Challenges to the Salish Sea and Beyond

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)
  • 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

    • 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