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We are a statewide coalition of frontline communities—that means communities of color, Indigenous peoples, immigrants and refugees, and anyone else on the frontlines of climate change and environmental harm. We center equity for a #JustTransition.

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Greater Greater Washington @ggwash.org · 9h
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the #WeekWithoutDriving! Read more about how you can get involved and share your transportation story. @nondriver.bsky.social ggwash.org/view/104997/...
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We’re organizing the 2026 DC Week Without Driving
Find out how you can participate in this year’s Week Without Driving campaign.
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Just Solutions @justsolutions.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
CCUS may prolong fossil fuel dependence, increase local pollution, & direct potentially hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars toward a weakly regulated climate strategy. Learn about the impacts for frontline communities, particularly in the Gulf South just-solutions.ghost.io/economic-and...
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Economic and Community Headwinds Stop a Flagship Carbon Capture Project in the Gulf South
By Lew Daly A Blow for Carbon Capture in Ascension Parish, Louisiana On June 30th, industrial gases giant Air Products announced that it was canceling its Louisiana Clean Energy Complex (LCEC) sit...
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 29/09/2026
A new #datacenter campus...would be 1st in OR sited on federal public land, 1 of at least 12 proposed for 17,500+ Bureau of Land Management acres across western states under Trump’s efforts to hasten data center development. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/09/29/r... @washingtonstatestandard.com
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Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, western states • Washington State Standard
A data center proposed on BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon, one of dozen proposed in six western states.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All those "emergency" orders from the Trump administration ordering power companies to keep running coal plants otherwise slated to shut down? Turns out federal officials got the idea from a coal lobbyist: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/c...
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The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged.
In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest countries by billions of pounds each year …most climate finance is loans, increasing debt, while rich countries recover their money, often with interest. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest nations by billions of pounds each year
New Independent analysis reveals how many of the poorest and most climate-vulnerable countries are being priced out of the climate aid system, while countries able to access aid are seeing billions ad...
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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is very moving. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Prison Letters: the teenager writing letters to jailed climate activists – documentary
A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists. Max, 14, is on a quest to understand the human stories behind direct acti...
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Washington State Budget and Policy Center @budget-policy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A suite of harmful policy changes from the Trump administration, designed to target immigrants + create fear around interacting w/ the government & accessing benefits, are going into effect this fall & winter. Read more: budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/ne...
Graphic with text: New blog post; new harmful federal restrictions will impact immigrants in Washington; Kaitie Dong Senior Policy Analyst; Washington state budget and policy center
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 28/09/2026
Thermal imaging from Italy’s hot summer reveals how construction workers, delivery riders and residents of poorly cooled buildings inhabit radically different worlds than people with access to air conditioning, shade and well-insulated homes.
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Revealing the Invisible Injustice of Extreme Heat - Inside Climate News
Thermal imaging shows how people experience scorching heat varies depending on their circumstance.
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The Wild @thewild.news · 28/09/2026
House Democrats are looking into potential insider trading by mining execs ahead of the cuts to Bears Ears. #insidertrading
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Mining execs bought big in company stock days before Bears Ears’ cuts - High Country News
House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 28/09/2026
To learn more about @nwenergy.bsky.social and Front and Centered’s intervention in this rate case and that of our partners, collectively referred to as the “Joint Environmental Advocates,” you can read the recent experts' blog published by @earthjustice.org: earthjustice.org/experts/jan-...
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Washington’s Largest Utility Can Help Meet Washington’s Clean Energy Goals
Public interest groups are pushing for a healthier future powered by renewables by intervening in a utility rate proceeding.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 28/09/2026
More information about Puget Sound Energy's 2026 rate case, including details on the annual rate increases and how to provide public comment at the UTC hearings either in-person or online, can be found here: www.utc.wa.gov/news/2026/me...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Public invited to comment on proposed Puget Sound Energy rate increases
Media contact: media@utc.wa.gov or 360-664-1116 Docket number: UE-260005, UG-260006 and UE-260113 If approved, PSE electric and natural gas rates will change in 2027, 2028, and 2029 LACEY, Wash. — The...
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 28/09/2026
Front and Centered and NWEC gave testimony that evalutes PSE’s efforts to advance #EnergyJustice and a #JustTransition, and provides recommendations for where PSE can improve. Watch the vid for details and take action by submitting public comment to @wautc.bsky.social: www.utc.wa.gov/get-help-uti...
