Friday, August 23, 2024

Salish Sea News Week in Review August 23 2024


Aloha Gene Kelly Friday!
Gene Kelly, born on this day in 1912, was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man". He starred in, choreographed, and, with Stanley Donen, co-directed some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s.(Wikipedia)

With new facility, Mountlake Terrace to treat chemical that kills coho
Used in tires, 6PPD seeps into streams during storms. A state grant will help the city design a vault to filter it.

Climate change is already reshaping PNW shorelines. Tribal nations are showing how to adapt
Tribal nations along the coasts of Washington and Oregon are navigating impacts ranging from ocean warming and acidification, which threaten culturally and economically important fisheries, to increased coastal flooding and erosion from sea level rise and storm surges.

B.C. tour guides haul 32.5 tonnes of plastic debris from ocean
The crew removed discarded fishing tackle, polystyrene floats, plastic bags and bottles and more from the Great Bear Sea coastline during the 24-day trip.

One year after Tokitae's death, Lummi Nation and community honor the orca's life
The community came together Sunday to pay respect to Tokitae, who died Aug. 18, 2023, after over 50 years in captivity.

Drought in the West has cost hydropower industry billions in losses
Persistent drought in the West over the last two decades has limited the amount of electricity that hydropower dams can generate, costing the industry and the region billions of dollars in revenue.

What Lake Washington’s mud can tell us about toxic chemicals
At the bottom of Lake Washington, nearly 200 feet deep in the murky water, below where the giant sturgeon swim, there is mud. And that mud, and the compacted dirt below it, keeps track of us here in the Greater Seattle area when the lake bed accumulates whatever substance floats down, layer after layer.

BP’s Cherry Point Refinery secures nearly $27M for ‘green’ aviation fuel production
BP’s Cherry Point Refinery was awarded nearly $27 million to produce sustainable aviation fuel, using renewable biomass feedstocks, in Whatcom County. 

Life, Death, and Dollars Spent
The Canadian government and the Ehattesaht First Nation dropped a huge chunk of change trying to save the stranded killer whale kʷiisaḥiʔis (Brave Little Hunter). Now, they’re wondering how to make up the money.


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