Darigold to Pay $2 Million Penalty and Reduce Water Pollution in Settlement with Columbia Riverkeeper

#columbiariver #biodiversity #nature #conservation #wilderness #wildlife #indigenous #resistance #raiseyourvoice #takeaction

https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/2026/darigold-to-pay-2-million-penalty/?emci=872c8ace-0435-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&emdi=190b0db3-4d37-f111-8ef2-000d3a14b640&ceid=7575874

#WashingtonFlats located near the #ColumbiaRiver offers scenic hiking opportunities amidst diverse #flora inspiring a poem celebrating #nature beauty during a #spring visit. #poetry #poetry26 #napowrimo #napowrimo26 #clmooc #cascade

http://sheri42.net/2026/04/15/napowrimo-nature-and-the-columbia-river/

#fridayfeeling #digitalphotography #photomanipulation #multipleexposure #marinedrive #portland #columbiariver #mthood #rushhour #carsandtrucks #roadstripes #surreal #sciencefiction #psychedelic #nogenerativeai

Heavenly Rush Hour

#digitalphotography #columbiariver #marinedrive #portland #mthood #driverseat #april #postcard #nogenerativeai

Postcard from Marine Drive

#TheSpokesman:
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‘Slap in the face’: White House proposes $400M cut at Hanford nuclear site
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".. Hanford Office of River Protection is responsible for 56 million gallons of radioactive + hazardous chemical waste..."

".. hold on deactivation of the Hanford 324 Bldg. which sits over a leak of highly radioactive cesium +strontium 1000 feet from the Columbia River .."

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/apr/04/slap-in-the-face-white-house-proposes-400m-cut-at-/

4.4.2026

#Atomkraft #Atommüll #ColumbiaRiver #DOE #Hanford #Kernenergie #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #USA

The Port of Morrow datacenter in Eastern Oregon is currently in a lawsuit noting their depleting impact on the regions water table and the nitrates concentrating within it.

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/31/amazon-fine-northeast-oregon-boardman-nitrate-pollution-well/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-having-an-underrported

The Google datacenter in The Dalles are pushing to utilize further water resources from Mount Hood National Forest as they build out the structure for more output.

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/15/as-googles-water-demands-grow-the-dalles-aims-to-pull-more-from-mount-hood-forest/

Now an 'exascale' datacenter is in the works in Boardman, OR for Amazon, 80 miles East of The Dalles Google datacenter - both on the Columbia river.

https://archive.ph/MknkN

These don't bring economic outputs to the region, they rely on massive tax cuts, they are massive burdens to the local environment, they promise job growth but only sustain paltry numbers...yet they continue to be built.

#ai #noai #oregon #pdx #portland #outdoors #columbiariver