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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