Todd Myers

Last week’s announced by the Department of the Interior that the gray wolf will be removed from the Endangered Species List is, according to Todd Myers, Director of the Environmental Center at the Washington Policy Center, a victory of the Endangered Species Act. He ...

On Friday, the federal government, including the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bonneville Power Administration released its draft Environmental Impact Statement, which opposed removing the four lower Snake River dams ...

Those who support removing the four lower Snake River dams say those dams are hindering salmon, which in turn hurts Puget Sound orcas that feed on the salmon.  However, Todd Myers, Director of the Center for the Environment with the Washington Policy Center said there is no scientific evidence that removing those dams will help salmon, or any other wildlife that call the Snake home.  My... Read Mo

This November, voters in Washington will be asked to support a carbon tax, though I-1631.  If passed the tax would increase gas tax by 15 cents to start, up to 40 cents in the next decade.  Supporters say the initiative would raise $500 million to help environmental groups address climate and other issues.  However...

It’s been one year since a Whatcom County court ruled on what eventually came to be known as the Hirst Decision. That ruling has impacted rural Washington counties across the state, by making land owners responsible for studies to determine what impact construction projects could have on nearby water resources, rather than the Department of Economy issuing the findings.  ...

What would the removal of the four lower Snake Rivers dams mean for the Northwest.  The Agriculture community would suffering, losing an inexpensive and safe way to transport commodities to Portland, and eventually the world.  But Todd Myers, Director of the Center for the Environment, said the region would lose it’s carbon free electricity.   “Data ...