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The Port of Longview stretches along the Columbia River at Longview.

Clean Air Agency: Drax started construction prematurely at Longview port

The Port of Longview stretches along the Columbia River at Longview.

March 21, 2024, 7:50am Business

The Southwest Washington Clean Air Agency is alleging a company proposing a wood-pellet factory at the Port of Longview has started construction without having an air discharge permit — a violation of agency rules. Read story

U.S. District courthouse in Tacoma, formerly Union Station.

Ridgefield, Woodland business co-owner pleads guilty to tampering with federally regulated pollution devices

U.S. District courthouse in Tacoma, formerly Union Station.

March 19, 2024, 5:26pm Business

The co-owner of two local diesel truck service and sales businesses pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to violating the Clean Air Act, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Read story

Environmental concerns grow over Drax air quality permit for Longview plant

March 18, 2024, 8:23am Business

Environmental and public health concerns over the proposed Drax wood pellet factory are prompting the Southwest Clean Air Agency to hold a public hearing before approving the company’s air discharge permit. Read story

Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School fourth-graders Alexis Lopez, left, and Angel Murrillo Martinez dig a hole for a sapling while Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership environmental educator James Sterrett, center, supervises Wednesday at Burnt Bridge Creek. Clark County recently agreed to a $175,000 contract to extend the Experience Vancouver Lake program hosted by Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, part of a suite of outdoor educational opportunities offered by the nonprofit.

Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership program helps Clark County students learn about, experience outdoors

Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School fourth-graders Alexis Lopez, left, and Angel Murrillo Martinez dig a hole for a sapling while Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership environmental educator James Sterrett, center, supervises Wednesday at Burnt Bridge Creek. Clark County recently agreed to a $175,000 contract to extend the Experience Vancouver Lake program hosted by Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, part of a suite of outdoor educational opportunities offered by the nonprofit.

February 22, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

Fourth-graders plant native trees and shrubs along Burnt Bridge Creek Greenway Read story

Apply to be part of Clark County Green Neighbors’ Natural Garden Tour

February 17, 2024, 5:55am Clark County Life

Clark County Green Neighbors is accepting applications for host gardens in the 2024 Natural Garden Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 23. Read story

Erica Erland, director of communications and corporate citizenship for Clark Public Utilities, explains how different kinds of utilities are regulated.

Clark Public Utilities holding series of informational workshops designed to explain rate hike, complexity of its mission

Erica Erland, director of communications and corporate citizenship for Clark Public Utilities, explains how different kinds of utilities are regulated.

February 13, 2024, 6:06am Business

Clark Public Utilities took heat from local lawmakers for raising rates 14.5 percent in January. On Monday, the utility offered a workshop to educate leaders, touching on forces that led to the first rate hike in 12 years, including extreme weather and regulatory efforts to combat climate change. Read story

Port of Vancouver secures $100K EV charging grant

February 2, 2024, 5:55am Business

The Port of Vancouver secured a $100,000 electric vehicle charging grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce, the port announced Thursday. Read story

The Washington Department of Ecology reported that 26 million pounds of litter landed along state roads and highway interchanges in 2022.

Hundreds of volunteer hours later, litter on Highway 14 is impossible to keep up with

The Washington Department of Ecology reported that 26 million pounds of litter landed along state roads and highway interchanges in 2022.

January 29, 2024, 3:46pm Clark County News

When Madeline Lyne drives along Highway 14, her frustration is palpable. Read story

A NW Natural gas meter.

Washington’s climate efforts hit Clark County utility bills; Typical NW Natural customer will see increase of 11.9 percent

A NW Natural gas meter.

January 26, 2024, 6:07am Business

This month, natural gas customers saw the cost of Washington’s climate efforts reflected in their monthly bills. Read story

Washington State Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz talks with wildland firefighters battling the Tunnel Five Fire in the Columbia River Gorge on Thursday.

Lands commissioner Franz joins Columbian Conversations event on intensifying wildfire seasons in region

Washington State Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz talks with wildland firefighters battling the Tunnel Five Fire in the Columbia River Gorge on Thursday.

January 25, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

Wildfires are growing in frequency and intensity across Washington, leaving residents in communities unaccustomed to them wondering how to live with fire. Read story