Commentary

38-year ONP rangerย reflects on climate change in the Olympics

OCA board member Janis Burger speaks truth to Trump’s Interior Secretary What scary thing happened to a retired ranger looking for marmots? Plus a first-hand report on climate impacts at Olympic National Park, a tribute to the park’s disappearing glaciers, rare bird alerts and a debut of our new, one-of-kind shipping report!ย  Read and listen

PUD Commissioner: Grid stability underlies our quality of life

Time to build local power generating capacity?Bernard urges public to get involved. By Paula Hunt Peninsula Daily News  Clallam County Public Utility District commissioner Phyllis Bernard urged residents and business leaders to take a more active role in shaping the countyโ€™s power future, saying public participation is essential as the PUD plans long-term investments andโ€ฆ

Wildfire Pretense Logging: The Trojan Horse Destroying Public Lands

What do these recent actions on public lands have in common? The Orwellian โ€œFix Our Forestsโ€ Act. Trumpโ€™s executive order to expand American timber production. The rescinding of the Roadless Rule. โ€œEmergencyโ€ designation across 112 million acresโ€”59% of National Forests. All of themโ€”unprecedented in scale and scopeโ€”push industrial logging under the pretense of โ€œprotectingโ€ communitiesโ€ฆ

News roundup: The Gates of Doom

Climate scientists take Bill Gates to task. First off, thank you to everyone who joined last weekโ€™s virtual event, where four leading climate scientists shared about Bill Gatesโ€™ controversial climate memo. If you couldnโ€™t make it, theย full video is here. Rather than summarize the entire discussion, here are a few useful quotes โ€” starting withโ€ฆ

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