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Clean Arctic Alliance hails IMO move to ban heavy fuel oil from Arctic shipping
Plans to develop a ban on heavy fuel oil (HFO) from Arctic shipping, along with an assessment of the impact of such a ban, were agreed upon during the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Mar…
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Washington Environmental Advocates Stand Behind Puget Sound No Discharge Zone
Keeping ship and boat sewage out of the Sound is good for human health, local economy, and wildlife
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Environmental Groups Challenge Permit for Oil Refinery Export Expansion
The Environmental Impact Statement was deeply flawed, failed to account for the acoustic impacts on Southern Resident Killer Whales and failed to account for the real risk of a worst-case spill.
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Washington State Governor approves industrial ocean fish farm ban
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation today that will phase out industrial ocean fish farms in state waters. House Bill 2957 bans new leases to non-native net pen operations and prohibits…
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International Maritime Organization (IMO) advances key navigation protections for the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean
As someone with family and ancestral roots in the Arctic region who tries to inform their communities on such proposals, I was glad to be able to testify as a representative from Friends of the Earth.
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Skagit Commission Fails to Address Impacts of Petrochemical Expansion Permit
The Salish Sea is irreplaceable. The Environmental Impacts Study was deeply flawed, failed to account for the acoustic impacts on Southern Resident Killer Whales, and failed to account for the real ri…
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Washington state legislature passes industrial ocean fish farm ban
The Washington state legislature passed a bill today that would phase out industrial ocean fish farms in state waters.
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The Dangers of Industrial Ocean Fish Farming
This farming technique is extremely risky and fraught with environmental and socio-economic havoc.
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Californians Denounce Offshore Drilling Plan
Trump is on a mission to turn over our public waters to the oil industry.