"Me at the zoo!"
Aloha 'Me at the zoo' Friday!
"Me
at the zoo" is the first uploaded video
available to YouTube. It was uploaded on April 23, 2005 at
8:31:52 p.m. PDT by the site's co-founder Jawed Karim, who
uploaded the video onto a channel with the username
"jawed", which was created the same day. It was recorded
by his high school friend Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego
Zoo, featuring Karim in front of the elephants in their
old exhibit in Elephant Mesa, making note of their long
trunks. (Wikipedia)
Early
start to Washington’s wildfire season has officials worried
The state Department of Natural Resources responded to 91
fires last week and is gearing up for what could be a bad
season with a temporary burn ban on state lands in some parts
of Western Washington and the Puget Sound area.
First
Nations on Vancouver Island celebrate B.C. Court of Appeal
fisheries ruling
The British Columbia Court of Appeal says it expects Canada to
remedy problems in commercial fishery regulations arising from
a legal battle that was first launched in 2003 by a group of
Vancouver Island First Nations.
Interior
head Haaland revokes Trump-era orders on energy
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday revoked a series of
Trump administration orders that promoted fossil fuel
development on public lands and waters, and issued a separate
directive that prioritizes climate change in agency decisions.
Washington
salmon seasons tentatively set for 2021-22
Despite a strong projected coho return to the state’s ocean
waters, this year’s Washington salmon seasons largely reflect
continued low runs of some wild Chinook and coho stocks,
especially in Puget Sound, state fishery managers announced
yesterday.
Despite calls to end old-growth logging in B.C. and government promises to overhaul its forestry practices, there is no new funding for that transition in the budget announced today.
Biden commits the U.S. to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030
President Biden on Thursday declared America “has resolved to take action” on climate change and called on world leaders to significantly accelerate their own plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or risk a disastrous collective failure to stop catastrophic climate change.
Global carbon emissions are expected to surge this year as parts of the world begin to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. They are on track to reach the second largest annual rise on record, according to a new projection by the International Energy Agency.
Tacoma is prohibiting all new city-owned buildings from using natural gas and other fossil fuels energy sources for heating, lighting and power and will explore a similar rule for new residential and commercial buildings.
Kurt Grinnell, a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal council member and tribal aquaculture manager, has died. The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said he died in a single-vehicle wreck on Mount Pleasant Road at about 4:12 p.m. Tuesday.
President Biden has picked Rick Spinrad, an oceanographer with decades of science and policy experience, to run National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the government’s leading agency for weather, climate and ocean science.
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