Aloha Earth Day Friday!
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate
support for environmental protection. First held on April 22,
1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated
globally by EARTHDAY.ORG
including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The
official theme for 2023 is Invest In Our Planet. (Wikipedia)
Confusion
rises over plans to bring Tokitae back to Puget Sound
Over the weekend, plans to return an orca to the Pacific
Northwest got a bit more confusing—with the benefactor footing
the bill announcing details of a plan, while the CEO of the
aquarium in charge responded online calling the statements a
"misunderstanding."
Orca
study shows up hunting differences
...Tracked in waters off Port Hardy, the best hunters among the
northern resident whales were female...While northern females
dominated their pod’s hunt, females in the southern resident
killer whales with a calf were among the least efficient
hunters.
Green
groups sue EPA over decades-old water pollution rules
A coalition of 13 green groups filed a lawsuit
on Tuesday arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency, or
EPA, has violated federal law by repeatedly failing to update
regulations on water pollution for seven industrial sectors.
Fairy
Creek old-growth protesters celebrate as a slew of contempt
charges are withdrawn
The B.C. Prosecution Service says it has withdrawn contempt
charges against 11 old-growth logging protesters accused of
breaching a court injunction during blockades at Fairy Creek on
Vancouver Island.
Sea-Tac,
Alaska and Delta accused of harming health of 300K residents
A potential class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that
the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Alaska Air Group and
Delta Air Lines are polluting King County towns within a 5-mile
radius of the airport.
US
plans new forest protections, issues old-growth inventory
The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square
miles (453,000 square kilometers) of old growth and mature
forests on U.S. government land and plans to craft a new rule to
better protect the nation’s woodlands from fires, insects and
other side effects of climate change.
Washington
can now look to out-of-state shipbuilders for its next
ferries
The Washington Legislature gave final approval and sent to the
governor HB 1846 which allows the state to seek bids for ferry
construction from shipyards outside the state.
Why
Site C wants to leave construction debris at the bottom of
the Peace River
B.C. Hydro's wants to flood an 80 kilometre-long swathe of the
Peace River valley and leave behind 45 pieces of Site C dam
structural construction debris because, it says, it is better
for fish.
Feds
approve major expansion B.C. container port despite
environmental, labour opposition
The federal government has given the OK to a major new container
terminal at Roberts Bank Terminal 2 in Delta. Federal Natural
Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the expanded terminal
will increase capacity by up to 60 per cent.
WA could get millions in federal salmon recovery dollars
More than $60 million in federal Climate-Ready Coasts initiative grants
could soon be on the way to help Washington’s rivers, endangered salmon
and native eelgrass.
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