World Elephant's Day (August 12)
World Elephant's Day is a day to express concern, share
knowledge, and support solutions for the better care of captive
and wild elephants; it is a day to honor elephants, spread
awareness about the critical threats they face, and to support
solutions to help ensure their survival.
80%
of B.C. rivers face high to extreme drought
Persistent dry and hot weather pushed Metro Vancouver to enact
Level 2 watering restrictions Friday for the first time since
2015.
Billions
spent on hatcheries, habitat fails to help native Columbia
River salmon, study finds
Decades of data show that despite billions in taxpayer
investment, salmon and steelhead hatchery programs and
restoration projects in the Columbia River Basin have failed to
support or boost native fish populations and in fact are
contributing to their decline.
Group
petitions to dump Washington’s new carbon-pricing system
Advocacy organization Let’s Go Washington is gathering
signatures on a petition to ask the Washington Legislature to
repeal the state’s new carbon pricing system. Conservatives are
saying the new program is causing Washington to have the highest
gasoline prices in the nation.
Two
new baby orcas with no deaths over the past year could make
for a remarkable census
This year’s census for the Southern Resident killer whales
apparently will document two new calves but no deaths for the
12-month period ending July 1.
Marine
heat wave off Pacific coast could prove dangerous for
wildlife
A marine heat wave that's been raising the temperatures of
waters off the Pacific coast for weeks has experts worried about
the health of marine life.
Canada
to sell pipeline stake to Indigenous groups through special
vehicle
Canada plans to sell a stake in the Trans Mountain oil pipeline
to Indigenous groups through a special purpose vehicle that will
allow individual communities to buy into the enterprise. The
government will provide the groups with access to capital so
they don’t have to risk any of their own money to participate.
Cases dropped against 146 Fairy Creek protesters over RCMP's failure to read full injunction at arrests
Prosecutors in B.C. have withdrawn cases against nearly 150 protesters
who were arrested for participating in a blockade around old-growth
logging on Vancouver Island after a judge this year found Mounties did
not read the full text of a court order to the group.
State proposes tighter safety regulations for refinery workers years after tragedy
Regulations proposed by the Washington State Department of Labor &
Industries in June would update the 1992 “Process Safety Management”
guidelines for thousands of workers at Washington’s five refineries,
including the BP and Phillips 66 refineries at Cherry Point.
Canada, U.S. negotiate future of Columbia River in Seattle this week
For 60 years, the Columbia River Treaty has guided how water from
British Columbia flows downstream in Washington and Oregon, for flood
control and hydropower. Parts of that agreement expire next year.
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