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Joel Connelly

I worked for Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1973 until it ceased print publication in 2009, and SeattlePI.com from 2009 to 6/30/2020. During that time, I wrote about 9 presidential races, 11 Canadian and British Columbia elections‎, four doomed WPPSS nuclear plants, six Washington wilderness battles, creation of two national Monuments (Hanford Reach and San Juan Islands), a 104 million acre Alaska Lands Act, plus the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
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The Army Corps Tosses a Big Rock at Alaska’s Pebble Mine

The mining project had foes in high places. Donald Trump, Jr., and his brother are clients of luxury fishing resorts in the area. Eric Trump’s bachelor party was held there. Unbelievably, strident Fox News host Tucker Carlson began to talk about damage to salmon.
Politics

Pramila Jayapal: Gluing the Democratic Bumblebee Together

She is a force in both Washingtons, having emerged as a leader/negotiator for the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which pushed early for impeachment of President Trump. Of late, however, the path to political power has grown rockier and steeper.
Environment

Clayoquot Sound’s Rain Forests get help from Jeff Bezos

The Amazon CEO has committed $10 billion to a Bezos Earth Fund, which has just let out $791 million to 16 groups. The Nature Conservancy has received $100 million, with plans to target a chunk of the money to gorgeous Clayoquot Sound.
Environment

Trump’s Fire Sale in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge

The timing may be good for a spiteful Trump and Alaska politicians. But oil prices are down, fracking has enhanced domestic production, and Refuge drilling has come to carry political as well as economic risk.
Politics

Trump Vs. @FoxNews: Never Mis-underestimate the Ratings for Grievance

The essentials that have fueled conservative media for 90 years – wealthy patrons, skilled demagogues, and manufactured fear -- will remain with us. Fox News rose and prospered with the Clinton and Obama administrations to pick on.
Environment

A West Coast Agenda for Biden’s Environmental Goals

Quite an agenda! But consider the time lost due to four years of Trump all along the West Coast from Alaska to the Southwest.
Politics

Bully Begone! Our History Of Political Demagogues and how they Fade Away

The American tradition is that former presidents, and presidential contenders, go to ground after their successor takes office. Barack Obama was photographed on a yacht in Tahiti. But don't expect that from Trump for a New York minute.
Politics

Election Lessons from The NW: Left Versus Left-Left

With Democrats increasingly dominant in the state, conflicts within the governing party are likely to be fought out on the primary and general elections.
Politics

Dept. of Dark Arts: Predicting Northwesterners who will get Jobs in a Biden Administration

An age-old axiom: Anybody who knows anything will divulge nothing, while those who know nothing are willing to say anything. Nonetheless, I persevere.
Politics

A New Book Recalls How Rep. Julia Butler Hanson Powered Her Way Through Congress

Federal dollars for colleagues’ projects would vanish if they forgot Julia Butler Hansen’s birthday. She was around for a very long time. That was an era when the yardstick was whether the girls were as tough as the boys.
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