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Submit a Comment
Avista's proposed data center development At this time, Avista's proposed data center development is not before the UTC, so there is no commission docket where members of the public can submit comment...
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 28/09/2026
Recently, Front and Centered, @nwenergy.bsky.social, and our partners (Climate Solutions, WA Conservation Action, Sierra Club, and @earthjustice.org) intervened in this case, which is being considered by the @wautc.bsky.social (the UTC regulates private utilities):
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We're Taking Action on Puget Sound Energy's Rate Case... and You Should, Too!
YouTube video by Front and Centered
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 28/09/2026
Alerting all Puget Sound Energy customers: did you know PSE asked state regulators for permission to raise their electric prices by 15% and natural gas prices 14% next year? They also want permission to increase electric rates to 30% above current prices by 2029, and natural gas to 22%! 😨😒
Screenshot of a Reddit post by user u/machaf talking about how Puget Sound Energy filed for 30% rate increases starting in 2027.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 24/09/2026
We are doing a HAPPY DANCE because the Washington State Supreme Court overturned I-2066! 👯‍♂️ Overturning I-2066 frees us up to pursue clean energy as planned, not old legacy fossil fuels. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... @climatesolutions.org @sierraclub.org @kingcountywa.bsky.social
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 24/09/2026
"The seeds for [last week’s] ruling by the Washington State Supreme Court were sown over two years ago when the disastrous drafting decisions that created glaringly obvious constitutional defects were made by I‑2066’s backers." @nwprogressive.org
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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I-2066 is what happens when too many lobbyists trying to score too many favors for their wealthy clients abuse the citizen initiative process by overstuffing a measure and assuming they can confuse voters and ram it through w/ right wing $$. Its demise is great news for WA's clean energy transition.
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Climate Solutions @climatesolutions.org · 17/09/2026
It's official: I-2066 was bogus from the start and is now officially struck down. What a win for Washington families in keeping our energy affordable and clean! Read more www.sierraclub.org/p...
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 17/09/2026
What a lovely and Eco-rejuvenating day we had at Cedar River Municipal Watershed yesterday! 🌊 We enjoyed learning, laughing, debating, eating, and serving together. Let us be like the story and symbolism of the cedar trees we circled - strong, regenerative, generous in spirit. 🌲🌳
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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Presented by The Margin as part of the day-long Stories that Move at NYC Climate Week.
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Indigenous Environmental Network @ienearth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We celebrate the 19th anniversary of the UN General Assembly's adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The full promise of UNDRIP has yet to be realized but we must press on as our future generations are depending on us. #UNDRIP #DefendTheSacred
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Washington State Department of Ecology @ecology.wa.gov · 15/09/2026
And the biggest slay of them all is that the bull trout population will grow from here. 🐟 This restored area, Gold Creek, is home to a genetically distinct bull trout population found nowhere else on earth – and they’re at risk of extinction.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Remember less than a year ago, when Bill Gates said aggressive climate action was a waste of limited money that should be spent fighting poverty and disease instead? www.latimes.com/business/sto... 🤔
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Gates Foundation commits $1 billion to improving global AI access
Amid calls for slowing down AI development, new funding from Bill Gates' philanthropic organization will support education, healthcare, agriculture and language gaps.
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Washington AI Resistance @wa-air.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Who's gonna stop them? We're gonna stop them. With all the beauty, creativity, and fierceness of human intelligence.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 16/09/2026
🌊 Part One of our Water Justice Unconference Blog Post is Here🌊 🌊 ESP: frontandcentered.org/de-las-monta...
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De las Montañas a la Bahía (Parte Uno): Uniendo a las comunidades por la justicia del agua - Front and Centered
Comunidades de primera línea crean colectivamente una visión compartida para el futuro del mar de Salish y las vías fluviales (de agua) conectadas.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 16/09/2026
🌊 Part One of our Water Justice Unconference Blog Post is Here🌊 🌊 ENG: frontandcentered.org/from-the-mou...
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From the Mountains to the Sound Part One: Bringing Communities Together for Water Justice - Front and Centered
Frontline community members collectively create a shared vision for the future of the Salish Sea and connected waterways.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk. Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 15/09/2026
New Environmental Protection Network report finds unprecedented electricity demand for AI #datacenters carries significant risks to our health. Former EPA officials & health experts document 30+ federal actions making a more polluting AI buildout more likely. safernotsicker.org/take-action/...
