Puget Soundkeeper, Total Terminals International, and Port of Seattle Resolve Clean Water Act Dispute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2019 Media Contacts: Katelyn Kinn, Staff Attorney/Co-Executive Director – katelyn@pugetsoundkeeper.org, …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2019 Media Contacts: Katelyn Kinn, Staff Attorney/Co-Executive Director – katelyn@pugetsoundkeeper.org, …
Under a binding consent decree filed Monday in federal court, the Port must now undertake better practices to prevent stormwater pollution from their Pier 66 facility, which services 203 cruise ship sailings a year.
The decision reinforces our ongoing lawsuit against the Port in partnership with Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, Seattle Audubon, and Washington Environmental Council.
Shell’s disastrous 2012 Arctic Ocean drilling and transport operations demonstrate that even technically advanced and well-resourced companies are no match for Arctic conditions.