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Apr 15, 2024 | 
columbiariverkeeper.org | Kate Murphy |Columbia Riverkeeper
Bradford Island Superfund Site Listing Two Year Anniversary—What’s Up with Cleanup? This spring marks two years since Bradford Island and surrounding waters was listed as a Superfund site and we are still waiting for cleanup to begin. On a recent visit to the site, I was struck by the stark contrast between the scenic Columbia River Gorge and the Superfund Site designation.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
columbiariverkeeper.org | Kate Murphy |Columbia Riverkeeper
Zenith’s Planned Expansion Brings New Threats Spring is in the air, and if Zenith Energy gets its way, so is more pollution. A recent article in the Oregonian highlights Zenith’s dangerous plans to expand its operations in Portland. What does that mean for us? More harmful pollution, more explosive trains through our communities, and continued handling of dangerous fuels. Zenith’s big plan is actually likely to bring more harm to the climate and marginalized communities.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
columbiariverkeeper.org | Columbia Riverkeeper
In 2021, Columbia Riverkeeper established the Columbia River Restoration Fund (CRRF) at Seeding Justice, an Oregon-based foundation. When Columbia Riverkeeper settles a Clean Water Act lawsuit, the defendant must pay a penalty. In many cases, Columbia Riverkeeper negotiates to direct the funds to the CRRF; Seeding Justice then oversees the competitive grantmaking process for projects that benefit the Columbia.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
columbiariverkeeper.org | Columbia Riverkeeper
Meet Alonso CastilloListen or read now Meet Alonso Castillo, age 17, a Hood River High School senior. For the last two summers, Alonso participated in The Next Door Inc.’s Summer Youth Employment Program. “My experience was amazing, I did it two years in a row,” said Alonso. “It was a good program.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
columbiariverkeeper.org | Columbia Riverkeeper
Meet Jeremy TakalaListen or read now Jeremy Takala, Pax’una’shut in the Yakama language, is of the Kahmiltpah Band (Rock Creek) located on the Columbia River. An elected member of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council, Takala grew up in Goldendale, WA, fishing, hunting, and connecting with his heritage as a drummer and gatherer for the Rock Creek Longhouse.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
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Meet Samantha RedheartListen or read now Samantha Redheart (Yakama) partners with Columbia Riverkeeper in her capacity as STEM Coordinator with the Tribe’s Environmental Restoration Waste Management (ERWM) program. Since 2017, Columbia Riverkeeper has funded a portion of Samantha’s position to increase Hanford cleanup education and outreach on and around the Yakama Indian Reservation.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
columbiariverkeeper.org | Columbia Riverkeeper
Your Impact in 2023Listen or read now Columbia Riverkeeper’s successful formula: combine strategic legal advocacy with community organizing and creative communications. We work in solidarity with Tribes, partner with people who live and work along the Columbia, and celebrate the impact of people coming to together to fight for what they love. Here are a few of the year’s highlights by the numbers.
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May 12, 2023 | 
ecowatch.com | Columbia Riverkeeper
By Audrey Leonard, Staff Attorney, Columbia Riverkeeper For more than 20 years, Columbia Riverkeeper has fought dirty fossil fuel infrastructure — and won. Together with firefighters, fishers, foresters, farmers, health professionals, educators, union leaders, and tribes, we stopped more than a dozen proposed fossil fuel facilities, ranging from coal exports to LNG terminals.
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Mar 13, 2023 | 
columbiariverkeeper.org | Lauren Goldberg |Columbia Riverkeeper
People Deserve Healthy Fish, Clean WaterLauren Goldberg, Executive Director, Columbia RiverkeeperThis month marks one year since the EPA prioritized toxic-pollution cleanup at Bradford Island and surrounding waters of the Columbia River, designating the area a Superfund Site. That decision, spurred by years of advocacy from tribes and river communities, was a huge political lift because the polluter, and entity responsible for cleanup, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Feb 14, 2023 | 
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Columbia Riverkeeper encourages our members to consider donating to the Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund, and our thoughts are with his family and community as they grieve. Systematic Racism is an Environmental IssueBy Columbia RiverkeeperRecently, Memphis officials released video footage of police killing Tyre Nichols—a father, skateboarder, photographer, and beloved member of his community.
