Public hearing: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 6:30pm at Fort Worden Commons Link to Ecology’s webpage for more information on this project. We learned late Monday that Ecology will indeed hold a public meeting for live q&a and public comments on Port Townsend Paper’s newest project. Port Townsend Paper’s pulper expansion will allow them to increase their …
Click below for full PDN article: Port Townsend Paper Corporation settles with EPA for violation of Clean Air Act According to a Peninsula Daily News report today, Sunday June 9, 2019, Port Townsend Paper has just been fined $346,000 by the EPA for toxic fumes that have been known to be escaping from …
It’s so tempting to feature a “Horton Hears the Who” image when talking about reporting the mill’s smell or any positive actions, but I suspect that could quickly become like the “One Tin Soldier” song some decades back that like fire became used by all sides in myriad questions to punctuate just how aggrieved they …
The City of Port Townsend is seeking a new City Manager, and requests input from Citizens on what are our most important issues? Port Townsend City Manager Recruitment Survey– Due TODAY! December 14, 2018 “After 20 years as Port Townsend’s first City Manager, David Timmons is leaving this position in June of 2019. So we …
Story for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette by Eric Besson, Emily Walkenhorst. Originally published March 25, 2018, updated March 26, 20 CROSSETT — The release of hydrogen sulfide by a Georgia-Pacific paper mill here went unchecked and unregulated for decades, company officials said, and people who live nearby blame the toxic gas for their labored breathing. …
An investigation by [radio station] WNYC finds most of the state’s poorest residents are living near a contaminated site with no plan in place to clean it up. And it’s not entirely clear whether anybody even knows with certainty what the risks are. According to an analysis by WNYC’s Data News Team, 89 percent of …
Cut through the weirdness that is happening in our Federal government by talking directly with your legislators. The Town Hall Project is scheduling town hall meetings with federal legislators across the country throughout 2017. For scheduled meetings and updates, go to Town Hall Project || Find a Town Hall Near you Washington legislator meetings for …
Trump’s cabinet appointees will affect clean air, water and land in Port Townsend. Yes! Even in the past few years, people in the positions listed below have made policy in their departments that directly affect how much pollution PT Paper is allowed to make or tools available to us for holding them accountable. (Not to …
EPA has directed the states to close a loophole in the clean air laws that allowed factories to sidestep responsibility if it could be said that their excess emissions happened when equipment was Starting up, Shutting down or Malfunctioning, aka the “SSM Loophole.” WA Dept of Ecology has an advisory committee, open to anyone, that …
Now you can submit your class action survey via email, with this version that we created. Download and open it in Microsoft Word, fill it out right on your computer and email to Terrell Marshall at the address on the form without the need to print it out! How’s that for nice? Here’s the link: …