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Community Alert – City of Tacoma Charter Review

Community Alert – City of Tacoma Charter Review

June 26, 2024

Review our factsheet for the 2024 City of Tacoma Charter Review currently underway. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT ACCOUNTABLETACOMA@PROTONMAIL.COM

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My Body My Strength 3-Day Camp

My Body My Strength 3-Day Camp

June 26, 2024

Register today to attend our upcoming EJC.

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Community Alert – Darling Ingredients Update

Community Alert – Darling Ingredients Update

June 26, 2024

On June 6, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) posted their Final Order of Approval and responses to public comments on the reconstruction of the Darling rendering facility in the Tacoma Tideflats. Comments submitted by CHB and others led to several clarifications within…

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Pacific Producer

Pacific Producer

December 20, 2023

Ensuring Environmental Safety: State Takes Action After 18 Months We are pleased to see the state finally taking care of the Pacific Producer and its associated pollution risks after a long 18 months. While it took longer than we’d hoped,…

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Community Alert

Community Alert

December 20, 2023

Darling Ingredients is trying to reopen its animal rendering facility in the Port of Tacoma. This is the same facility that engulfed Tacoma in a putrid odor for days in 2019 and was closed by a large fire in 2022….

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Rising Paralytic Shellfish Poison Levels Prompt Beach Closures in Pierce County

Rising Paralytic Shellfish Poison Levels Prompt Beach Closures in Pierce County

October 24, 2023

On September 21, 2023, the Washington State Department of Health issued the first beach closure in Pierce County due to high levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP). PSP, a toxin produced by certain algae, can be harmful when consumed. Beach closures due…

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