Remember Exxon Valez Friday
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in the Prince William
Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989. Exxon Valdez, an oil
supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company bound for Long
Beach, California struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 1.5
mi (2.4 km) west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m. and spilled
10.8 million US gallons (257,000 bbl) (or 37,000 tonnes) of
crude oil over the next few days. (Wikipedia)
‘Filthy
Four’ — state targets Tacoma site with 1,200 polluted
pilings for cleanup
The Dickman Mill site in Tacoma is one of the so-called “Filthy
Four” that DNR has put on top of their clean-up to do list. The
other three are Ray’s Boathouse pier in Seattle, the
Triton-America pier in Anacortes and the High Tides Seafood pier
in Neah Bay on the Makah reservation.
Inbreeding
hinders population recovery among endangered Southern
Resident killer whales
While a scarcity of Chinook salmon and other environmental
factors may be pushing the Southern Resident killer whales
toward extinction, a new genetics study has revealed that
inbreeding has been exerting a powerful, overriding influence
upon the small, genetically isolated population.
Fisheries
and Oceans Canada faces deluge of calls to improve ‘suspect’
science
A parliamentary committee investigation ended with 49
recommendations to address concerns about how DFO science is
presented to the fisheries minister and the public before
important political decisions are made — particularly those
involving B.C. salmon farms or commercial fisheries on either
coast.
What
to know about the Swinomish oil train suit as federal trial
begins
A civil trial began in a federal courtroom in Seattle on Monday
to determine if BNSF in 2012 began transporting 100-car trains
of highly combustible crude oil willfully, consciously or
knowingly trespassing over the reservation and whether it
intentionally breached a 1991 easement agreement.
Cruise
Ship Invasion
Take a typical Alaska cruise and see the damage in its wake. The
evidence is clear: the industry needs an overhaul.
'Build
in Washington' rule may be cast overboard to obtain new
ferries affordably and quickly
Every new car ferry added to the Washington State Ferries fleet
over the past fifty years was built at a Puget Sound shipyard.
Now, state lawmakers are considering a break from past policy in
order to obtain new vessels faster and cheaper for the troubled
state ferry system.
Fish
farmers launch legal challenge of fish farm closures
Three salmon farming companies and two First Nations that
support fish farming are challenging federal Fisheries and
Oceans Minister Joyce Murray’s decision last month not to renew
federal licences for 15 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands.
Safety
device, human error derailed Anacortes train, federal
officials say
The Federal Railroad Administration has confirmed KUOW reporting
that a safety device meant to keep trains from plunging into
Puget Sound knocked a train off the tracks and onto the
Swinomish Reservation early Thursday morning.
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