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Fracked Gas Fight Heating Up TC Energy, the same company behind the Keystone Pipeline, aims to significantly increase the volume of methane gas pumped through the aging GTN pipeline. The results? Increased risks to public health and safety. More fracking. And locking communities into fossil fuels for years to come. Columbia Riverkeeper and partners are actively fighting this proposal. Check out this recent video and take action today! |
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Cleaning Up Hanford in 2023 No matter how long it takes, Columbia Riverkeeper will stand up for cleanup at Hanford. In 2022, we found new and creative ways to hold the federal government accountable for protecting communities and the Columbia River from vast toxic and radioactive contamination in groundwater, soil, and the Columbia’s shore—a legacy of producing plutonium for nuclear weapons. Learn what we have in store this year. |
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Systematic Racism is an Environmental Issue Recently, Memphis officials released video footage of police killing Tyre Nichols—a father, skateboarder, photographer, and beloved member of his community. Authorities have criminally charged the officers involved in Tyre Nichols’ killing, and people across the nation are grieving yet another police killing of a young Black man. Our thoughts are with Tyre's family and community as they grieve. |
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Progress on the Lewis River! PacifiCorp’s dams on the Lewis River block salmon from 57 miles of spawning, rearing, and migration habitat. But thanks to tenacious leadership of Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Yakama Nation, and others—with support from Columbia Riverkeeper—salmon are closer than ever to reconnecting with their historic habitat. PacifiCorp just committed to issue a fish passage plan for the Lewis River dams, with the consensus of Tribes and scientific agencies, by April 30, 2023. |
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Driven to Extinction Webinar Recent studies show pollution from car tires are killing Coho salmon in Seattle urban streams. Join our webinar on March 2: hear from the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and Washington State University about these chemicals, how they impact salmon, and what we can do about it. |
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FisherPoets Gathering Come join us at the annual FisherPoets Gathering February 24-26 for an Astoria tradition. FisherPoets brings people tied to the fishing industry together to share poems, stories, songs, memoirs, essays and art in celebration of the work and its people. This year, we’re excited to be a part of two fun and informative events. |
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Take Love Full Circle Love at first sight happens between more than people, and falling in love with the Columbia River is… well, natural. That’s why we wish Columbia Riverkeeper members a Happy Valentine's Day and will be celebrating our love of nature for a full month. From now, to March 14 (also known as Valentine’s Day to Pi Day), we encourage you to revel in your love of nature and take love full circle by setting up a legacy gift to support Columbia Riverkeeper and the river you love. |
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Take Action:
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Clean Up Bradford Island:Tell the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps that a timely and effective cleanup of the Bradford Island Superfund site is a top priority.
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NEXT Refinery Poses Too Many Risks: Urge local, state, and federal officials to reject additional permits for the NEXT refinery project.
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Clean Up Hanford: Add your voice to the growing number of people holding the U.S. government accountable for decades of nuclear-waste pollution.
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Stop Goldendale Pumped Storage: The largest pumped-storage hydroelectric development proposal in the Pacific Northwest, threatens irreplaceable tribal cultural and religious resources, fish, and wildlife.
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Events & Engagement:
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FisherPoets Gathering February 24-26, 2023 in Astoria, Oregon. Attend Legal Director Miles Johnson's talk about restoring salmon runs through dam removal, as well as an informal happy hour event featuring Columbia Riverkeeper’s Conservation Director Dan Serres and Legal Director. Buy a $20 button to attend (good for all events) at festival headquarters (1188 Commercial St.) or at the door of any performance venue.
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Driven to Extinction: Tire Chemicals and Salmon Webinar March 2, at 12 p.m. Join us to learn about these chemicals, how they impact salmon, and what we can do about it. RSVP even if you can’t attend, we’ll send a recording!
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International Women’s Day March 11 at 4 p.m. at The Society Hotel in Bingen, Washington. Comunidades is hosting an event for Latina/x women in the Gorge to celebrate their contributions to society.
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Premiere Film Screening March 12 from 3-5 p.m.: Cinema 21 Theater in Portland, Oregon. “Atomic Bamboozle: The False Promise of a Nuclear Renaissance,” a documentary by Janice Haaken follows anti-nuclear activists and attorneys from the Columbia River region as they draw lessons from the decades-long fight to shut down the Trojan Nuclear Power plant in Oregon and extend those lessons into a new struggle to stop small modular reactors in the Pacific Northwest. The documentary features Columbia Riverkeeper’s executive director, Lauren Goldberg, and will be followed by a panel discussion.
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In the News:
- Insider chosen to lead Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Capital Chronicle, February 10, 2023
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality names new director, OPB, February 10, 2023
- Coming... To A Pipeline Near You?, Bend Source, February 8, 2023
- Amazon fuel cells would use natural gas to power Oregon data centers, increasing carbon footprint, Oregonian, February 4, 2023
- Letter to the editor: GTN Xpress Pipeline is dangerous and unnecessary, The Reflector, January 30, 2023
- Despite New Leadership, Portland Officials Decline to Reconsider Zenith Energy Deal, Portland Mercury, January 30, 2023
- Columbia Riverkeeper welcomes new board president, directors, Big Country News, January 15, 2023
- Don’t count on pumped hydro, Columbia Gorge News, January 11, 2023
- Conoce Tu Columbia, Interview with Friends of the Columbia Gorge, January 2023
- Voces del Noreste, Weekly Show, January 2023
- Once a Braided River, Radio Documentary by Barbara Bernstein, Winter 2023
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