Hood River County voters have approved a ban on commercial water bottling, blocking a $50 million bottling plant Nestle wants to build in the Columbia
WA-based writer Ralph Schwartz, in a guest piece for the Sightline Institute, gives a stirring account of how Lummi Nation stood up against Big Coal to defend their treaty fishing rights--and won.
If an oil train derailed in Washington and dumped most of its cargo, cleanup costs could exceed $775 million, according to documents BNSF Railway Co. provided to the state.
The coal industry, shaken by dropping global demand and tighter air quality regulations, took another major hit on Monday.
Oil by rail safety has been a major issue for lawmakers and regulators.
The proposed Gateway Pacific coal terminal has been defeated after a needed permit was denied.
Given the coal export industry's designs on the Northwest, it is important for residents to know more about the coal dust hazard.
A May 17 vote in Hood River County could put an end to a proposed Nestle bottled water plant in the Columbia River Gorge.
View from the Historic Columbia River Highway, just east of Crown Point. (Photo: Mark McConnell)
A coal train thunders alongside the Columbia River. (Photo: Daniel Dancer)
President Obama's proposed 2016 spending budget, released in January, includes $3.96 million for federal agencies to acquire lands in the Gorge
Aerial photo denoting the proposed site of the Troutdale Energy Center and its geographical relation to the Columbia Gorge. (Photo: Rick Till)
