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Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
The inaugural First Stewards symposium, to be held July 17-20 in Washington, D.C. is a national event that examines the impact of climate change on indigenous coastal cultures and explores solutions based on millennia of traditional ecological knowledge.
Hundreds of native leaders, witnesses and climate scientists will join policy-makers and non-government organizations for groundbreaking dialogue in what is planned to be an annual meeting at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
The Hoh, Makah [...]
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Source: ReadtheDirt.org
By: Young Writers
By Samuel Bliss
[ReadtheDirt.org] Editor’s Note: One of our young and empowered voices—Samuel Bliss—gives us a run down on the issue of bottled water in the Northwest. Even if we don’t want to admit it, the Northwest is not immune from large corporations acquiring rights to its water. This piece complements our previous piece “Bottle the Skagit River?”.
Sam Bliss is a junior studying Environmental Economics and Spanish at Western [...]
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Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
By KATE MARTIN | Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:00 am
MOUNT VERNON — Skagit County will no longer spend money to defend rural water users’ rights in court, a county commissioner said Monday.
The commissioners sent a letter to Department of Ecology officials last week that notes that the county has no actual authority in controlling water and no obligation or right to negotiate property interests for landowners. While the letter does not [...]
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Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
Kate Martin | Posted: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:34 am
As rain pummeled the ground in big, fat drops last week, state Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen remarked on what has become one of the most contentious issues in Skagit County.
“It’s hard when you look out the window (to think) that we have a crisis in water up here,” she said.
While the issue of how much water is available for development in Skagit [...]
Continue reading Skagit’s Water Rights Showdown
Kai Huschke of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund will speak about Democracy School and a Community Bill of Rights on Fri., May 4, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Burlington Library, 820 E. Washington Ave. Burlington. Democracy School teaches the right to local, self-government that enables communities to reject unsustainable economic and environmental policies set by government and enables legal framework that charters sustainable energy production, sustainable land development and sustainable water, among others. A Community Bill of [...]
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Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and member of Veterans For Peace -Bruce Gagnon will speak on U.S. expanding militarism, and its impact on the economic crisis here at home. He will stress the need to promote the conversion of the military industrial complex to sustainable production if we hope to have any impact on climate change.
Washington State Speaking Schedule
April 23 –Olympia –To be determined
April 24 –Olympia –6:30 PM, Traditions [...]
Continue reading The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis
April 21st, 2012 | Category: Features, United States, Washington | Posted By Vanessa Barrington On April 3, 2012 @ 5:22 AM
It’s up to us to say no to corporations buying up our public water and selling it back to us in plastic.
In the context of World Water Day on March 22, a report by the World Economic Forum ranked water shortage as one of the top global risks – right up there with widespread financial collapse and terrorism. And a recent U.S. intelligence report predicted that water shortages caused by [...]
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March 28th, 2012 | Category: Features, United States, Washington | KCTS9
Activists Challenge Proposal To Bottle Water In Columbia Gorge
March 27, 2012 | OPB
Environmentalists and one of Oregon’s public sector unions are challenging the recent approval of new water permits in Cascade Locks, but controversy surrounds a proposal to bottle water in the Columbia Gorge.
The appeal comes from the “Keep Nestle Out of the Gorge” coalition. It includes environmental groups Food and Water Watch and Bark!, as well as the state and local employee union, Oregon AFSCME. The [...]
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Contact: jim justice jim@fidalgo.net 360-856-2529 skagithrf.wordpress.com
Thurs., March 22, 2012 , 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon, Washington
Skagit Human Rights Festival – Whose Valley is it Anyway?
Defending Water
In the spirit of assembly and free speech, Sandra Spargo of Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin will present the film TAPPED and relate the film to the contract that the City of Anacortes signed with Tethys [...]
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February 19th, 2012 | Category: Features, News, Washington | Feb. 6, 2012
Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK Disposable plastic water bottles soon won’t be sold at the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service announced Monday that it has approved a plan to eliminate the sale of the bottles within 30 days. The bottles make up about 20 percent of the Park’s waste and 30 percent of recyclables. Visitors can fill up reusable containers at water stations, though the ban does not keep them from bringing disposable bottles into [...]
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