by Carol Kindt Court Date: February 20, 2018 The municipal court hearing on February 20, 2018 for the four people arrested in December 2017, Stephen Way, Carlo Voli, Sarah Long, and Juan Delgado began in confusion. Steve Way’s attorney Blake…
PSE IRP Hearing: February 21 Puget Sound Energy filed its 20-year energy plan, or Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), as is required every two years. And February 21 is the day that PSE customers and other people who breathe air in…
Big banks are breaking my heart. Why is that, you ask? Because not only do they continue to fund climate destructive fossil fuel projects, they also support private prisons and carry out fraudulent, predatory and discriminatory practices. And what better…
by Carol Kindt On Wednesday, January 31, 2018, the day dawned following a Super Blue Blood Moon. Women from every walk of life, accompanied by children and male supporters, gathered around noon for a circle of prayer led by elder…
In the predawn darkness of January 8, 2018, two trucks pulled up in front of the state capitol building in Olympia, Washington. Within minutes, four teepee-like “tarpees” were erected by indigenous and affiliated activists on the lawn at the base of the…
On December 11, 2017 Carlo Voli and Steve Way were arrested for climbing a construction crane on Puget Sound Energy’s LNG plant construction site, which effectively rendered that crane inoperable for the day. One week later, Juan Delgado and Sara Long were arrested…
Happy New Year! We’re kicking off the new year with renewed commitment but we need your help! In 2017, the signs of our climate crisis were impossible to ignore: wildfires ravaged millions of acres, our skies were choked with smoke,…
By Steve Way Before dawn on December 11th, my friend Carlo and I made our way onto Puyallup Tribal property currently misappropriated by Puget Sound Energy’s LNG construction site on the Tacoma Tideflats. We were there to help stop construction…
Expanding capacity of the currently existing Kinder Morgan pipeline would allow one million barrels per day of the dirtiest tar sands oil to be trafficked across our waters and then processed at refineries in Washington, California, and Asia. Thank you…
In a meeting attended by six of the eight commissioners, the Tacoma Planning Commission finalized its recommendations for the interim regulations on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. The regulations remained largely the same as presented during the public hearing save for…