Salish Sea

In this May 3, 2018 photo, a couple walk their dog near the Kinder Morgan Inc. Westridge oil tanker terminal in Burnaby, BC. The company's Trans Mountain expansion is projected to increase oil tanker traffic here by as much as sevenfold.

Salish Sea Shared Waters forum wraps up third and final year of work to reduce risks of oil spills

Bellamy Pailthorp

Washington has been stepping up systems to prevent and reduce the risk of oil spills, due in part to the looming expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain…

Raynell Morris, left, director of the Lummi Nation’s Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office, listens as Lawrence Solomon (second from left), secretary of the Lummi Nation’s Business Council, announces the new name for the Southern Resident orcas.

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Lummi Nation mourns lost Southern Resident orcas, renames those remaining

Bellamy Pailthorp

Earlier this summer, the Lummi Nation came to Seattle and launched a campaign to protect and revitalize the Salish Sea. The tribe is based near…

Endangered orcas swim in Puget Sound and in view of the Olympic Mountains just west of Seattle, as seen Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 from a federal research vessel that was tracking the whales.

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Southern Resident orcas seen off Washington coast after unprecedented absence since May

Bellamy Pailthorp

Whale scientists have spotted several Southern Resident orcas off the west side of San Juan Island, in Haro Strait. The sighting comes after an…

Westridge Marine Terminal of the Trans Mountain pipeline in the suburb of Vancouver.

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British Columbia government tells Canada's energy regulator to reject pipeline expansion

Craig McCulloch

The TransCanada pipeline and opponents have filed their final submissions to Canada’s energy regulator. This second review of the proposed pipeline…

This May 2018 photo shows the Kirkeholmen oil tanker anchored outside the Kinder Morgan Inc. Westridge oil terminal in Vancouver, Canada, at the end of the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

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Canadian energy regulator issues draft recommendations for Trans Mountain Pipeline

Craig McCulloch

Canada’s energy regulator has issued draft recommendations concerning the proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and its impacts on marine…

In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA) a new baby orca swims alongside an adult whale, believed to be its mother, about 15 miles off the coast of Westport, Wash.

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'Rights of nature' movement expands locally to help protect endangered orcas, Salish Sea

Bellamy Pailthorp

Environmental law in the U.S. regulates pollution, but often doesn’t protect the things we love. A movement to change that by securing so-called "rights…

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Salish Sea Day Of Action To Bring Cross-Border Communities Together

Bellamy Pailthorp

Communities concerned about marine health in Washington and British Columbia will take part Saturday in a Salish Sea Day of Action. The first-time event…

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Indigenous Stewardship Of The Salish Sea In the Spotlight At Seattle Public Library

Bellamy Pailthorp

Beyond the Frame – To Be Native is the name of a series of exhibits around the region, honoring the 150th birthday of Seattle photographer Edward S.…

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New Kids Book Aims To Encourage Next Generation To Protect The Salish Sea

Bellamy Pailthorp

A new book is out that will likely be of interest to anyone who has just moved to the region and maybe even to some old-timers. Explore The Salish Sea is…

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Kinder Morgan Cites Uncertainty, B.C. Opposition In Halting Pipeline Expansion

Bellamy Pailthorp

The Kinder Morgan Pipeline expansion “will be built,” according to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who says it’s in the national interest.…