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Previous Issues
Book Review
July 2016
Spills and Chills in Print
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?
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
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
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
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
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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October-November 2015
No More Pipelines: At the Unist’ot’en Camp
by Stoney Bird Part 16 This is the sixteenth in a continuing series of articles that began with the January, 2014 issue of Whatcom Watch. The series addresses the impediments to democracy and well-being in American society – as well … Continue reading
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