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Topic: State & Local
NOXIOUS WEED MEETING
Bad science condones the use of dangerous pesticides in the bay. Many of us believe that spartina actually benefits our ecosystem. And with rising seawaters our bay shoreline is going to need some protection against erosion. Spartina like any marsh grass is a successful filtering agent for runoff. The flats that spartina inhabits are rich in nutrients as the grass is itself. Organic beds suffer the consequences of pesticide drift. The meeting is Tuesday at 7pm in South Bend at the Commissioners Meeting Room in the Annex across from Coast Oyster.
WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
Washington Environmental Council recently sent out an environmental ‘concerns’ survey which contained much of the information that was given in the meeting on NO on LNG. However, no question regarding LNG was in the survey. We need to let them know that if they are serious about the environment, they should join the opposition to LNG. Contact these folks and tell them how important this issue is to our community and the environment:
Joan Crooks, Executive Director
Washington Environmental Council
615 2nd Avenue, Suite 380
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel 206-622-8103 or 206-622-8113
PUD COMMISSIONER’S MEETINGS
Our Commissioner, Diana Thompson, invites all of you to attend. Get involved in the decisions impacting energy conservation and energy consumption in our community. The schedule is first and third Tuesdays at 1:00 pm. The first Tuesday is at the PUD in Raymond and the 3rd Tuesday is at the PUD building in Long Beach (Sandridge Rd.).
There will be an opening in the next election cycle for another progressive candidate to join Diana. Get involved now.
IMPROVE ACCESS TO COLLEGE FOR WORKING AND PARENTING STUDENTS |
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| Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) will soon be introducing the Part-Time Student Assistance Act, which would allow non-traditional (working, older, or parenting) students greater access to higher education. Students will be able to exempt more of their income from student aid calculations, provide more on-campus child care, allow for year-round Pell grants, and create a part-time assistance pilot program to develop comprehensive programming aimed at enrolling and graduating these students. Urge your representative to support increased access to higher education for working and parenting students, just paste the following URL into your Internet browser, then follow the instructions to send a message to your : http://capwiz.com/aauw/issues/alert/?alertid=9649351 |
