Our latest action alerts, blog posts, and media highlights
Report: The Northwest's Pipeline on Rails
Reposted from Sightline Institute
Hanford Double-shelled Tank Likely Leaking Radioactive Material Into Soil
On June 20, Hanford workers discovered radioactive material outside double-shelled tank AY-102. Last fall a leak in this tank was found, but it was preciously thought that the radioactive waste was only leaking into the space between the tank's two walls.
Commission Stands Up for Farmers, Not Big Coal
Commission Recommends Denial of Industrial Expansion Near Proposed Coal, Oil Terminals
June 17, 2013
Planning Commission Stands Up for Farmers, Not Big Coal
Commission Recommends Denial of Industrial Expansion Near Proposed Coal, Oil Terminals
June 17, 2013
Oregon LNG Files Formal Application to Export LNG
On Monday, June 10th, Oregon LNG announced that it had filed a new application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site and construct a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility and associated pipeline.
Taking Big Coal to Court
We are taking a stand against dirty coal pollution in our river.
On June 5, 2013, Columbia Riverkeeper and allies filed a Clean Water Act lawsuit to stop toxic coal discharges from trains into Northwest waterways.
Protecting a Vancouver Public Beach from Toxic Debris
Blog post by Miles Johnson, Riverkeeper’s Clean Water Attorney—
Thanks for Speaking Up to Protect the Columbia from Hanford’s Pollution
Blog post by Theresa Labriola, Riverkeeper’s Hanford Coordinator—