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The Hidden Costs of AI Data Centers - Safer Not Sicker
The Hidden Health Costs of AI Data Centers AI data center pollution can make people sick. Instead of protecting Americans’ health, the EPA is making the health risks worse. A new report finds the unpr...
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UW College of the Environment @uwenvironment.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
UW study shows coyote density is 9 times higher in Seattle compared to the wild lands in Washington. “Coyotes are here to stay in cities, and it is up to us to learn how to live with them.” - Laura Prugh, professor in @uw-sefs.bsky.social bit.ly/46kdUVp
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Coyote density is 9 times higher in Seattle than in Washington’s wild lands | UW News
A new UW study shows a nine-fold increase in coyote density in Seattle compared to natural areas of Washington state. Coyotes in urban environments have fewer p
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In an interview, human rights lawyer Julian Aguon says that warming threatens not only the survival of small island nations but also the traditions and beliefs of their Indigenous peoples. He is citing these harms in legal actions, including at the U.N.'s top court last year.
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From Indigenous Loss, a Potent Legal Argument on Climate
Human rights lawyer Julian Aguon explores how warming threatens not only the survival of small island nations but also the traditions of their Indigenous peoples. He is citing these injuries in legal actions, including in a major victory at the International Court of Justice last year.
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South Seattle Emerald @soseaemerald.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
ICYMI: Marcus Harrison Green is leaving journalism after 15 years, but not the South End. His farewell column looks back — and ahead. Read more here: soseaem.org/4iu386k #Seattle
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I'm Leaving Journalism. But I'll Never Stop Fighting for the South End
Fifteen years ago, I was terrified of a computer monitor. All the blankness staring back at me and what it demanded: that I find something true to say, then sum
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 14/09/2026
You can also find more details about this story of toxic pollution in frontline communities at West Seattle Blog: westseattleblog.com/2026/09/ash-...
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Ash Grove Cement's tire-burning rate can't rise, Duwamish River Community Coalition says after two-year challenge (Thursday update)
(Wikimedia Commons file photo by Jmabel) 3:55 PM WEDNESDAY: The Duwamish River Community Coalition says it's succeeded in its longrunning challenge to the Ash Grove Cement plant - just south of the W...
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 14/09/2026
More coverage of our joint victory with Earthjustice and the Duwamish River Community Coalition can be found here: www.kuow.org/environment/...
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Seattle cement plant blocked from burning more tires
Regulators have stopped a Seattle cement plant's push to burn more tires for fuel.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 14/09/2026
📣Huge News: Ash Grove does NOT get to burn more tires in our frontline communities! 🚫 As a result of our collective advocacy efforts backed by evidence, we got the 30% cap on tire burning reinstated at Ash Grove😎 Read more about this victory at our landing page: frontandcentered.org/environmenta...
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Environmental Justice - Front and Centered
Environmental justice is both an idea and a movement. Environmental harms are real, but it's how we respond to them that matters the most.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 14/09/2026
Trump regime for 4th time has ordered WA to keep open a climate-killing coal plant in Centralia that's been slated for closure thanks to state's climate action plan. Courts have already sided with WA which is closing the plant because it was previously state's largest single source of CO2 emissions.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 14/09/2026
🚨BIG OIL IS RACING TO BE ABOVE THE LAW🚨 HR 8330, which aims to give Big Oil immunity from all climate laws and lawsuits, will be considered in the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. No industry should be above the law — especially one that has lied to the American people for decades.
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Big Oil Immunity Bill Will Be Considered in House Committee Wednesday | Center for Climate Integrity
Despite Widespread Opposition, Republicans Will Push Legislation in the House Judiciary Committee to Shield Fossil Fuel Companies from Climate Laws and Lawsuits
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Vancouver is a great case study for other North American cities reaching that tipping point where public demand for high quality pedestrian space is rising...but overcoming the obstacles takes effort.
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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Whose Streets? Our Streets! memorializes co-founder KL Shannon and urges action to honor her legacy on their homepage. Rest in power, KL. Read the memorial and learn more about WSOS ⬇️ www.our-streets.org
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Whose Streets? Our Streets!
