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Tarika Powell is an environmental policy analyst with expertise in fossil fuel infrastructure, air quality, and land use. She has written extensively on liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, methane emissions, and environmental justice. This page captures published research as well as articles on other topics. For a specific series, see main menu.
“Our victories are preventing decades of pollution”
When the Pacific Northwest faced the prospect of becoming one of the nation’s main gateways to export fossil fuels, the region fought back. (Speech)
Nestucca: The spill before Exxon
The 1988 Nestucca oil spill left Washington shores “to cleanse themselves.” Thirty years later, Tarika spent days in the archives to find out what happened next.
The health risks of oil-by-rail development
“An unacceptable threat to human health and safety.” That’s how more than 300 medical professionals described plans to build out oil-by-rail facilities in the Pacific Northwest.
Podcast: John Brown and the history white solidarity as mental illness
On this episode of Happy Hour History, Natalye Harpin and Tarika Powell investigate why people insist on smearing abolitionist John Brown as “crazy.”
Which kind of educator are you?
I'm not particularly fond of everyone taking on the title of educator. But if you're going to call yourself an educator, you're also going to have to ask yourself which kind of educator you are.
Funko Pop! to send $36 million worth of plastic figurines to landfill
Washington-based Funko Collectibles has a storage problem, and will be sending a a morbid amount of plastic figurines to the landfill.