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Rapper, Native Americans Among Many Eager for Duwamish River Cleanup [1]

"Macklemore rolls up in his signature old black Cadillac, sporting black Ray-Bans and big boots."

Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: EarthFix/KUOW [6], 11/25/2014

"Washington State To Sue Federal Government Over Nuclear Site Vapors" [7]

"Washington state's attorney general said on Wednesday he intends to sue the U.S. government for not adequately protecting workers involved in the decades-long cleanup of a decommissioned nuclear site, saying dozens have been sickened by toxic vapors."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [8]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: Reuters [9], 11/20/2014

Pacificorp Claims the Birds Its Turbines Kill Are Trade Secret [10]

Power company Pacificorp has gone to court to prevent the Interior Department from disclosing how many birds are found dead at its wind-energy turbine sites. AP reporter Dina Cappiello has been writing an investigative series on the birds, including eagles, killed at wind farms in the U.S. The series found that federal regulators have not prosecuted or penalized wind-energy companies when their turbines kill birds and — the government has helped keep the scope of bird mortality secret.

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Biodiversity [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Wildlife [14]
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"Scientists Study Stormwater, Deadly To Salmon" [16]

"Just hours into the experiment, the prognosis was grim for salmon that had been submerged in rain runoff collected from one of Seattle's busiest highways. One by one, the fish were removed from a tank filled with coffee-colored water and inspected: They were rigid. Their typically red gills were gray."

Fish & Fisheries [17]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: AP [18], 11/17/2014

"What Climate Change Means For A Land Of Glaciers" [19]

"NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Jon Riedel’s white hair and light blue eyes match the icy tint of the landscape he’s studied for more than 30 years."

Climate Change [20]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: EarthFix/OPB [21], 11/11/2014

Washington Cities Map Crude-By-Rail Routes. Other States? [22]

Here's an idea: let people know where 100-car trainloads of crude oil might be threatening their safety. After the July 2013 Lac-Mégantic disaster that killed 47, people might want to know about this. And the Federal Railroad Administration officially agrees — saying railroads can't hide this information. Now the Association of Washington Cities has an online map for that.

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Disasters [23]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Transportation [24]
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"Environmentalists Sue Over Nuclear Reactor's Impact on Columbia River" [25]

"SPOKANE — Three environmental groups sued a state agency Thursday over the effects of the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant on the water quality of the Columbia River."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [8]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: AP [26], 10/31/2014

"Conservation Group Makes Huge Land Purchase Near Snoqualmie Pass" [27]

"A conservation group has made the largest private land acquisition in Washington history, purchasing nearly 48,000 acres near the Cascade Mountains' Snoqualmie Pass east of Seattle."

Forests [28]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: EarthFix/KUOW [29], 10/29/2014

Getting Past Park Service PIO Harder Than 13-Mile Hike [30]

It's true — some public information officers are really paranoid. High Country News reporter Tristan Baurick, trying to report on preservation of a historic chalet in Olympic National Park, found "a bizarre blockade on press freedom, the likes of which I’d never experienced outside a military base or murder scene."

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Environmental Politics [31]
Laws & Regulations [32]
Natural Resources [33]
Transportation [24]
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"Oil Tankers Leaking into Seattle’s Water" [34]

"A highly flammable byproduct flowed from oil tankers into an area stormwater system for at least a year before state regulators inspected the problem."

Energy & Fuel [13]
Pollution [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: Daily Beast [35], 10/14/2014

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