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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.
blog

Climate Change Toll in Alaska

Fires have consumed vast tracts of land, especially in Siberia and Canada’s Northwest Territories. The Arctic Icepack is shrinking, endangering the polar bears who hunt seals from the ice.
blog

Pressure on Biden to Withdraw: Washington’s Adam Smith Joins a Growing Chorus

Adam Smith has reason to fear, the country has reason to fear, Trump's once more becoming commander-in-chief. Congressman Smith is right to ask: Is a diminished 81-year-old up to rescuing democracy?
International

The Next Domino? Justin Trudeau Grapples with a Restless Canada

The right wing populism infecting American politics has moved north across the 49th parallel. For the second time in 40 years, Canadians are getting tired of a Trudeau.
Trump-Biden Debate

Jumbler-in-Chief Versus the Demagogue

Biden recovered later in the debate, but not before viewers were given ample reason to worry about an 81-year incumbent.
Politics

New Poll: Dead Heat in Washington’s Third between Gluesenkamp-Perez and Kent

The Kent/MGP race has wider implications. As pointed out by Andrew Villeneuve, executive director of Northwest Progressive Institute, the path to controlling Congress passes through the Pacific Northwest.
blog

A Hardball Strategy for taking on Dave Reichert

The Democrats know the spot Reichert is in. Ferguson is a chess master setting a trap for his presumed foe.
Environment

Leashing The Pacific Northwest’s Master Stream

The author writes: “Everywhere in the watershed there used to be more — more salmon, more bears, more old growth forests, bigger glaciers, more language speakers.”
Environment

The Wilderness Act: A Triple Anniversary

The latest cause – it is now 13 years old – is the Wild Olympics campaign. It would create 126,661 acres of' new wilderness protection on Olympic National Forest land, which surrounds the national park like a donut.
blog

New Poll on Governor’s Race: Good News for Bob Ferguson

In a four-way race, according to the new PPP poll, Ferguson registers at 35 percent, Reichert at 28 percent, while Bird trails with 11 percent while Mullet barely registers with just 4 percent.
Journalism

The Trump Trial, According to Fox News

The language of Fox pundits can sound like recordings of Mafia brass talking about a snitch. "He looks like a rat," Greg Gutfeld said of Cohen.
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