Jul 13, 2021 | Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
WELC Land Acknowledgement The Western Environmental Law Center acknowledges that we live and work on the homelands of Indigenous Peoples across the western United States. We honor these original peoples who have long stewarded these lands, and we celebrate their...
Jun 24, 2021 | Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Our Commitment to Equity, Inclusion, and Justice The Western Environmental Law Center is dedicated to creating a thriving, resilient future grounded in equity, inclusion, and justice. To safeguard the public lands, wildlife, and communities of the Western U.S. in the...
Apr 30, 2021 | Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Washington State’s Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act Washington state’s passage of the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act represents the end of a multi-year effort by advocates, including Front & Centered, to instill environmental justice analysis...
Feb 27, 2017 | Defending the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Expansion, News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Late last Friday, local and partner conservation groups intervened in two lawsuits to protect the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument from challenges brought by timber interests. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of the most biodiverse places in North...
Jan 19, 2017 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest, Washington State Sustainable Agriculture Campaign
Location: Seattle Today, a coalition environmental, public health, social justice and public interest advocates and organizations representing tens of thousands of Washingtonians responded to the Washington State Department of Ecology’s issuance of a revised...
Jan 13, 2017 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest, Victory! Protecting Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers from Mining
Administration acts to protect steelhead, wild salmon for decades Location: Portland, Ore. This week, the Obama Administration took strong administrative action to protect an area in southwest Oregon’s Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest with the highest...
Dec 20, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Washington's Atmosphere as a Public Trust, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Location: Seattle Judge Hollis Hill ruled Monday that the youths who sued the Department of Ecology for failing to take action on climate change can again move forward, now with a constitutional climate rights claim that adds the state of Washington and Gov. Jay...
Dec 14, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Canada Lynx in Washington State, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Location: Seattle Late last week, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to list Canada lynx as “endangered” under the state equivalent of the Endangered Species Act. This move comes as estimates for the state population of lynx fall to an...
Dec 12, 2016 | News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest, Washington State Sustainable Agriculture Campaign
Department of Ecology poised to allow continued industrial ag pollution throughout state with new permit Location: Seattle Last week, Cow Palace Dairy, a large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in Zillah, Wash., began installation of state-of-the-art...
Dec 12, 2016 | Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline, News Release, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest
Location: Medford, Ore. Late Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied a request from Canadian oil and gas companies for rehearing of the case surrounding the proposed Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline,...
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