Ashley Ahearn
Stories
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Feds Declare Salmon Fishery Disaster For Washington Tribes
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has declared the Fraser River sockeye salmon run a “fishery disaster” for nine tribes and non-tribal fishers in...
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Wild Fish Group Announces Plan To Sue Over Hatchery Fish In Puget Sound
Environmental groups are turning to the courts to block the placement of hatchery-reared fish in rivers where wild fish are struggling for survival.
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New Study: China Exporting Goods, Air Pollution To US
Westerly winds can carry air pollution from China across the Pacific Ocean in just a few days. The study was published in the Proceedings of the...
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Legislation Revived To Protect 126,000 Acres Of Olympic Peninsula
Washington Sen. Patty Murray on Friday introduced a bill to permanently protect more than 126,000 acres of Washington's Olympic Peninsula -- an area the...
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Scientists: Stop Worrying About Fukushima Radioactivity In Fish
Following the 2011 tsunami in Japan, a nuclear reactor released hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive water into the ocean. That sparked fear...
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Oil, Rail Companies Offer Little Information About Shipments
The oil-by-rail boom is underway, and with that, several high-profile, fiery derailments.
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Washington Officials Say Shellfish Is Safe For China To Import
Washington state officials said Tuesday they found lower contamination levels when they tested geoduck clams than those alleged by China when it said geoduck imported from Puget Sound had high levels of arsenic.
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Feds: Crude Oil Headed For Northwest Poses ‘Significant Risk’
An alert, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday said that the crude oil coming out of the Bakken formation of North Dakota poses a...
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Feds: Coal Companies Must Pay To Suppress Dust From Trains
A federal board has ruled that the coal companies operating in the Powder River Basin have to take certain measures to reduce the amount of dust that is...
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Plan To End Hatchery Fish Release Would Give Wild Fish Refuge
Fish and wildlife departments in Oregon, Washington and Idaho release millions of hatchery-raised salmon and steelhead into the rivers of the Northwest...