scholarly journals Stronger together: Strategies to protect local sovereignty, ecosystems, and place-based communities from the global fossil fuel trade

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Allen ◽  
Sara Breslow ◽  
Nives Dolsak ◽  
Stoney Bird
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Environmental Organizations ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Citizen Groups ◽  
Diverse Groups

In the Pacific Northwest, residents are mobilizing to prevent the coastal export of fossil fuels and protect uniqueecosystems and place-based communities. This paper examines the diverse groups, largely from the Bellinghamarea, and how they succeeded in blocking construction of what was to be the largest coal-shipping port in NorthAmerica, the Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT). Tribes, environmental organizations, faith-based groups, andother citizen groups used a multitude of approaches to prevent development, both independently and in concert.This paper reviews the various ways in which the groups collaborated and supported one another to resist theneoliberalization of the coast and support local sovereignty, unique ecosystems, and place-based communities.Groups like Power Past Coal, Protect Whatcom, and Coal-Free Bellingham fought for important and protectivechanges and evidenced communitywide political support, but the sovereign rights of the Lummi Nation were thelegal bar to constructing the coal terminal.

scholarly journals Radiocarbon Calibration around AD 1900 from Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris) tree rings from Northern Norway

Radiocarbon ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 1775-1784
Author(s):  
Helene Svarva ◽  
Pieter Grootes ◽  
Martin Seiler ◽  
Terje Thun ◽  
Einar Værnes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Sylvestris ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Tree Rings ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Northern Norway ◽  
Pine Tree ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Us

ABSTRACTTo resolve an inconsistency around AD 1895 between radiocarbon (14C) measurements on oak from the British Isles and Douglas fir and Sitka spruce from the Pacific Northwest, USA, we measured the 14C content in single-year tree rings from a Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris L.), which grew in a remote location in Saltdal, northern Norway. The dataset covers the period AD 1864–1937 and its results are in agreement with measurements from the US Pacific coast around 1895. The most likely explanation for older ages in British oak in this period seems to be 14C depletion associated with the combustion of fossil fuels.

scholarly journals Public Lecture: Pieces Back Together: Community Memory of Sexual Violence in Radical Environmental Organizations in the Pacific Northwest of USA

1969 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Policy Studies on Culture & CMNS (CPCC)
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Environmental Organizations ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Public Lecture

A CPCC public lecture on the topic of "Community Memory of Sexual Violence in Radical Environmental Organizations in the Pacific Northwest of USA" will be hosted on November 19, 2015 from 7:30 - 9 pm in room HC 7000 (SFU Vancouver). The event is sponsored by FCAT’s Centre for Policy Studies on Culture & Communities. Please see the attached PDF for further details.

scholarly journals Towards a Comparative Framework of Adaptive Planning and Anticipatory Action Regimes in Chile, Japan, and the US: An Exploration of Multiple Contexts Informing Tsunami Risk-Based Planning and Relocation

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 878-889
Author(s):  
Naoko Kuriyama ◽  
Elizabeth Maly ◽  
Jorge León ◽  
Daniel Abramson ◽  
Lan T. Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Cascadia Subduction Zone ◽  
Adaptive Planning ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Tsunami Risk ◽  
Anticipatory Action

Coastal regions around the Pacific Ring of Fire share the risk of massive earthquakes and tsunamis. Along with their own political-economic, cultural and biophysical contexts, each region has their own history and experiences of tsunami disasters. Coastal areas of Washington State in the U.S. are currently at risk of experiencing a tsunami following a massive Magnitude 9 (M9) earthquake anticipated in the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). Looking ahead to consider adaptive planning in advance of a tsunami following this M9 event, this paper explores how lessons from recent megaquake- and tsunami-related experiences of risk-based planning and relocation in coastal areas of Japan and Chile could inform anticipatory action in coastal Washington State. Based on a comparison of earthquake and tsunami hazards, social factors, and the roles of government, this paper outlines a framework to compare policy contexts of tsunami risk-based planning and relocation in three Ring of Fire countries, including factors shaping the possible transfer of approaches between them. Findings suggest some aspects of comparative significance and commonalities shared across coastal communities in the three countries and at the same time highlight numerous differences in governance and policies related to planning and relocation. Although there are limitations to the transferability of lessons in disaster adaptive planning and anticipatory action from one national/regional context to another, we believe there is much more that Washington and the Pacific Northwest can learn from Japanese and Chilean experiences. In any context, risk reduction policies and actions need to garner political support in order to be implemented. Additional case study research and detailed analysis is still needed to understand specific lessons that may be applied to detailed risk-based planning and relocation programs across these different national contexts.

Suitability of Natural Areas for Representing Ecological Change in the Pacific Northwest

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 452
Author(s):  
Margaret H. Massie ◽  
Todd M. Wilson ◽  
Anita T. Morzillo ◽  
Emilie B. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
The Pacific

Energy After COVID

2020 ◽  
Vol 119 (820) ◽  
pp. 317-322
Author(s):  
Michael T. Klare
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Business Travel ◽  
Reduce Energy Consumption ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Energy Companies

By transforming patterns of travel and work around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the transition to renewable energy and the decline of fossil fuels. Lockdowns brought car commuting and plane travel to a near halt, and the mass experiment in which white-collar employees have been working from home may permanently reduce energy consumption for business travel. Renewable energy and electric vehicles were already gaining market share before the pandemic. Under pressure from investors, major energy companies have started writing off fossil fuel reserves as stranded assets that are no longer worth the cost of extracting. These shifts may indicate that “peak oil demand” has arrived earlier than expected.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document