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Go behind the scenes with EarthFix's Katie Campbell and Ashley Ahearn as they share stories about their recent coverage of ocean acidification and the challenges of covering heated public hearings about the largest coal export terminal on the west coast - proposed to be built near Bellingham, WA. "The goal is to get hate mail from people on both sides of the issue, and so far we're doing that." Also, find out how to winterize your home and monitor your energy consumption this season. Read and see more at EarthFix

Go behind the scenes on a first descent of the newly-undammed White Salmon River in Washington as host Ashley Ahearn talks with EarthFix's Amelia Templeton about the challenges of recording audio and video...while dropping sick rapids. Go-pros were harmed in the making of that story. Also, in celebration of turkey day, we poke fun at Portlandia and their heritage hand-fed chickens (one of which was possibly named Colin) with our sustainability expert and Portland-based Ecotrope blogger, Cassandra Profita. See extra content at EarthFix.

Find out how scientists accidentally introduced a harmful invasive wildflower to sensitive Oregon habitat... in the name of mining. Host Ashley Ahearn turns to EarthFix's Amelia Templeton for a behind-the-scenes look at her reporting on the Yellow Tufted Allysum plant and how managers are trying to get rid of it. We've also got stories about decreasing air pollution emissions at Northwestern ports, climate change and salmon, hunting on the ballot in Idaho and more!

This week marked the actual 40th birthday of the Clean Water Act! Woohoo! Somebody get the balloons! Where's the cake? As a special birthday treat, go behind the scenes as host Ashley Ahearn talks with EarthFix teammate and documentary filmmaker Katie Campbell about her awesome stormwater video and how she approached this tricky subject with an eye for stimulating visual storytelling.

This week EarthFix brings you stories about coal export plans in the Northwest, wildfires and spawning salmon, energy-efficient football fans and threats to wind subsidies. Read and see more at EarthFix.

This week find out who's the greener of the Washington gubernatorial candidates. We've also got the latest on fracking in Idaho, threats to the Roadless Rule - and the next installment in our series Clean Water: The Next Act. We'll introduce you to one small-town mayor who's taking care of some dirty business.

Take a ride with scientists as they try to unlock the secret underwater lives of Puget Sound's orcas, and find out how ship traffic might be affecting whale behavior. We've also got updates on wave power developments, coal exports, water pollution from dairy farms - and more! See more at EarthFix.

Go behind the scenes on EarthFix's latest installment in our series "Clean Water: The Next Act". Host Ashley Ahearn talks with Ecotrope blogger Cassandra Profita about how the chemicals and pharmaceuticals we use in our daily lives are (eep!) bringing out the feminine side in some male Puget Sound fish. Read more at EarthFix.

We're gettin' fishy this week. Host Ashley Ahearn talks with EarthFix's Courtney Flatt about the controversy over banning gillnet fishing on the Columbia River. Also, get the latest on the water quality in Puget Sound and hear what the resident orcas hear, beneath the waves. More at EarthFix.

Hear how fat algae could end up in your fuel tank, how your windows can affect your energy bills and get the latest on the proposed liquid natural gas export facility in Oregon - this week, on the EarthFix podcast. Read and see more on the EarthFix website.

This week hear the sounds of Wyoming coal country, and find out how life there connects to life here in the Northwest. Host Ashley Ahearn explores the largest open pit mine in the world, visits with one rancher who's concerned about the effects of coal mining - and then heads to Bellingham, Washington to check out the proposed site of what could one day be the largest coal export terminal on the West coast. Read, see and hear more at EarthFix.

Hear stories from our series Clean Water: The Next Act. In this installment we take a look at how agriculture and logging affect water quality, with stories from EarthFix team members around the Northwest.

This week we've got stories on the changing makeup of forests in the Northwest - and, turning sewage water into power. Host Ashley Ahearn asks the state Department of Fish and Wildlife some tough questions about their decision to kill a female wolf in Northeastern Washington. More at http://earthfix.us/pod0809.

Country music, pick up trucks and dirt roads this week as EarthFix heads to coal country. Ashley Ahearn and Katie Campbell get "coal-curious" with Dustin Bleizeffer, an energy reporter from the Powder River Basin of Wyoming who's been covering the region known as "The Nation's Energy Capital" for more than 10 years. Then, get the latest results from a public opinion poll on how people in our neck of the woods feel about exporting Powder River Basin coal to Asia, via the Northwest.

Special edition! Host Ashley Ahearn talks with Investigate West's Robert McClure about the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act. Take a listen to the first installments, recorded on Seattle's Duwamish River, of our new series: Clean Water: The Next Act. More podcas related content at http://earthfix.us/pod0719.