Apr 21, 2011 OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Legislature put its final stamp of approval on a plan to responsibly transition TransAlta Corp.’s Centralia, Wash., power plant off of coal. The state Senate approved technical changes made in the House and sent the Coal-Free Future for Washington bill to Gov. Chris Gregoire for her much-anticipated signature.
Apr 11, 2011 OLYMPIA – The state House of Representatives today approved the Coal-Free Future for Washington bill to responsibly transition TransAlta Corp.’s Centralia, Wash., power plant off of coal. This landmark legislation – representing an historic agreement between Washington environmental leaders, TransAlta, unions and Gov. Chris Gregoire – now goes back to the Senate, which approved an earlier version of the bill last month, for final passage.
By Doug Thorpe Soujourners Magazine April 01, 2011 I lay myself down in the Dead Sea waters. It's the middle of January and I’m travelling with a group led by Earth Ministry, a nonprofit based in Seattle that works in the area of faith and the environment. We're in Israel/Palestine for the usual reasons -- a pilgrimage to holy sites -- but also to learn more about the water situation.
By Turan Kayaoglu The News Tribune March 16, 2011 Mike Huckabee has started a debate that paradoxically reveals the depth of religious tolerance in America as well as how far apart some evangelicals can be from mainstream Christians. This time it involved Heartsong, a small church in Tennessee.
By SARAH HOLMES The News Tribune March 06, 2011 My first career was in the Army. I served a year in Iraq and 15 months in Afghanistan, where I worked as a combat medic with the Infantry and Special Forces in their mission to rebuild the remote villages along the Pakistani border.
Mar 05, 2011 OLYMPIA – Today, major environmental organizations in Washington reached an historic agreement with the TransAlta Corp. and Governor Gregoire to phase out coal-fired power generation in Washington. The agreement reflects all three parties’ shared vision of a coal-free future for Washington, has the support of local labor organizations, and will provide a model for the nation of how investing in the transition to a clean-energy future can create jobs and a healthy economy.
By LeeAnne Beres The Vestry Papers March 01, 2011 Forty days of Lent. Nine hundred and sixty hours. Fifty-seven thousand, six hundred minutes. This time before Easter is one for reflecting on and fasting from the actions, objects, or attitudes in our life that separate us from God. For many, it is also a time of renewal and reconnection, to our Creator and the great gift of creation.
By Phuong Le The Seattle Times February 15, 2011 OLYMPIA, Wash. — Opponents squared off in Olympia Tuesday over how quickly the state's only coal-fired power plant in Centralia, Wash., should transition to cleaner energy sources.
By Mallory McDuff The Huffington Post February 13, 2011 With her self-deprecating honesty and trademark blond dreadlocks, writer Anne Lamott connected her story of Christian faith to the nearly 1,000 people gathered for the Pacific Northwest Spirituality Book Fair in Seattle, Wa.
The Olympian February 10, 2011 A bill has been introduced in the state Legislature to force the TransAlta coalburning power plant near Centralia to convert to cleaner energy by Environmentalists have made passage of Rep. Marko Liias’ legislation — House Bill 1825 — a top priority for the session.
By Andrew Schenkel Mother Nature Network February 07, 2011 From time to time, the religious argument for taking on climate change surfaces, and that's exactly what happened in the state of Washington this week. Greg Rickel, the bishop of the Episcopal Church’s Diocese of Olympia, and Rev. Hunt Priest, the rector of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, penned a compelling religious argument for addressing the impacts of a changing planet’s climate.
By Bishop Greg Rickel and the Rev. Hunt Priest The Columbian February 06, 2011 The state of Washington is at a crossroads. Last year, the U.S. Senate failed to consider a national climate and energy bill, and there are now congressional attempts to repeal the Clean Air Act and curtail the power of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect our environment and public health.
Feb 03, 2011 OLYMPIA – A bill introduced Thursday in the state House will protect Washington families from the harmful health effects of burning coal for electricity and help build the economy of the community now hosting the state’s lone coal-burning power plant.
The Olympian January 13, 2011 Over the past nine years, the Environmental Priorities Coalition, a network of 25 leading environmental groups has discovered that its unity behind a handful of shared priorities can have more success than operating independently with a scattered message to lawmakers.
Dec 15, 2010 The health of our neighbors – both here in Washington and around the globe in China – got a second chance today in the form of an appeal challenging a permit to build a coal export terminal in Longview, Washington. Washington’s religious community supports the appeal to the Shoreline Hearings Board filed by a coalition of environmental organizations, and calls on the Board to revoke the permit.
