What treaty tribes are saying about clean water
Cross posted at Northwest Treaty Tribes Treaty tribes spoke out loudly against Washington state’s proposed new water quality standards. In summary, the standards aren’t nearly high enough. You can read...
View ArticleSpeak out on the state’s proposed water quality standards
There are two competing approaches on the table to protect human health through water quality standards in Washington State. The first was issued by the EPA in September, 2015, the other by the state...
View ArticleStatement by Lorraine Loomis, Chair, NW Indian Fisheries Commission,...
Statement from Lorraine Loomis: Draft water quality standards released today by Gov. Inslee are a step forward but not as protective as those already put forth by EPA. The treaty Indian tribes in...
View ArticleSeattle Times: State water-pollution proposals not tough enough for fish and...
Lynda Mapes in the Seattle Times put together a nice summation of where we are on the state’s proposed water quality standards released yesterday: The EPA’s version regulates more pollutants more...
View ArticleEPA should stay the course on water quality standards
Cross posted at NW Treaty Tribes “Stay the course.” It was one of our late chairman Billy Frank’s favorite sayings. It was his way of encouraging us to keep moving toward our goals, regardless of who...
View ArticleEating large amounts of Port Angeles Harbor crab could raise risks of cancer...
The Peninsula Daily News recently covered the release of a study that points out, unsurprisingly, that eating crab and other shellfish from Port Angeles Harbor could give you cancer: Eating a lot of...
View ArticleRoundup of EPA’s big announcement yesterday
KUOW: Feds Propose Tougher Clean Water Rule For Washington, Holding Line On Cancer Risk Chris Wilke, executive director of the non-profit Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, says controversy had swirled around...
View ArticleEPA steps in and offers better water quality standards to Washington State
Details are still coming, but it looks like the federal Environmental Protection Agency is delivering some good news for Washington State: From the Longview Daily News: The U.S. Environmental...
View ArticleIf you’re interested in local food, you have to wonder “Who wants to eat...
Two huge voices in the local food movement, Kevin Davis (co-owner and executive chef at Steelhead Diner and Blueacre Seafood) and Julie Kramis Hearne (cookbook author and former restaurant owner) wrote...
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Now that the governor’s toxics bill is dead, now what do we do? Russ Hepfer...
Russ Hepfer is the vice-chair of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and sits on the Leadership Council of the Puget Sound Partnership. He explained in a piece published in the Peninsula Daily News why...
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PCC Natural Markets: A tenfold increase in cancer risk is not acceptable
PCC Natural Markets, the iconic Seattle-based food market, called out the state Department of Ecology in their comments on new proposed water quality standards: A tenfold increase in cancer risk (and...
View ArticleDarn Right: “there should be no allowance for more cancer in our communities”
Great oped this morning by Laura Skelton of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and Steve Gilbert of the Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders: Gov. Jay Inslee and the...
View ArticleThe long, sad journey of HB 1472 shows why we need a better water quality rule
As it was passed out of a senate committee last week, HB 1472 — the governor’s much lauded plan to control toxics — suffered a fatal blow. The committee tacked on a provision to the bill that...
View ArticleEPA: increasing cancer risk by 10-fold does not “fully reflect best available...
Last week’s end of the public comment period on the state’s proposed water quality rules included substantial comments from all levels of our community. This includes the federal Environmental...
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An easy way to understand water quality and the cancer risk rate
The Puget Soundkeepers put together a great graphic to help you understand how the cancer risk rate is a vital component of ensuring our health here in Washington. You can take a look at the graphic...
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Water quality standards are about way more than the end of the pipe
There is a difference between pollution that comes from a factory or a wastewater treatment plant and pollution from streets or a farm: Here is a good explanation between the two from the EPA. This is...
View ArticleSpeak up against increasing our cancer risk rate!
The state Department of Ecology is holding a series of public hearing on changes to our water quality standards, including a 10 fold increase in the cancer risk rate. Increasing the cancer risk rate is...
View ArticleMaine told to update water quality standards
A couple of months back the federal government sent Washington State a message that if they didn’t get the update to their water quality standards done soon and right, the EPA was going to step in. A...
View ArticleEPA to step in for human health in Washington water quality standards
Four months ago treaty tribes asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to step in and set water quality standards in Washington state that would protect human health. Late last night the EPA...
View ArticlePuget Sound seabirds end up eating polluted fish
The Columbia Basin Bulletin points out an interesting study that shows just how pollution makes it through the food chain: Seabirds nesting in Puget Sound consume fish, including Columbia River salmon,...
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