InvestigateWest: Activists thwart fossil fuel projects
SEATTLE (AP) — Environmentalists teamed with Native Americans, ranchers and even...
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A thin green line with global impact. Latest in a series on creating a zero-carbon bioregion. Robert McClure, executive director of InvestigateWest, is a veteran newspaper reporter, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism. SHARES Familiar mood, different Vancouver. Protesters block an oil-carrying train in Vancouver, Wash. in 2016 — part of a two-decade movement spanning Alaska to California. Photo: Alex Milan Tracy, the Associated Press. [Editor’s note: This is part of a year-long oc...
How Cascadia’s climate activists fought off fossil fuels and succeeded During a decade when the region’s governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists who came together to stop exports surpassed their wildest expectations. by InvestigateWest / January 18, 2021 Hundreds of kayaktivists take to the water during protest against drilling in the Arctic and the Port of Seattle being used as a port for the Shell Oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer. The protest flotilla drew many paddlers to show their displeasure with the rig being moored in Seattle. P...
Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. All rely heavily on hydropower, are transitioning from resource extraction industries, have rapidly diversifying populations and face common challenges as they transition off fossil fuels.This project is a year-long collaboration between InvestigateWest, Grist, Crosscut, Jefferson Public Radio, The Tyee, South Seattle Emerald and The Evergrey.
Home » Environment » A Lost Decade: How Climate Action Fizzled in Cascadia Washington, Oregon and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and some epic battles, they all failed. With dozens of people killed by wildfires in the western U.S., millions of acres scorched, and choking smoke spreading far into British Columbia, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee lit up the news wires in September. “These are not just wildfires,” Inslee asserted at a press conference from Olympia, “these are climate fires.” Two days later on George Stephanopoulosâ€...