Coalition Defends Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

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...

Ecology’s CAFO Water Quality Permit Sacrifices Public Health, Drinking Water, Shellfish Beds

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...

Advocacy in action: Decades-long effort earns 20-year mining ban in Kalmiopsis Wild Rivers

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...

Judge allows youth constitutional climate rights case to move forward against state of WA and Gov. Inslee

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...

Washington state lists Canada lynx as endangered Rare Cats

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...

WA industrial dairy installs court-ordered manure lagoon liners to protect groundwater

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...

Coalition applauds final denial of Jordan Cove LNG Terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline

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,...

Agreement in Principle requires study of coal train covers, $1 million in environmental restoration and coal cleanup

Nov 16, 2016 | News Release, Protecting Washington’s waters from toxic coal train pollution, Regional Resilience: Pacific Northwest

Location: Seattle A coalition of environmental organizations and BNSF Railway (BNSF) have reached an agreement in principle that will ensure that BNSF starts to clean up and prevent pollution from their coal trains. The agreement, which is expected to be finalized as...