Aloha Bob Marley Friday!
Robert Nesta Marley OM (b. Feb. 9, 1945) was a Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of the genre, his music fused elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, and he was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style.
Record
number of Bigg’s Killer Whales sightings in 2023
More than 1,400 Bigg’s Killer Whales sightings were reported in
the Salish Sea in 2023, according to the Orca Behaviour
Institute. This number surpasses the 2022 record by about 200
sightings, the institute says, and contributes to an eight-fold
increase in sightings from 10 years ago.
WA’s
snowpack languishes with little hope for the months ahead
Snowpack across the entire state sits below normal levels, in
some places less than half what an average winter might bring.
“It’s worse than I expected,” state climatologist Nick Bond
said.
Out
of gas: Inslee’s oil transparency bill stalls in Legislature
The bill was a top climate priority for the governor this
session but critics questioned the cost and whether the state
could keep sensitive corporate data safe from hackers.
Energy
company is back in court for endangering fish on the
Puyallup River
Electron Hydro and its CEO last year agreed to pay more than a
million dollars in fines for their illegal use of artificial
turf in the Puyallup River four years ago. On Tuesday, Electron
Hydro’s owners will be back in court – this time in a suit
brought by the Puyallup Tribe under the Endangered Species Act.
B.C.
groups request review of tire chemical linked to salmon
deaths
Peter Ross, senior scientist at Raincoast Conservation
Foundation, says the mystery of coho dying in urban waterways
had persisted for years, until a 2020 study uncovered the role
of a particular chemical used in tire rubber.
Environmental
groups celebrate court ruling as a win for at-risk birds in
B.C. and beyond
Court case was launched against backdrop of old growth logging
protests on Vancouver Island.
Loggerhead
sea turtle found at Pedder Bay
The turtle, typically found much farther south, was rushed to
the Vancouver Aquarium suffering from hypothermia.
Thousands of Chinook wasted as bycatch in B.C. fishery, new report finds
Nearly 30,000 Chinook salmon were wasted as bycatch in the Canadian
trawl fishery, which was targeting hake and walleye pollock, a new
report from Canadian fisheries officials found.
UW's Burke Museum working with Native tribes to repatriate Indigenous artifacts
Museums across Washington state may no longer display some Native artifacts without permission under a new federal rule.
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