Aloha National Food Bank Friday!
National Food Bank Day was created in 2017, to commemorate fifty
years since the founding of St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance, the first
food bank in the world, and to "recognize the outstanding
contributions of food banks around the country". St. Mary's was
founded by John ven Hengel in 1967, and its mission is to
"alleviate hunger through the gathering and distribution of food
while encouraging self-sufficiency, collaboration, advocacy and
education."
Celebrating
the life of Tokitae the orca on San Juan Island
More than 300 people gathered Sunday at a park in the heart of
the home waters of the southern resident orcas to pay tribute to
the life of Tokitae.
The
quest for an ancient colossus, in the wild rainforest of
B.C.
Experts worry B.C.’s giant trees could be the last of their kind
as climate change jeopardizes their ability to survive the
centuries to come.
Pink
salmon are having a great 2023 return in Puget Sound
The 2023 pink salmon run is forecast to be about four million
returning to Puget Sound, around the 10-year average.
Province
of B.C. says it's spent $585M so far this year fighting
wildfires
The B.C. government has spent more than half a billion dollars
so far this year fighting a historically bad wildfire season,
and that number is expected to continue to rise in the coming
weeks as hundreds of blazes continue to burn.
30
years after Clayoquot Sound, old growth logging continues
unabated, says B.C. conservation group
The Sierra Club of B.C. says the logging of large old trees in
verdant, bio-diverse forests on Vancouver Island has continued
mostly unabated in the 30 years since one of the biggest acts of
civil disobedience in Canada.
New
flame retardants found in breast milk years after similar
chemicals were banned
In the early 2000s, researchers tested breast milk samples from
U.S. mothers and found high levels of toxic compounds used as a
common flame retardant in household items. This summer,
scientists detected a new set of similar flame retardants in the
breast milk of 50 U.S. women.
Native
nations on front lines of climate change share knowledge and
find support at intensive camps
People from at least 28 tribes and intertribal organizations
attended this year’s camp in Port Angeles, Washington, and more
than 70 tribes have taken part in similar camps organized by the
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians at other sites across the
U.S. since 2016.
The
EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's
wetlands
The EPA and Department of the Army announced a final rule
amending the definition of protected "waters of the United
States" in light of the decision in Sackett v. EPA in
May, which narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the
agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.
BC
Hydro apologizes for $128 million Site C dam data error
Over three years, undisclosed employees quietly handed out $558
million in direct-award contracts, including $92 million to
engineering firm SNC Lavalin.
Trump-era rule change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says
A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for
the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates
several laws.
Study directly links greenhouse gas emissions with polar bear decline, UW professor says
Polar bears and their cubs will starve faster in the coming decades as
greenhouse gas emissions hasten the decline of Arctic ice, scientists
found in a new study.
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