Friday, December 20, 2024

Salish Sea News Week in Review December 20 2024



Aloha Sacagawea Friday!
Sacagawea, who died on this day in 1812, was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Wikipedia

Making sense of Washington’s multi-billion dollar budget hole
A reckoning has arrived over spending on programs and services that is expected to outpace state tax revenue.

B.C. government aims to permanently protect Fairy Creek
With old-growth logging deferrals set to expire in February, the BC NDP and Greens pledge to work together to safeguard the old-growth valley.

Protecting the health of people who eat fish: The long battle over water quality standards
...A lawsuit filed against the EPA over toxic pollution limits is finally due for a decision. All the old players are waiting anxiously for a judge to decide if the EPA — and now the state Department of Ecology — have made reasonable choices.
Number of salmon returning to Columbia River Basin stays flat over last decade
Average salmon and steelhead counts in the Columbia River Basin over the last decade are still well below officials’ goal of 5 million fish per year.

Canadian youth climate case will go to trial in Vancouver in 2026
The group argues Canada's contribution to climate change violates their rights to life, liberty, and security.

Nearly 150 miles of Columbia River added to EPA’s Superfund list
Sediments behind Grand Coulee Dam contain heavy metals from Canadian smelter.

Montana Supreme Court affirms decision in historic youth climate case
A state limit on the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions is unconstitutional, the court says. 

Federal agencies to revise environmental study for Columbia River Basin dam operations
Supplemental study will consider new data about dam breaching, which environmental advocates say would restore salmon, steelhead populations.

How Whitman College is reckoning with its past
Whitman College has started serving
“first foods,” such as roasted elk, fry bread with huckleberry jam, and cedar plank smoked rainbow trout, which are representative of the region’s Indigenous people.

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