easements and donations to environmental causes, but remain blind to the needs of the area’s poorer residents. The latest BookShelf review explains.

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"US Denies Full Protection For Pacific Fisher, Relative Of The Weasel" [13]

"The Trump administration on Thursday denied Endangered Species Act protection to a weasel-like woodland mammal called the Pacific fisher across most of its West Coast range, except for a dwindling population in California’s southern Sierras."

Biodiversity [14]
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Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Source: Reuters [17], 05/15/2020

"A U.S. Tribe’s Uphill Battle Against Climate Change" [18]

"For several years, Fawn Sharp has seen her tribe on the coastline of Washington state lurch from crisis to crisis: rising sea levels have flooded the Quinault Indian Nation’s main village, and its staple sockeye salmon in nearby rivers have all but disappeared – a direct hit to the tribe’s finances and culture."

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Source: Reuters [21], 04/14/2020

"Western Water: Calif. Greenlights Massive Klamath River Dam Removal" [22]

"The largest dam removal project in U.S. history came one step closer to fruition this week, as California issued permits for breaching the four dams on the Klamath River."

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Source: Greenwire [27], 04/10/2020

A Source Toolbox for Climate Change Reporting in the Emerald Corridor [28]

As part of the “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor” special report, we’ve collected a wide range of resources to help reporters track down climate stories throughout the Pacific Northwest. You’ll find an array of government, academic and NGO links for Oregon, including Portland; Washington, including Seattle; and British Columbia, including Vancouver, as well as from regional, national and international resources.

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Food [33]
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Laws & Regulations [15]
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Planning & Growth [37]
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Pacific Northwest Rides Adaptation Wave [44]

The final entry in our multi-week “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [45]” special report explores how the Pacific Northwest is adapting to climate change, whether it’s new approaches to working the land, changing critical infrastructure or rethinking our mindset. Read this last tipsheet, plus check out our earlier reports on climate mitigation [46] and on climate impacts [47], plus our stage-setting backgrounder [48] and a reporter’s resource toolkit [28].

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SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [51]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

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Emerald Corridor Tries Flipping the Switch on C02 [46]

The latest entry in our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [45]” special report looks at what the Pacific Northwest is doing to mitigate climate change, including reducing carbon emissions, limiting sprawl and congestion, pushing energy efficiency and pursuing carbon sequestration. Read the new tipsheet, plus check out our earlier report on climate impacts [47] and our opening backgrounder. [48] 

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Parts of Hanford Nuclear Cleanup Could Be Shelved For 10 Years [76]

"Richland, WA -- The Department of Energy appears to be backpedaling on moving highly radioactive capsules to safer storage at Hanford anytime soon."

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Source: Tri-City Herald [77], 03/12/2020

"New Portland Harbor Superfund Cleanup Agreements Secured By EPA" [78]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced eight new agreements Monday with parties responsible for cleaning up the Portland Harbor Superfund Site."

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Source: OPB [79], 03/11/2020

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