Our latest action alerts, blog posts, and media highlights
Behind Hanford Cleanup: Yakama Nation
Alfrieda Peters shares how she's working to protect the Columbia from Hanford’s nuclear legacy.
Behind the Victory: Vancouver, WA
Former Fruit Valley Neighborhood Association Secretary Linda Garcia and Port of Vancouver USA Commissioner Eric LaBrant reflect on stopping the North America's largest proposed oil-by-rail terminal.
No Methanol Picnic
“The Kalama Lateral Pipeline would create a three-mile-long scar across Cowlitz County. It’s wrong to place the interests of fossil fuel corporations above those of private landowners” -Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, Senior Organizer with Columbia Riverkeeper.
PUDs have the same responsibility as other industrial polluters on the Columbia River
“Oil pollution from dams must stop. People rely on clean water and healthy salmon runs. It’s past time for the public utility districts to protect clean water in the Columbia Basin” -Brett VandenHeuvel, Executive Director for Columbia Riverkeeper.
Van Jones Endorses Portland Ballot Initiative
Portland Clean Energy Initiative ensures that large retail corporations making over $1 billion a year pay their fair share on the revenues they make here in Portland.
In Memory: Robert “Jake” Jacob
We share our deepest condolences on the passing of Jake Jacob—a good friend, visionary, and fierce advocate for the Columbia.
Protect Longview’s Kids, Neighborhoods from Anhydrous Ammonia
Fact: 42% of Longview’s youth live within 1.5 miles of the proposed anhydrous ammonia facility.
Good News: Big Coal's Summer Shenanigans Are Failing
Read a snapshot of how Columbia Riverkeeper is defending your victory over coal export.
ACT: Keep Toxic Pollution Out of the Columbia
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) wants your input on a proposed cleanup plan for the Millennium coal terminal site—the former Reynolds Aluminum Smelter.
FOIA Lawsuit: U.S. Dept. of Energy Withholding Info about Financial Aid for Proposed Petrochemical Plant
"For over eight months, the Department of Energy has refused to turn over this public information. NWIW’s refinery would consume more fracked gas than every gas-fired power plant in Washington State combined and rank among the state’s leading causes of greenhouse gas pollution.