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by Genevieve Huard · Published July 6, 2016 · Last modified May 28, 2019
#StopOilTrains Week of Action, July 6-12 By: Ethan Fetz, New YDWA Environmental Caucus Chair July 6, 2016 Today marks the three-year anniversary of when a volatile oil train derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Québec, incinerating the...
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by Melissa Boles · Published August 31, 2015 · Last modified May 28, 2019
The State of Washington has become a major part of the oil, gas and coal industries’ efforts to sell domestic carbon products to Asia. This has come in the form of the largest rail...
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by Environment Caucus · Published December 17, 2014 · Last modified May 28, 2019
As you may know, Governor Inslee just released a proposal requiring industry to pay money by way of dollar per ton of carbon emitted. 130 companies in Washington State would be on the hook...