Aloha Earth Day Friday!
The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. Democratic
Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin was deeply concerned about
environmental issues. After witnessing the Santa Barbara oil
spill in 1969, he began planning for the first Earth Day.
Twenty million people participated during the first year.
Nelson's goal of a shift in national priorities soon came to
fruition. The Environmental Protection Agency was created by
the end of the year. Earth Day also helped bring about the
Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species
Act. All of these pieces of legislation were passed within
three years of the first Earth Day.
The
retreating glaciers of Puget Sound
Puget Sound's glaciers are melting rapidly due to climate
change. The North Cascades mountains have lost about 56% of
their glacial ice while estimates show that glaciers in the
Olympics could be gone within the next 50 years.
Oregon’s
Intertidal Ecosystem Is Approaching a Tipping Point
Oregon’s intertidal ecosystems are recovering from disturbance
more slowly than they were even a few years ago.
B.C.
Hydro failing to live up to environmental obligations, say
conservationists
B.C. Wildlife Federation is calling for an audit claiming
money for habitat restoration is going elsewhere.
Climate
change is killing Northwest salmon, scientists warn
With summer fast approaching, local environmentalists are
sending a warning about the impact severe heat has on salmon
in the Northwest.
Wave
of pollution from cruise ships expected regardless of new
federal wastewater rules
Environmental groups are hoisting red flags as the cruise ship
season relaunches after the easing of COVID restrictions on
the West Coast despite Ottawa’s recent announcement it will
roll out stricter wastewater dumping rules.
Biden
restores climate safeguards in key environmental law,
reversing Trump
A rule finalized Tuesday by the White House will require
agencies to assess climate impact of roads, pipelines and
other infrastructure. Dino Grandoni and Anna Phillips report.
B.C.
conservation group moves thousands of salmon that will
produce millions of eggs
Members of the Mill Bay Conservation Society, a group of
volunteers near Kulchyski’s home, 50 kilometres north of
Victoria, have taken the fish into their own hands —
literally.
Biden
to issue Earth Day order to safeguard old-growth forests
President Biden will sign an Earth Day executive order on
Friday in Seattle laying the groundwork for protecting for
some of the biggest and oldest trees in America’s forests,
according to several individuals briefed on the decision.
No
timeline for removal of 5,000-tonne barge washed up for
months on Vancouver beach
Permits are not in place to allow company to cut up barge and
take it away for recycling.
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