There is some debate as to when Donald Duck's birthday is, and when Donald Duck Day should be celebrated. This has made Donald Duck one lucky duck, as there are two days that celebrate him each year. Donald Duck’s first appearance on screen was in the animated short film “The Wise Little Hen," on June 9, 1934, and Disney later made this his official birthday. In a 1941 biography of Donald Duck, Walt Disney's The Life of Donald Duck, it says that Donald was born on a Friday the 13th. The 1949 short film "Donald's Happy Birthday" celebrates his birthday on March 13. Go figure.
What passed, what died in the 2020 Washington Legislature
A look at some of the higher-profile bills that passed and didn’t pass during the 2020 session.
Paper or plastic? Washington lawmakers pass statewide ban on single-use plastic bags
Washington is poised to become the ninth state in the nation to ban the use of thin plastic bags in retail sales.
Second Pacific salmon expedition gets a chance to see the effects of cooler water
A second research cruise to study the winter travels of salmon in the Pacific Ocean got underway Wednesday, when 12 scientists from three countries left Victoria, B.C., aboard the trawler Pacific Legacy.
Warming ocean conditions fuel viruses among species in the Salish Sea
As officials struggle to track and contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, ecologists say widespread impacts from viruses and other pathogens are also a growing threat to the species of the Salish Sea ecosystem.
Harvest managers setting this year’s salmon seasons struggle to find ways to help orcas
As state, tribal and federal salmon managers work together to establish this year’s fishing seasons, they have not forgotten about the needs of Puget Sound’s endangered killer whales.
Environmental cleanup beginning at waterfront mill property
Crews are about to kick off the cleanup of a prime-but-polluted piece of shoreline real estate. By March 15, contractors of Dallas-based Kimberly-Clark will be at work on the roughly 60-acre waterfront site that once housed a paper and pulp mill, Port of Everett officials said last week.
CN derailment spilled 40 tonnes of petroleum coke by creek in Fraser River watershed, B.C. government says
The CN derailment east of Prince George, B.C., last week spilled 40 tonnes of petroleum coke in and along a creek in the Fraser River watershed, according to the provincial environment ministry.
Train that derailed near B.C. school was carrying extremely flammable propane: TSB
A CN derailment that forced a school evacuation in B.C. last week included seven train cars carrying liquefied petroleum gas, an extremely flammable, dangerous good, according to the Transportation Safety Board.
Electric cars get a boost in Olympia but broader climate-rescue legislation withers
Washingtonians in the market for a new car could find more electric-powered vehicles in dealer showrooms in the next two years, the result of a bill that has passed the Legislature.
Virus related to measles could push Puget Sound orcas to extinction, study says
Researchers studying the killer whales that frequent Puget Sound are growing increasingly concerned that a dangerous virus or other disease-causing organism could spread through the population and hasten extinction of these critically endangered southern resident orcas.
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