Salish Sea News Week in Review January 7 2022

 

Aloha Bobblehead Friday!
For over 100 years, bobbleheads have been entertaining and fascinating fans and collectors. Early bobbleheads, known as bobbers or nodders, developed from Germany. They took root in the United States pop culture in the 1950s and '60s. Bobbleheads resurged in the late 1990s when professional sports teams began using them as promotional items.

Ecology, EPA now under the gun to adopt new water quality criteria for aquatic creatures
Long delays in updating state water-quality standards to protect orcas, fish and other aquatic species appear to have finally caught up with the Washington Department of Ecology and its federal counterpart, the Environmental Protection Agency.

Here are 7 things experts say could make B.C.'s cities more climate-proof
After a year of cascading climate disasters in the province, experts are calling on B.C.'s provincial government and other authorities to shore up long-term housing and urban design strategies to make sure they are climate-resilient.

Sea Star Protection Poised to Alter California Coastal Plans
The National Marine Fisheries Service said Monday that it found merit in the Center for Biological Diversity’s petition to protect the sea star and will decide by August whether to list it under the Endangered Species Act.

The Snoqualmie Tribe asks for support to protect their most sacred site
The tribe says helicopter tours disrupt traditional ceremony and prayer at Snoqualmie Falls.

With Oil Unreliable, Refinery Communities Deserve a Transition Plan
The long-term stability of Washington’s five oil refineries is in doubt. But that doesn’t mean the workers and local communities who support this industry have to share its fate.

China’s Surprisingly Robust System of Marine Protection
An international group of researchers has compiled the first database of marine conservation efforts in the country, and it is more extensive than many expected.

Shellfish war: Judge dismisses Tulalip clam-traffick
A day before a trial pitting tribal treaty rights against state law enforcement, a Skagit County Superior Court judge dismissed felony charges against a Tulalip council member and another tribal member who, in turn, accused the state of targeting Native American fishermen.

For the first time in over 30 years, the EPA adds to its list of hazardous air pollutants
The Environmental Protection Agency has declared a powerful dry-cleaning solvent, 1-bromopropane, too dangerous to breathe. It marks the first time it's expanded its hazardous air pollutant list since 1990.

‘They are supposed to protect us’: Community wants more from EPA for Duwamish Superfund cleanup
...New plans to complete a cleanup where the Duwamish meets Elliott Bay and Puget Sound are under discussion, and contested.

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