Opportunities to be informed of important environmental conditions in our region.
Wednesday, October.20th at 6:00 PM, we had our scheduled regular LCSC meeting on the ZOOM platform. We had a good meeting and some good discussion about local and regional issues. Kate Murphy from Columbia Riverkeeper informed us of upcoming events that we might attend to broaden our knowledge of issues affecting our greater Columbia River.
Below is the excerpt from Columbia Riverkeeper's October Newsletter emailed to our organization:
Note: The first two bullet points and the last one are information/education opportunities. The third bullet point is a fundraising event for Riverkeeper; we all should appreciate the work they have done to protect the Columbia River and help us keep our communities safe from hazardous and polluting developments that do little to enhance our need for sustainable economic development.
For Fundraiser details please click on the link beginning, "Virtual Screening..." , in the events listed below.
From Columba Riverkeeper E News
Events & Engagement:
RSVP to watch “Climate and the Columbia: Lessons from the Past for the Future”: October 29, 2021, at 12 p.m. Dr. Maureen Walczak and Dr. Alan Mix, environmental scientists at Oregon State University, share their research on the history of climate and flows on the Columbia River—spanning 20,000 years! Learn how the hydrology of the river and the adjacent coastal ocean may be impacted by near-future climate change. They will be joined by Columbia Riverkeeper Senior Attorney Miles Johnson, who will share how temperature relates to the Lower Snake Dam removal campaign.
RSVP to watch “What is the Latest on the Hanford Nuclear Site Cleanup?”: November 2, 2021, at 12 p.m. Staff Attorney Simone Anter will give a history lesson about the former nuclear site nestled along the Columbia’s banks, Caroline Cress, from the Washington Attorney General’s Office, McClure Tosch, from Yakama Nation’s Environmental Restoration Waste Management (ERWM) Program, and Nikolas Peterson from Hanford Challenge will explain what the Draft Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) evaluation for the Test Bed Initiative (TBI) is. Learn about the latest comment period and how you can get involved!
Virtual Screening and Panel Discussion Fundraiser for Necessity II: November 18, 2021, at 7 p.m.
Looking for something to do on a cool fall evening? Join us for the virtual screening and panel discussion fundraiser for “Necessity Part II: Rails, Rivers and the Thin Green Line,” a film by Jan Haaken. Funds raised from this event will support the Necessity film series and Columbia Riverkeeper.
Conoce tu Columbia on Spotify: It’s easy to listen to your favorite bilingual podcast featuring intersectional issues that impact Columbia River Gorge and Pacific Northwest communities.
Submissions
Just a reminder that all of you are invited to submit a topic or article for this Newsletter. You can copy and paste it into an email and send it to the LCSC email address below, put it in a Word Document and attach it in an email, or write it out and mail it into the P.O. Box also listed below. The only thing I ask is that you give me about 5 days ahead of the meeting day if you want a discussion in that forum. Otherwise you can submit it anytime for inclusion in the next Newsletter. I will only edit it for fit within the room available, and to maintain privacy. This is a group effort and we all should be looking for some information to share; it's especially good to hear about positive developments as we have certainly had plenty of negative ones.
LCSC General Meetings Meetings currently on the ZOOM platform
We meet online now, partly due to covid-19 safety and partly due to improved efficiency in reducing carbon pollution from transport. The meeting times will remain (6:00 PM, every 3rd Wednesday of the month). The meeting starts at 6:00 PM and the discussion goes to approximately 7:30- 8:00PM
There is usually some time before the start of the meeting to chat or suggest last minute topics. Summer break on for now; see you in September
