Our latest action alerts, blog posts, and media highlights
Sea of Red Opposes Coal Export on the Columbia River
Blog post by Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, Riverkeeper’s Community Organizer—
Hundreds Call for More Aggressive Hanford Clean-up
Blog post by Theresa Labriola, Riverkeeper’s Hanford Coordinator—
Clean Water Advocates, Commercial Fishermen File Suit to Protect Public Health from Toxic Pollution
Fish consumption rates underestimate risk to people—must be updated
On October 11, 2013, a coalition of clean water advocates and commercial fishing industry groups filed a legal challenge to force the U.S.
800 people at Longview hearing say NO COAL
September 17, 2013 was the first in a series of five scoping hearings on Ambre Energy's proposed Millennium coal export terminal in Longview, Washington. Hundreds of Northwest residents gathered to offer testimony on their concerns related to the project.
Coal Export & Oil Speculators Eying Farmland along the Columbia River for Dirty Energy Projects
On September 18th, the Columbia County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider a proposal to rezone nearly 1,000 acres of agricultural land at Port Westward, near Clatskanie, Oregon, to industrial use. The rezone was originally proposed to help facilitate coal exports by co
Hanford Cleanup Plan Would Let Massive Amounts of Uranium Flow into the Columbia River
On July 15th, the Tri-Party agencies, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S.
Army Corps Shrinks Scope of Environmental Review for Morrow Pacific Project
Decision shifts attention to Gov.
Riverkeeper Challenges the Army Corps’ Refusal to Provide Coal Export Documents
Columbia Riverkeeper is going to court to obtain public documents, which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) improperly withheld, about the impacts of coal export.
