RON HOLCOMB
TRUE STORIES. ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS. HUMAN IMPACTS.
Author and veteran environmental responder writing from four decades on the front lines of environmental protection.
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"These stories from the Pacific Northwest are important because they are a microcosm of the ongoing chaos threatening the environment across the United States."
-RON HOLCOMB
THE DAY WHATCOM CREEK BURNED
THE DAY WHATCOM CREEK BURNED
The Olympic Pipeline Disaster and the Fight for Accountability
On a summer afternoon in June 1999, an underground pipeline ruptured beneath Bellingham, Washington. Gasoline poured into Whatcom Creek before igniting into a devastating firestorm.Â
A tragedy that took three young lives.
A community that refused to let them be forgotten.
A fight that helped change pipeline safety in America.
CONSTANT CHAOS
CONSTANT CHAOS
The Daily Battle to Protect the Environment
Stories from the frontlines of environmental emergency response.
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