Fossil Fuels

  March 2018

Another Disappointing Year For King Coal

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by Clark Williams-Derry This article is reprinted with permission from Sightline. A few silver linings, but mostly dark clouds for the coal industry. Despite the Trump administration’s promise of a coal industry rebound, data from the US Energy Information Administration  show … Continue reading →

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  Oct/Nov 2016

Letter From the Standing Rock Protectors

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by Karin Kraft and Aleta DeBee Hundreds of tribes from the United States and Canada are gathered along the Cannonball River next to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. They’ve come together to stand as one in opposition … Continue reading →

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  Oct/Nov 2016

Carbon Tax Initiative On November Ballot

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by Rheanna Johnston In the last year, Washington tate has been the center of many environmental efforts ­— from the governor’s Clean Power Plan to our county fighting to ban fossil fuel exports. Among these many battles against climate change … Continue reading →

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  July 2016

Locals Work to Make Public Aware of Major Carbon Tax Proposal

by Maria Matson

  Armed with clipboards, flyers and eye-catching bright green buttons, Rheanna Johnston and three other young volunteers spent a rainy Saturday, June 18, ringing doorbells and knocking on doors. They canvassed Bellingham to inform residents about I-732, a proposed initiative … Continue reading →

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  July 2016

Spills and Chills in Print

by Terry Wechsler

Reviewed by Terry Wechsler Superspill An Account of the 1978 Grounding at Bird Rocks by Mary Kay Becker and Patricia Coburn Madrona Press, 1974 161 pages, paperback, $3.95 ISBN 10: 0914842021 ISBN-13: 978-0914842026 Bellingham’s Mary Kay Becker sits on the … Continue reading →

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  June 2016

Coming Soon: The Frankenstein Zombie Terminal?

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by Terry Wechsler On May 9, 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responded to the Lummi request of January 2015 that it deny federal permits for the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) in accordance with the Treaty of Point … Continue reading →

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  June 2016

Gateway Pacific Coal Port Rejected — At Last

Michael Riordan © 2016

by Michael Riordan This article is an updated and expanded version of an article originally published in the online journal Orcas Issues. In the end, after five arduous years of coal and controversy, it all came down to fish. On … Continue reading →

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  June 2016

Cherry Point is Far From Safe

Fred Felleman

by Fred Felleman The Salish Sea was just given a reprieve. We are indebted to the Lummi Nation for exercising their Treaty rights that resulted in the U.S. Army Corps protecting the Cherry Point Reach in their May 9 permit … Continue reading →

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  December 2015

Whatcom County Hands Coal a Sack of No

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by Kristin Eberhard Big Coal’s Gerrymandering Scheme Mostly Thwarted Election results are in for Whatcom County, Washington, where a proposal for a giant coal export terminal puts communities on the front lines of the fight against dirty energy. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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  October-November 2015

The Thin Green Line Is Stopping Coal and Oil in Their Tracks

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Northwest Communities Have Won Key Battles Can They Win the War? by Eric de Place and Deric Gruen “Everybody outside the Northwest thinks that’s where energy projects go to die.” 1 That’s the reputation our region has earned as an increasing … Continue reading →

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