Environment and Climate Change

WA Farmers Put EPA and DOJ on Notice: Backroom Tactics will be Exposed

WA Farmers Put EPA, DOJ On Notice: Backroom Tactics Will Be Exposed "Save Family Farming files new public records requests to demand transparency, hold agencies accountable as EPA, DOJ continue campaign against Washington state farms." "Dairy closes under the cost of dealing with EPA and Department of Justice" (EVERSON, Wash.) Farmers are demanding transparency from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Justice, by filing new requests for key public records ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-03-09T12:22:13-07:00March 9, 2025|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News|0 Comments

Dangerous Rhetoric’s Nancy Churchill and Initiative 2117

Why the Carbon Tax Doesn’t Work I-2117 We’re going to start with the premise that we can’t trust everything we hear or read. It’s incumbent on us to make the effort to dig deeper to understand the issues. Is there really a climate crisis? We’re going to set that question aside for today, and start with two assumptions about the environment. Our first assumption is that we ALL want to live ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2024-01-25T06:18:36-08:00January 24, 2024|Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, Fourth Corner News|1 Comment

Local Business Man Comments on Rise in Price of Propane for heating…

VANDERYACHT PROPANE OWNER BRYAN VANDERYACHT WARNS HIS CUSTOMER BASE ON THE GOVERNMENT INDUCED RAISE IN PROPANE COST TO HEAT THEIR HOMES. The following is going out to all Propane Customers served by VanderYacht. Hello All: I’m Bryan VanderYacht, cofounder, owner, and working president of VanderYacht Propane Inc. If this comes off as my RANT it could very well be. However, it originates from my concern for whomever this new Senate Bill will affect: all ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2023-02-25T13:16:16-08:00February 25, 2023|Ad, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|7 Comments

Washington Observer: PSE pushes to cut its own gas business

Is Puget Power going to raise prices on Natural Gas Customers even when supply is ample?... SEE THE ARTICLE AND SIGN UP FOR THE WASHINGTON OBSERVER HERE! It’s not often that a major company asks the state to halt the growth of one of its largest lines of business. But that’s exactly what Puget Sound Energy is doing in the form of House Bill 1589, which would ban most extensions¹ of the company’s natural gas ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2023-02-25T11:46:51-08:00February 16, 2023|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Nancy Churchill Latest (May 23rd) Dangerous Rhetoric

Doubling Down on a Bad Idea How about those gas prices? It’s getting more and more difficult to pay for a tank of gas! The UK Daily Mail reported some Washington state gas stations are reprogramming their equipment to allow for $10/gallon gas (). They also reported that Washington’s average gas price is around $5.03/gallon. Washington’s gasoline prices are some of the highest in the nation, behind California, Hawaii, and Nevada. Senator ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-05-30T11:10:52-07:00May 30, 2022|Advice, Opinion & Guest Writers, Beyond the Fourth Corner, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Senator Simon Sefzik (R-42) Hosts Meeting on Government Responses to North County Flooding

Left to right, Nooksack Mayor Kevin Hester, Whatcom County Councilwoman Kathy Kershner, Whatcom County Councilman Ben Elenbaas, Everson Mayor John Perry, Kyle Christensen, recovery manager for Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office Division of Emergency Management, Sen. Simon Sefzik, Sumas Mayor Bruce Bosch, and Ashley Butenschoen, Public Information Officer for Whatcom County Long-Term Recovery. County, city officials join in listening session EVERSON – About 100 people gathered at Nooksack Valley High School in Everson ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-02-21T01:40:13-08:00January 24, 2022|Elections, Government & Politics, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|1 Comment

Family Farmers call for comprehensive fixes to Flood and water management problems

PO Box 326 | Lynden, WA | 98264 | 360-815-4361 PRESS RELEASE - Contact: Dillon Honcoop, (360) 815-7368, dhoncoop@savefamilyfarming.org Farming community calls for comprehensive fixes to Whatcom flood, water management problems Whatcom Family Farmers president: “A comprehensive effort to pursue all possible solutions… must begin immediately” (LYNDEN, Wash.) As wide swaths of north Whatcom County continue to clean up and rebuild after November’s devastating flooding disaster, the local farming community is calling ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2022-02-21T01:41:15-08:00January 14, 2022|Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News, Rural Living, The Fourth Corner|0 Comments

Rural vs Urban The growth management act after COVID

Editor’s Note: Local writer and volunteer contributor to water issues and The Fourth Corner has a take on our current pandemic. Thanks Molly Crocker. Author Molly Crocker I am blessed with what I believe is a sanctified optimism. I wasn’t able to buy non-perishable foods yesterday when I went shopping, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to do that soon. Grocery stores are having a great March! -----------------------------------------------------------------Why Rural Dwelling is Essential for ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-09-24T09:15:29-07:00September 23, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Environment and Climate Change, Rural Living|4 Comments

State Senator Pushes for full investigation by Legislature of the Train Derailment in Custer.

Possible Sabotage brings reaction from State Senator... After KUOW and KOMO had separate reports (our story is here) on the December 22nd Custer Washington Oil Train derailment Senator Doug Ericksen called for a full investigation into the events of Dec 22nd by the State Legislature. In addition, for years a moratorium to prevent growth at Cherry Point has been renewed by the Whatcom County Council (our story is here) with one of the ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-07-10T08:48:06-07:00June 11, 2021|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News|3 Comments

Whatcom County Executive takes hit from Anti-Growth Activist Wendy Harris

Anti-Growth Activist Wendy Harris expresses concerns about Executive Satpal Sidhu's un-executive behavior in Whatcom County Council Meetings. Wendy Harris of North Whatcom County who is a well known anti-growth activist and winner of the Northwest Citizen de Armond award for citizen journalism with articles written in the Environmental Cascadia Weekly publication. Winning the award is here. She also has a facebook page called the Whatcom Hawk. From the Whatcom Hawk group "About" "Whatcom Hawk ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2021-06-01T13:00:42-07:00June 1, 2021|Elections, Government & Politics, Environment and Climate Change, Fourth Corner News|1 Comment