Meet the new Spokane Riverkeeper
Bart Mihailovich, a talented young writer and passionate environmentalist has been selected to be the new point person for the Spokane Riverkeeper project. The Center for Justice Reports.
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Spokane Riverkeeper, full-time employee sought
The Spokane Riverkeeper is responsible for the development and implementation of an advocacy program to prevent pollution and habitat degradation in the Spokane River and its watershed. See attached for employment details.
Spokane River Dock Fight
A developer dreams of 30 new docks on the Spokane River. Others worry about the effect on fisheries, creating motor boat traffic and aesthetics. The Inlander Reports.
Spokane Riverkeeper serves City of Spokane notice over PCB discharges to Spokane River
On behalf of the Spokane Riverkeeper, Gonzaga Law School’s Environmental Law Clinic today filed a sixty day “notice of violation” with the City of Spokane as a precedent to bringing a federal citizen enforcement lawsuit under the Clean Water Act. Read the Center for Justice news release.
Group says it will sue city over river PCBs
The Center for Justice filed a 60 day notice of intent to sue Spokane City over Spokane’s antiquated sewer system pumping polychlorinated byphenyls, or PCBs, into the Spokane River. The Spokesman Review reports.
Ecology Response to Center for Justice letter regarding PCBs in the Spokane River
On May 15th, the Center for Justice CFJ sent the Washington Department of Ecology a letter regarding PCBs and reduction of toxics in the Spokane River. The letter also requests that “… the PCB TMDL should be completed as soon as possible and along a parallel track with the DO TMDL.” Attached is the response provided by Director Manning to CFJ.
Stewardship, decisive action needed to clean up fouled river
Rick Eichstaedt’s guest editorial in the Spokesman Review calls for more action on the Spokane River.
Center for Justice Writes Ecology Director about Spokane River TMDLs
In a letter to Jay Manning, Director of Washington Department of Ecology, the Center for Justice writes “there are several important reasons why the PCB TMDL should be completed as…
New Gonzaga Environmental Law Clinic to Support Spokane River Keepers
Mike Chappell finds himself in the right place at the right time to help Gonzaga convene a new environmental law clinic devoted to the Spokane River and other regional waterways. The Center for Justice Reports.
Questions and agenda for attorneys meeting with EPA
Attached are questions that the Spokane Tribe of Indians, the Center for Justice, Avista and an unidentified source indicated they would like to see addressed at the April 16th, 2009…