Over 700 citizens from both sides of the U.S./Canadian border met in Peace Arch State Park in Blane on Saturday for the “Climate Change Knows No Borders: Defense of the Salish Sea Is Without Boundaries” rally, which was sponsored by 350 Seattle, Georgia Strait Alliance, and the Wilderness
The environmental group 350.org is pushing the “Fossil Free” divestment campaign to get educational and religious institutions, city and state governments, and other institutions that serve the public good to divest their stock portfolios from fossil fuel companies. They believe that it’s wrong for these institutions to profit
Two months ago in Casselton, North Dakota, a train carrying crude oil from the Bakken oil fields hit a derailed soybean train on the outskirts of town. A huge firewall exploded hundreds of feet in the air. Because the fire was so hot, the only thing that the Casselton Fire