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The Latest by Matthew Baca

Associate Attorney

Matt was part of the Northwest regional office in Seattle from 2013 to 2016. He was a graduate of New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar, and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where he obtained a Master in Public Administration.

June 21, 2016

¿Cuántas intoxicaciones debe haber para que la EPA prohíba los pesticidas neurotóxicos?

By Matthew Baca  /  Northwest Office

La EPA debe establecer una prohibición total de los órganofosfatos. Punto. Y mientras tanto—a raíz de los nefastos efectos en la salud que causan estos pesticidas—la agencia debe tomar medidas preventivas como la instalación de zonas que actúen como barreras.

The EPA should ban neurotoxic pesticides now under review and protect against them in the meantime with buffer zones.
June 21, 2016

How Many Poisonings Before the EPA Bans Neurotoxic Pesticides?

By Matthew Baca  /  Northwest Office

The EPA should ban the pesticides now under review and protect against them in the meantime with buffer zones.

Polar Pioneer in the Port of Seattle
June 30, 2015

Broken Laws and Public Trust in Seattle

By Matthew Baca  /  Northwest Office

Shell and its Arctic drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer, have already run roughshod over Washington state and Seattle laws—and they plan to come back this November for round two.