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February 14th, 2014 | Tags: 100-car oil trains, Anacortes, Functions and Values of Wetlands, Improving Rail Integrity, JARPA, Keystone XL Project, March's Point Heron Colony, oil trains, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve, PEIS, PHS Single Page Management Recommendations: Great Blue Heron, Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Shell Oil, Shell PSR Mitigation Bank Use Plan, Shell SEPA Checklist, Track Safety Standards, Washington train disaster | Category: Action Alerts, Action Alerts, Feature, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Multimedia, News, Photo, Statewide, United States, Video, Washington |
Tom Glade, President
Evergreen Islands, Anacortes, Wash.
PUBLIC COMMENT DEADLINES (MONDAY IS PRESIDENTS DAY!):
BY HAND: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 3:30 PM BY MAIL (ANACORTES PO): SATURDAY,FEBRUARY 15, 1:30pm BY INTERNET: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 4:30PM BY FAX: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 4:30PM (FAX: 360-336-9416)
Since Skagit County’s environmental review is only about potential environmental impacts
that occur on Shell’s property, the environmental impacts of oil train disasters en route will not
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Continue reading Proposed Shell/Equilon Oil Train Terminal, Anacortes
January 19th, 2014 | Tags: 81 killer whales, Center for Biological Diversity, Killer whales, National Marine Fisheries Service protect critical habitat, Puget Sound killer whales, Sharah Uhlemann, Southern Resident population, Southern Residents | Category: Action Alerts, Action Alerts, Feature, News, United States, Washington | January 16, 2014
Center for Biological Diversity.
Contact: Sarah Uhlemann, (206) 327-2344, suhlemann@biologicaldiversity.org
Declining Salmon Populations, Pollution, Ocean Noise Threaten Iconic Species Off Coasts of Washington, Oregon, California
Photo courtesy NOAA.
SEATTLE— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal petition today with the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect more critical habitat for the endangered Southern Resident population of killer whales. If successful the proposal would extend Endangered […]
Continue reading Expanded Habitat Protection Sought for Endangered Killer Whales on the West Coast
December 2nd, 2013 | Tags: 2001 Instream Flow Rule, 2001 rule, 2006 amendment, battle over water rights, buying senior water rights, County Assessor Don Munks, extending public water lines, groundwater storage, Kyle Brown, property values, Skagit County, Skagit River Basin, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Wash. Dept. of Ecology, Wash. Supreme Court ruling, Water Wars | Category: Action Alerts, Events, Feature, Grassroots Movements, News, Towns, other, United States, Washington | Skagit County, Western Wash.
Wash. Dept. of Ecology to hold water rights workshop on Dec. 2 in Mount Vernon.
By Rachel Lerman/Posted: Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:00 am
Potential builders and landowners face a state of limbo as the state Department of Ecology searches for solutions in a water rights battle that has lasted decades.
The battle over water rights in the Skagit River basin reached a plateau Oct. 3 with the state Supreme Court’s ruling against Ecology in a […]
Continue reading Wash. Water Ruling Could Have Far-Reaching Effects, Including Dropping Property Values
October 7th, 2013 | Tags: 260 million litres, Aboriginal Rights & Title, BC Government, BC Water Act, BC's ground water, bottled water, Dan Fumano, First In Right, First In Time, First Nations, Hope BC, legislation crafted in 1909, local control of water, nestle, outdated water laws, WaterWealth Declaration | Category: Action Alerts, Feature, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington | The WaterWealth Project
Posted by Sheila Muxlow, Campaign Director 594.20wc on August 16, 2013 Despite the fact that Nestle never applied for a license to access the water and is draining the size of a small lake each year, they are not breaking the law. In fact Nestle’s operation is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to industries that are taking advantage of BC’s outdated water laws. Beyond bottled water, industries like mining, agriculture and natural […]
Continue reading Free Groundwater for Nestle is One of Many Corporate Give-Aways of Water in BC
May 22nd, 2013 | Tags: human right, nestle, Peter Brabeck, water | Category: Action Alerts, Feature, International, Nestlé, News, United States, Washington |
Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck
Keithpp’s Blog
April 15, 2013
In a candid interview for the documentary We Feed the World, Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck makes the astonishing claim that water isn’t a human right. He attacks the idea that nature is good, and says it is a great achievement that humans are now able to resist nature’s dominance. He attacks organic agriculture and says genetic modification is better. (View the […]
Continue reading Nestle Chairman Says Water Is Not a Human Right
City Council blocks Community Bill of Rights and drafts resolution calling for expanded environmental impact statement
Last week Bellingham City Council challenged the legality of Citizen’s Initiative 2, the Bellingham Community Bill of Rights in an attempt to keep it off the ballot. On Monday night the council will discuss passing a resolution asking for a programatic environmental impact statement, and asking that massive costs for infrastructure expansion and mitigation associated with this project be borne by GPT rather […]
Continue reading Bellingham City Council Blocks Community Bill of Rights
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