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(Richland, WA) -- 4th District Congressman Dan Newhouse is helping to host a community townhall meeting regarding the lower Snake River dams and their relationship with agriculture. The details are below. RSVP by clicking the link here. EVENT: Community Conversation - Agriculture and the Lower Snake River Dams: A                   Vital Partnership DATE: TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022 TIME: 9AM –

(Olympia, WA) -- It's a new year with a new rule in Washington State--intended to reduce use of plastic eating utensils. Restaurants are no longer supposed to automatically include single-use food items like plastic forks, knives, condiments, and straws ...

(Salem, OR) -- The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission is approving rules for the Climate Protection Program. The new program will take effect next year, and charge a fee for businesses that sell gas, diesel, natural gas, and propane for the pollution they cause ...

(Seattle, WA) -- A new report from a marine conservation group suggests Seattle-based Amazon's plastic packaging waste jumped by almost a third during the pandemic last year. The group Oceana says the online retail giant generated close to 600,000 pounds of plastic packaging waste in 2020, and estimates more than 11,000 tons--including air pillows, bubble wrap, and plastic-lined envelopes--is lik

(Olympia, WA) -- A western Washington man will spend 20 months in prison after tree DNA evidence linked him to an illegal logging operation. 39-year-old Justin Andrew Wilke is one of multiple accused in a scheme to unlawfully harvest maple trees from the Olympic National Forest that subsequently started a large forest fire ...