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| This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. [NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI] |
Aloha Astronomy Friday!Astronomy Day takes astronomy out of lofty places and brings it to the people. It provides a means of interaction between the general public and astronomy enthusiasts, groups, and professionals, and provides information, resources, and encouragement related to astronomy. Doug Berger started it in 1973 while president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California. Astronomy Day has expanded over the years. Now more than a dozen astronomical organizations cosponsor it, and events and festivities related to astronomy are held all around the world.
What
is the Trans Mountain pipeline — and why should I care?
New roadblocks, ballooning costs, legal actions and its impact
on endangered species — we explain the timeline and lingering
mysteries behind this contentious Canadian pipeline project.
Lawsuit
against Washington cap-and-trade program set for hearing
The first legal showdown over Washington’s cap-and-trade
program, which went into effect in January, will be Sept. 22 in
Thurston County Superior Court.
‘Marred
by litter’: Millions of pounds of trash soil Washington
roads and state lands
Washington has a litter problem. Nearly 38 million pounds of
garbage and other debris were strewn across roads, rest areas
and state lands last year, according to a new Department of
Ecology-commissioned study.
Blazes
spread in center of Olympic National Park
Large helicopters were requested this week to fight fires in
Olympic National Park as blazes chew up acreage in the interior
of the park.
Heat
pumps key to WA, coalition’s plan to end building emissions
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee vowed this week to eliminate
greenhouse gas emissions from new buildings, in large part by
rapidly expanding the installation of heat pumps. Inslee is
joined in that promise by 24 other governors representing states
that belong to the Climate Alliance (of which the Washington
governor is a founding member). In all, the governors agreed to
install 20 million new heat pumps across their states by 2030.
Wanted:
20,000 Young Americans to Fight Climate Change
President Biden intends to use executive authority to train and
employ thousands of young people in jobs to fight global
warming. The American Climate Corps, as the White House has
named the organization, would provide young people with skills
to work in wind and solar production, disaster preparedness and
land conservation.
‘Treated
like machines’: wildfire fighters describe a mental health
crisis on the frontlines
Extreme working conditions, low pay and high turnover are
leading to a crisis exacerbated by more intense wildfires.
Eighteen firefighters tell their stories of the mental toll —
from burnout to PTSD to the loss of peers to suicide.
Biden administration promises $200 million to help reintroduce salmon in Columbia River
The Biden administration agreed Thursday to spend more than $200 million
to fully fund Native tribes’ plans to reintroduce salmon in the Upper
Columbia River Basin — more than 80 years after construction of the
Grand Coulee Dam rendered the fish extinct in parts of Washington, Idaho
and British Columbia.
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