North Olympic Peninsula residents addressing human-made climate disruption. Washington State, U.S.A.
Letter from Robert Michael Pyle to Governor Inslee and Commissioner Franz "Think back on why it was you loved Wintergreen, and what it has (still) to say about what we have already ruined and what we have within our (your) powers to yet protect, nurture, and love...thank you for reconsidering this deeply wrong decision..." Read …
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At the direction of our membership at our February 3 meeting, OCA sent letters to Governor Inslee, our District 24 State Representatives, and Rep. Derek Kilmer about both the necessity and feasibility of breaching the lower 4 Snake River Dams this year. Nothing would prevent this from happening if we recognized the true dire straits …
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Story in CrosscutState Democrats are confident they'll pass the $268 million clean energy plan.He suggested more efficient hydroelectric dams and grids, a lot more electric cars, and four electric-hybrid ferries. A decade or more from now, he said, there should be a high-speed rail line from Vancouver, B.C., to Seattle to Portland. There was more, …
Governor Inslee proposes plan to limit carbon emissions Declaring it “time for polluters to pay their fair share,” Gov. Jay Inslee just proposed a sweeping new cap-and-trade system that would cut carbon emissions while generating $1 billion a year for schools, transportation projects and low-income tax rebates. Our state is already feeling the impacts of global …
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