Aloha Social Security Friday!
        The original Social Security Act was signed into law by
        President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935,and the current version
        of the Act, as amended, encompasses several social welfare and
        social insurance programs.
      
British
          Columbia’s looming extinction crisis 
        Canada’s westernmost province markets itself as 'Super, Natural,
        B.C.,' but more than 2,000 species of animals and plants are at
        risk of disappearing — and unlike six other provinces, B.C.
        still has no endangered species law, despite the NDP's election
        promise to introduce one.
        
        Trump
          administration wants to reduce critical habitat for northern
          spotted owls 
        The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate protections
        for imperiled northern spotted owls by taking back critical
        habitat status from more than 200,000 acres of public forests in
        Oregon.
'Quite
          dire': Fraser River sockeye salmon run expected to be worst
          ever recorded 
        This year is shaping up to be the worst for sockeye salmon in
        the Fraser River since tracking began in 1893, according to the
        Pacific Salmon Commission. 
Quoting
          ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ judge strikes down Trump
          administration rollback of historic law protecting birds 
        A federal judge in New York has invalidated rule changes by the
        Trump administration that allowed individuals and corporations
        to kill scores of birds as long as they could prove they did not
        intentionally set out to do so.
Hundreds
          of sea lions to be killed on Columbia River in effort to save
          endangered fish 
        Approval to kill up to 840 sea lions in a portion of the
        Columbia River and its tributaries over the next five years to
        boost the survival of salmon and steelhead at risk of extinction
        is expected from federal officials Friday. 
Trump's Methane Rollback That Big Oil Doesn't Want 
Despite opposition from the oil and gas industry it aims to help, the 
Trump administration is rolling back an Obama-era rule designed to 
reduce climate-warming methane emissions. 
Global Warming Could Unlock Carbon From Tropical Soil 
Humble dirt could pack an unexpected climate punch, according to a new 
study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. 
      
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