I started my journey on the environmental path with a keen fascination with plastic pollution and waste, but my interest quickly branched out to include all things related to climate change. As anyone reading this may relate, the more I learned about climate change, the more I saw the connections …
Comments accepted through November 29, 2016. The Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview NEPA/SEPA Environmental Impact Statements are available for review and online comment at the project website here. Comments can be submitted by mail to: Millennium Bulk Terminals NEPA EIS, c/o ICF International, 710 Second Avenue, Suite 550, Seattle, WA 98104
Comments accepted through: November 19, 2016. The final EIS for the proposed Westway crude oil shipping terminal at Grays Harbor has been issued and now the City of Hoquiam has a decision to make: to grant or deny the permit for the project. There is one last opportunity for written …
Permit Application Cancelled – Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Rail Spur Shell cancelled their permit request after the draft EIS was released in October. The history and current status can be found on Washington Department of Ecology website. They may reapply, if plans change which would result in the EIS process being started over.
BLM is soliciting public input through July 28, 2016 on how the federal coal leasing program should be reformed.
Climate change 2015: The Latest Science: News Analysis by Bruce Melton, Truth-out.org Climate science is way out in front of climate policy. Commitments at the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris pale in comparison to those from the Kyoto Protocol with its beginnings in the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. …
For insight into why Obama’s energy and climate policies seem to be at odds, this NY Times article “Alaska’s Tricky Intersection of Obama’s Energy and Climate Legacies” is worth a read.
In a protest coordinated by Rising Tide Seattle five climate activists, one perched atop a tripod of poles and the others locked to its legs situated over BNSF Railway train tracks in Everett were arrested on Sept 2nd. According to the Seattle Times the incident resulted in three trains being …
This Guardian Article describes a movement by Public Relations firms to refuse to work for companies who deny the existence of climate change.
The Turning Point: New Hope for the Climate Al Gore: June 18, 2014 9:00 AM ET In the struggle to solve the climate crisis, a powerful, largely unnoticed shift is taking place. The forward journey for human civilization will be difficult and dangerous, but it is now clear that we …