Ashley Ahearn
Stories
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Northwest Tribe Opposes Coal Terminal, But How Hard Will They Fight It?
Dozens of crab pot buoys dot the waters around Lummi tribal member Jay Julius’ fishing boat as he points the bow towards Cherry Point – a spit of land...
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Coal Exporter Disturbed Native American Burial Site Near Bellingham
Three summers ago, the company that hopes to build the largest coal terminal in North America failed to obtain the permits it needed before bulldozing...
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Study: Eating Plastic Causes Tumors, Liver Problems In Fish
The majority of the plastic pollution in the ocean, by volume, comes in the form of tiny confetti-sized particles, which, as anyone who's ever kept a...
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Coal Dust From Trains Adds To Pollution, New Research Finds
New research results suggest coal trains are contributing to the Northwest’s air pollution. That’s according to the preliminary results of a University of
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Under Plan, Inslee Agrees To Higher Clean Fuel Standards For Washington
UPDATE: 10/29/2013, 12 p.m. PT: The leaders of three West Coast states – including Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee – and the premier of British Columbia
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Algal Blooms Becoming More Toxic With Warming Waters
SAMMAMISH, Wash. A photograph displayed in Jacki and John Willifords home commemorates a camping trip that would go down in family history.
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"Green Jobs" A Loosely Defined Category In Job Creation Grants
In 2009 President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. It provided $500 million for research and green-jobs training. Here in
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Documents Reveal Army Corps’ Earlier Concerns About Coal Trains And Wetlands
Proposals to make the Northwest a major coal exporting region have made for a familiar debate over the potential impacts on people and the environment.
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Washington Tribes Grow Impatient With Fish-Killing Dam
Right now there are tens of thousands of salmon dying at the base of an outdated dam on the White River east of Tacoma in Buckley, Wash.
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Shell Moving Ahead On Oil Train Project For Puget Sound Refinery
On Thursday morning Shell Oil will be meeting with officials from a county in Washington state to talk about plans to build a rail extension to deliver oil