To the Quinault Nation, to the organizations in Washington State and to the communities of Anacortes, Seattle, Grays Harbor, Chehalis, Centralia, Vancouver, Spokane and others who are creating actions on July 6 with the objective of expressing solidarity with the people of Lac Megantic and affirming their desire that this…
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As organizers and citizens take a breather from keeping massive coal export terminals out of Longview and Cherry Point, the campaign to stop Warren Buffett from transporting the explosive Bakken crude on his BNSF trains through our state for export to Asia is gaining ground. Quite an opening sentence, but…
On April 24th, the City of Hoquiam and the Department of Ecology held a “scoping” hearing in Hoquiam High School on two of the three proposed oil terminals for storing and shipping North Dakota Bakken oil. About 100 people attended. Forty people gave two minute talks. No one spoke for…
When the Harpers Magazine arrives, it is a family tradition for one member to read off the Index and have the other members guess at the possible answer. I thought it would be fun to have a Bakken Index. The North Dakota Bakken oil field combines hydraulic fracturing and horizontal…
Oil trains pose a threat to the environment and public safety in Washington State Here’s Burlington Northern’s menu coming to your town on “virtual pipelines” of 100 car unit trains. For your entree: Bakken light, a shale specialty, close enough to gasoline to make it a highly explosive experience for…
Westside neighbors have been fighting the city’s policy of promoting more cars for its Westside “tax farm” for at least 25 years. Much, but not all, of the fight has centered on “development” around the dangerous intersection of Harrison and Division. Now we are on the verge of another major…
Madrid, Spain–Thousands of people marched yet again down the main avenues of Madrid on Saturday evening, February 16, 2013. As the protestors turned from the grand Paseo de Recoletos into the more narrow confines of the Gran Via, their chant of “Si Se Puede!” boomed off the buildings in…
On July 1, 2009 Albany International announced in the Puget Sound Business Journal that it intended to close its Tumwater manufacturing plant at 5700 Littlerock Rd. Two months later, at the end of August, they closed it. Thirty years of manufacturing history ended. The average length of work per…
On July 1, 2009 Albany International announced in the Puget Sound Business Journal that it intended to close its Tumwater manufacturing plant at 5700 Littlerock Rd. Two months later, at the end of August, they closed it. Thirty years of manufacturing history ended. The average length of work per employee…
Over the last year, more than two hundred Westside neighbors actively organized to defeat a 7-Eleven at Harrison and Division and they won. Neighbors sent in comments to the City, letters to the editor and raised $8,000 to cover expenses. They attended two community meetings, two hearing examiner sessions, three…