Residents have a chance to voice concerns over a draft study for a superconducting magnetic levitation train proposed to run from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore with a stop at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Roughly 900 pages of documents released by California State Parks reveal the possible future of off-road riding and camping at Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area and the neighboring Pismo State Beach.
Replacement Burnside Bridge open house now online February 10 2021
The public is invited to learn more about the earthquake-ready project and to weigh in on the design options.
Multnomah County is hosting an online open house on the four choices for a new earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge.
The open house, which continues through Sunday, Feb. 21, includes artists renderings of the bridge types under considering, including the long-span design favored by 88% of the public in a 2020 survey. Also included is the county s first 360-degree video also shows how the different types would look, superimposed in the setting of today s bridge. Viewers can shift the screen view 360 degrees using their computer mouse, moving their cell phone or wearing a VR headset.
The Area Council held its regular monthly meeting on
Monday, February 1. Major topics discussed were: (1) Reserve Silica Mine Site Cleanup; (2) Countywide Planning Policies Update; (3) Community Needs; and (4) Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. Item (4) was extended to a
Special Meeting held on
Tahoma School District (TSD) Update
TSD Board member, Val Paganelli, provided a summary. In-person of hybrid learning for K-2 started today. High School student, Olivia Tamer, gave an update on moving to a hybrid schedule for the high school and extracurricular activities.
Reserve Silica Mine Site Cleanup
Dr. Alan Noell and Tim O’Connor, Reserve Silica Mine Site managers for the State Department of Ecology (DOE) provided an update on the site in Ravensdale. Reserve Silica and previous owners and operators used the site (generally located at 28130 Black Diamond–Ravensdale Rd near Ravensdale) for coal through 1956 and sandstone mining until 2007. As part of site reclamation, the mine pi
California Refinery’s Switch to Biofuels Not as Green As it Sounds Processing liquid fuels from commodities based on a monoculture agriculture model that is devastating the world s last intact forests requires close review.
A version of this op-ed appeared on the Biofuelwatch website. Gary Graham Hughes
February 9, 2021
The Carquinez Strait is a wonder of powerful tidewaters that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Sacramento-San Joaquín Delta. Every salmon born in the extensive Sacramento and Central Valley watersheds will make the journey through this bottleneck of coastline on their way to the Pacific Ocean. The shores of the strait, however, have been subject to intense industrial activity since colonization. In many ways Carquinez Strait is the geographical heart of the “refinery corridor” that stretches from the City of Richmond up along the north east shore of the Bay and through the strait ultimately to the last open waters of the delta in Beni