Aloha Garlic Friday!
Garlic is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran and has long been a common seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use.
Echoes
of B.C.’s War in the Woods as Fairy Creek blockade builds on
Vancouver Island
Tensions are on the rise as hundreds of activists prevent
fallers from accessing work sites in the old-growth forests of
the Caycuse watershed near Port Renfrew.
‘It’s
collapsing’: B.C. First Nations, Pacific Wild warn of herring
population decline amid commercial fishery
Advocates are calling for a moratorium on the province's
last-remaining commercial fishery for herring, a declining food
source for at-risk chinook salmon which, in turn, feed
endangered killer whales.
Washington’s
Water Quality Assessment offers insights into status of
pollution
More than 2,000 segments of streams, lakes and marine waters
have been added to the state’s massive list of water-quality
data, allowing more Washington residents to take stock of
pollution levels near their homes.
The
fight over Tacoma’s liquified-natural gas plant continues.
Will permits be upheld?
Attorneys made opening statements Monday in front of the
Pollution Control Hearings Board about whether the board should
overturn permits for the liquefied natural gas facility on the
Tacoma Tideflats.
‘A
Win for Whales’-Court pauses Cherry Point refinery expansion
Hailed as a victory for orcas, Whatcom County Superior Court
rejected a project application from the Phillips 66 Ferndale
Refinery to install a 300,000-barrel crude oil storage tank and
an 80,000-barrel floating storage tank for fuel oil in a tank
farm within the refinery at Cherry Point.
Revised
toxic-cleanup rules will increase focus on environmental
justice
Support for environmental justice is being carefully woven into
new toxic-cleanup rules for prioritizing and carrying out
cleanups at thousands of contaminated sites across Washington
state.
Japan
To Dump Wastewater From Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Into
Pacific Ocean
Japan's government announced a decision to begin dumping more
than a million tons of treated but still radioactive wastewater
from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean
in two years.
Tracking
Orcas with Tech: ‘The Images Took Our Breath Away’
UBC scientists attached cameras to drones, and the whales
themselves. Here’s the result.
Billy
Frank Jr. in, Marcus Whitman out as part of U.S. Capitol
statue swap
...A bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday begins the
process of putting a statue of the late tribal treaty rights
activist Billy Frank Jr. in the U.S. Capitol.
Vancouver Aquarium sold to U.S. tourism company
The Vancouver Aquarium has been sold to Herschend Enterprises, a
privately owned tourism company based in the United States, to avoid
shutting down as a result of financial losses over the past year.
Washington sets ambitious goal: All new cars sold will be electric by 2030
In less than a decade, all cars and light-duty vehicles sold in
Washington will be powered by electricity, not fossil fuels. That’s the
goal set within legislation that has passed the state House and Senate.
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