Early this morning, Indigenous-led Protectors of the Salish Sea occupied the WA State Capitol with structures and their bodies to call upon Governor Jay Inslee to declare a Climate Emergency and use his executive power to terminate all current and future fossil fuel expansion projects in the state of Washington.

The Protectors of the Salish Sea have maintained a daily presence at Capitol since Tuesday September 24th, after walking 46 miles from the Tacoma Liquefied Natural Gas construction site and despite being forcibly removed by over 70 riot police that night.

Over 11,000 scientists have declared a Global Climate Emergency, as well as the entire Federation of Alaska Tribes.

Meanwhile, Washington State continues upon a path of illegal climate system degradation by expanding fossil fuels and likewise breaking all of the treaties with Washington State Tribes by contributing to climate chaos that is causing the shallowing and warming of our rivers and estuaries which in turn is causing salmon populations to go into shock and die.