Resources
Environmental Justice Task Force Recommendations: https://healthequity.wa.gov/Portals/9/Doc/Publications/Reports/EJTF%20Report_FINAL.pdf
BIPOC Organizations:
Front and Centered: https://frontandcentered.org/about-us/
Issues
Impacts on Migrant Workers
Return of Tokitae/Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut
Fossil Fuels
- Local
- Kalama Methanol
- Tacoma LNG
- TransMountain Pipleline
- Coastal GasLInk Pipeline Project
- Pacific Trails Pipelines
- Northern Gateway Pipeline
- PSE
- Jordan Cove LNG
- Other major projects
- 3 pipeline
- XL pipeline
- DAPL pipeline
Extractive
- Local
- Imperial Metals/Skagit
- Pebble Mine/Bristol Bay
- Gold mining explorations (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4362138-oregon-and-washington-gold-mines-2020-exploration-and-development-prospects)
- Alamos Gold (AGI)
- Paramount Gold (PZG)
- Fiore Gold (OTCQB:FIOGF)
- Adamera Minerals (OTCPK:DDNFF)
- Other major projects
- Bears Ears
- Oak Flats
Climate Change
- Rising Sea levels and island evacuations (local and international)
- Impacts of warming waters on marine life (e.g. herring and salmon)
- Wildfires
- Climate Refugees
Pollution
- Air (train and vessel traffic)
- Land (waste ponds, destruction, superfund sites
- Agriculture (pesticides, herbicides)
- Water (industrial contamination, sewage)
- Ocean acidification
- Hanford Nuclear Plant
Other
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- Roberts Bank Terminal
- Naval Base
- Other Military Activities.
- COVID and other potential infectious diseases
Legislation (Other than Green New Deal)
- Heals Act (status?) Federal and State bills