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 11/09/2026
His own work focused on creating and performing rituals for healing, both in private and public, and creating medicine objects through photography and materials gathered throughout the [Duwamish] watershed.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 11/09/2026
“Without the overwhelming outcry from the Duwamish Valley community, DRCC, and our partners” said DRCC's Mia Ayala-Marshall, “PSCAA would have allowed this modification to occur without proper testing, further exposing our community to more dangerous #airpollution that impacts our health.” 🔥🛞
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Alex @alexh666.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
GREAT NEWS good work from the Duwamish River Community Coalition and Front and Centered. Also underrated that cars cause pollution not just from tire particles and road wear but also like millions upon millions of tires dumped and buried in landfills. Some are recycled into asphalt BUT STILL YIKES
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Jay @jayspeidell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I've vomited on my bike commute on clear, cold days when there's an inversion and the air quality gets extremely bad. I thought the pollution was from ships and trucks. The cement plant burns 3.7 tons of tires every hour. That's their fuel. Burning tires. Crazy. westseattleblog.com/2026/09/ash-...
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Ash Grove Cement's tire-burning rate can't rise, Duwamish River Community Coalition says after two-year challenge
(Wikimedia Commons file photo by Jmabel) The Duwamish River Community Coalition says it's succeeded in its longrunning challenge to the Ash Grove Cement plant - just south of the West Seattle Bridge ...
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Sightline Institute @sightline.org · 11/09/2026
The cost goes far beyond direct firefighting. @rpelai.bsky.social @1000oregon.bsky.social
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The Rising Costs of Oregon’s Sprawl into Fire Country | Sightline Institute
This article is part of Wildfire Wednesday, a storytelling project from 1000 Friends of Oregon that explores how land use decisions shape Oregon’s wildfire risk. Sightline broke down the risk and cost...
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 11/09/2026
A federal appeals court threw out a Trump administration order on Friday that had forced a Michigan coal plant to remain open beyond its planned retirement.
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US court blocks Trump administration bid to keep Michigan coal plant open
A federal appeals court threw out a Trump administration order on Friday that had forced a Michigan coal plant to remain open beyond its ​planned retirement.
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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fuck McClatchy. "The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild says that McClatchy is laying off 33% of its unionized workers at the Idaho Statesman, The News Tribune in Tacoma, the Tri-City Herald, The Olympian and the Bellingham Herald." www.kivitv.com/news/idaho-s...
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Idaho Statesman hit by McClatchy layoffs, 10 Idaho journalists affected
The Idaho Statesman is being hit by McClatchy layoffs, with 10 journalists in Idaho affected, according to the union representing workers.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 11/09/2026
P.S. Can you help us? 🙏 It’s important to us that this grant opportunity is seen and shared with as many communities in #WashingtonState that we can reach. We want to ensure a broad, diverse group of organizations hear about the program and apply. Please help us spread the word by sharing this post!
August 2024 — The first ever cohort of HEAL Capacity Grant Program grantees gathered at Cedarbrook Lodge to celebrate their work with Front and Centered and staff from various state agencies.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 11/09/2026
Today we are launching Round 2 of our 2026 HEAL Capacity Grants, intended to support any community org. in #WashingtonState whose work is aligned with the HEAL Act and will advance the law's goals. Applications are NOW OPEN and you can apply and find info here: frontandcentered.org/frontline-fu...
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Frontline Funding Collaborative - Front and Centered
As part of the Frontline Funding Collaborative, we're excited to offer HEAL Capacity Grants and advance a healthy environment for all.
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 10/09/2026
Over two years, Ecology found violations that included more than 120 examples of inaccurate or misleading documents and shipments sent to unauthorized facilities. The department also said the company improperly stored hazardous waste. ☠️
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 09/09/2026
📖 New book out on labor-climate coalitions, some of it capturing innovative work in Washington State, including early Front and Centered days with our #labor allies. Check out Getting to Work on Climate Policy by Geoffrey Henderson 📚 mitpress.mit.edu/978026205564...
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Getting to Work on Climate Policy
Climate policy research increasingly identifies organized labor as a barrier to climate policy but also as a potential supporter, and it calls for climate ad...
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Front and Centered @frontandcentered.org · 08/09/2026
Check out our blog about Latine Conservation Month—its origins and why it matters when it comes to environmental and #climatejustice. You can also check out our website which includes a whole calendar filled with a month of community events + festivities all designed to bring us together outside!
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