"What's All the Dam Fuss About?"
The Army Corps of Engineers is teaming up with The Nature Conservancy to change the way the Willamette River flows as part of their "Sustainable Rivers Project.
Source: Eugene Weekly, 12/07/2009
Northwest (OR WA)
"Conservationists Petition EPA to Block Washington Coal Plant Permit"
"Conservation and energy groups have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asking the agency to object to an air pollution permit granted to TransAlta Corporation's coal-burning power plant in Centralia, Washington."
Source: ENS, 11/04/2009
"State Lowballed Cost of Green Tax Breaks"
"[Oregon] State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski's plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were told, an investigation by The Oregonian shows."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 11/02/2009
"Portland Harbor Contamination Poses Risk To Humans, Environment, Study Shows"
"Decades of industrial pollution in the Portland Harbor Superfund site have left high levels of contaminants in river sediment, an exhaustive survey concludes, posing risks to wildlife, fish and humans who eat fish from the nine-mile stretch of the Willamette River."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 10/26/2009
"Critics Contest Dam Plan in Northwest"
"The Obama administration’s new plan to show that salmon and hydroelectric dams can coexist along the Columbia and Snake Rivers is not all that different from the Bush administration’s old plan, according to critics who want a federal judge to rule against it."
Source: NYTimes, 10/12/2009
"Deal To Raze 4 Klamath Dams"
"In what is being touted as the world's biggest dam-removal project, an agreement was reached Tuesday to remove four dams on the Klamath River and restore a 300-mile migratory route for California's beleaguered salmon."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 10/01/2009
"Laundry Waste Water Harming Puget Sound, Study Says"
"Dirty water from residential washing machines is a significant source of a toxin polluting Puget Sound, according to a study released Tuesday."
Source: Tacoma News Tribune, 09/30/2009
SEJ Joins Amicus Brief on Dangerously Expanded FOIA Exemption
Several media organizations have joined the case of a Puget Sound resident denied information, under the "law enforcement" exemption to FOIA, that would identify the locations and potential blast ranges of explosive ordnance stored in the area.
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"Scientists Take To The Trees To Measure Global Warming"
Scientists use treetop gondolas in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southeast Washington to study the effects of global warming on trees.
Source: Reuters, 09/18/2009
"New Northwest Salmon Plan Modifies Bush Approach"
"Seattle -- Fisheries managers announced Tuesday that they would enhance but not significantly alter the government's current strategy for saving salmon from extinction in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest, drawing criticism from conservationists."
Source: LA Times, 09/16/2009
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