• A Coal-Free Washington is Possible

    TransAlta Coal Plant, Centralia , WA <br> (image: Sierra Club)

    TransAlta Coal Plant, Centralia , WA (image: Sierra Club)

    More than 20% of our Electricity in Washington comes from Coal.

    Coal is our nation’s dirtiest energy source.  But few Washingtonians realize that the TransAlta coal plan in Centralia burns roughly 4 million tons of coal each year.

    TransAlta coal plant is the largest single source of pollution in Washington.

    Toxic pollution from coal plants contributes to heart and ling disease, cancer, stroke and premature death.

    The TransAlta coal plant is Washington’s biggest polluter of toxic mercury.  Mercury pollutes the water we drink, the fish we eat, and is especially dangerous to children and women who are pregnant or may become pregnant.

    Dirty coal can be replaced with clean energy solutions that will reduce pollution and protect our health. [Read More...]

  • Hanford: Proposed Settlement Could Allow for Decades of Cleanup Delays and “Hottest” Nuclear Waste to be Shipped to Hanford Nuclear Reservation

    The states of Oregon and Washington, having filed suit against the US Department of Energy in 2008, have negotiated a court-enforceable settlement agreement regarding continuing cleanup activities at Hanford nuclear reservation. Hanford is the most heavily contaminated facility in the western hemisphere with 53 million gallons of radioactive waste at 194 million Curies, the measure of radioactive potency.

    Arial view of Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Columbia River

    Arial view of Hanford Nuclear Reservation on Columbia River

    The core of the settlement agreement focuses on languishing federal efforts to empty 140 remaining single shell storage tanks of radioactive sludge, and the severely delayed construction of the largest radioactive waste treatment facility in the US. Almost half of the single shell storage tanks are known to be leaking into the soil and to have infiltrated the groundwater in the Hanford plateau. This radioactive spill is moving toward the Columbia River and will reach the shoreline within 20-50 years according to current estimates. A seismic event could increase the speed of travel.

    [Read More...]

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