1.0Puget Soundkeeper Alliancehttps://pugetsoundkeeper.orgNicole Loeffler-Gladstonehttps://pugetsoundkeeper.org/author/nicole/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aWL8wbfGH9"><a href="https://pugetsoundkeeper.org/2019/10/14/wa-superior-court-requires-state-to-reconsider-impacts-to-orcas-in-skagit-county-refinery-expansion-project/">WA Superior Court Requires State to Reconsider Impacts to Orcas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://pugetsoundkeeper.org/2019/10/14/wa-superior-court-requires-state-to-reconsider-impacts-to-orcas-in-skagit-county-refinery-expansion-project/embed/#?secret=aWL8wbfGH9" width="600" height="338" title="“WA Superior Court Requires State to Reconsider Impacts to Orcas” — Puget Soundkeeper Alliance" data-secret="aWL8wbfGH9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://i0.wp.com/pugetsoundkeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Credit-FlickrPhotoScottButnerCCbyNCND2.0https-flic.krpe4ej5b.jpg?fit=924%2C634&ssl=1924634On Friday, October 11, the Thurston County Superior Court agreed with arguments made by a coalition of environmental organizations and more than 7,500 residents that the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a refinery expansion project in Skagit County should consider vessel traffic impacts to the Salish Sea and the critically endangered Southern Resident Orcas, as well as the significant increases in pollution that causes climate change.