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Stop Fracked Gas Pipeline Expansion The company that brought you Keystone XL Pipeline proposes to add 250 million cubic feet per day of fracked gas capacity to its GTN pipeline spanning the Pacific Northwest. The pipeline could emit 3 million metric tons of greenhouse gas equivalent. Sounds like a lot! Watch our latest webinar and learn how you can help. |
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Victory! Port of Longview Settles Lawsuit Great news for clean water. Under a proposed Clean Water Act settlement with Columbia Riverkeeper, the Port of Longview agreed to make numerous improvements to its 800+ acre public port to reduce industrial pollution. Staff Attorney Simone Anter explains, “People rely on the Columbia for clean water, strong salmon runs, and so much more. If public ports aren’t following the rules, how can we expect other industries to do the right thing?” |
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New Hanford Pollution Report! Have you imagined what it’s like to be a drop of water traveling through the Hanford Nuclear Site? What would you see? What pollution would you encounter? For the multigenerational cleanup to succeed, we need clear, easy to understand materials for our future Hanford advocates. Columbia Riverkeeper’s new interactive story map, “Water’s Walk Through Hanford,” brings lessons on Hanford to life for students and adults. |
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Vancouver's Climate Efforts Heat Up Big and important changes are coming to Vancouver, WA. Community members want healthier neighborhoods and a livable climate. Two upcoming decisions by the city could keep dirty fossil fuels out of Vancouver and reduce the city’s carbon footprint. But neither decision is final, and Vancouver leaders need your continued support to enact strong and equitable rules. |
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Tribes Stand Together to Support Yakama Nation Sacred Site Seventeen Tribal leaders from across Washington state sent a letter to Governor Inslee urging him to reject the permits for the Goldendale Pumped Storage Project. The project is in violation of Yakama Nation’s inherent sovereignty and Treaty-reserved rights through direct and permanent destruction of an irreplaceable sacred site. |
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Partner Spotlight: Artist Try Cheatham Artist Try Cheatham created the illustrations for our new interactive story map, “Water’s Walk Through Hanford.” Try shared what inspires her: “The possibility of achieving something I had previously thought of as unlikely or impossible, and transforming perception of my own capabilities.” Read more about her artistic process and the story behind the new report. |
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In the News:
- Water Quality on the Columbia River, Conoce Tu Columbia, August 2022
- Reactores Nucleares Modulares, Conoce Tu Columbia, August 2022
- Port of Longview settles with Riverkeeper for $2M in water violations suit, The Daily News, August 12, 2022
- Feds give Oregon cities, environmentalists $1.8 million to tackle toxic waste in Columbia River, Oregon Capital Chronicle, August 11, 2022
- Both sides of WA tell Biden what it will really take to clean up Hanford nuclear site, Tri-City Herald, August 10, 2022
- EPA Announces $79 Million Investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Protect and Restore the Columbia River Basin, EPA, August 10, 2022
- Riverkeeper, Youth Corps partner for conservation work, Columbia Gorge News, August 9, 2022
- Fossil fuel facilities in focus in Vancouver, The Columbian, August 8, 2022
- End appears near for proposed natural gas plant in eastern Oregon, Portland Business Journal, August 3, 2022
- Q/A with Lauren Goldberg, Executive Director of Columbia Riverkeeper, Columbia Basin Bulletin, July 28, 2022
- Interactive Story Explores Hanford Pollution, NBC, July 20, 2022
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