On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader of the American civil rights movement who was in Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike by the city's sanitation workers, was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
Budget woes, federal cuts puts WA plans at risk as wildfire season nears
In Washington, a $12 billion budget shortfall prompted majority
Democrats in the Legislature last week to propose slicing spending on
wildfire prevention and fighting by one-third to two-thirds.
New $5B plan to fund culvert removals unveiled by WA senators
Washington state senators revealed a proposal Monday to raise billions
of dollars to pay for the court-ordered removal of culverts blocking the
migration of salmon and other fish. The plan included in the Senate’s
capital budget would bond up to $5 billion over the next 15 years and
repay the debt with revenue from an existing tax on electrical
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Lower Mainland flood prevention work must wait, province admits
Three years after one of the costliest disasters in Canadian history,
the provincial government now says it doesn’t have the money to fully
fund critical flood-prevention work in the Lower Mainland.
Lee Zeldin, E.P.A. Head, Shuts National Environmental Museum
The exhibits were dedicated to the agency’s history. Mr. Zeldin said closing the collection would save $600,000 annually.
What cutting the consumer carbon tax means for Canada's emissions
The federal government has ended its carbon pricing for consumers, and
that's expected to lead to savings at the gas pump. But what did the
carbon tax and rebate actually do for the climate? And now that it's
gone, what impact will that have on emissions?
B.C. quietly allowed an oil and gas giant to sidestep rules for more than 4,300 pipelines
B.C.’s energy regulator has the power to grant exemptions — without
notifying the public. Experts are raising the alarm about the process,
saying the regulator is playing soft with fossil fuel companies that
break rules.
Canada and B.C. finalize agreement to fund Metro Vancouver Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have finalized an
agreement for the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund, providing CAD 250
million (about USD 173 million) in federal funding over five years for
the first phase of the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade.
These sea stars were nearly wiped out — but B.C. researchers say fiords provided refuge
Researchers say sea star wasting disease, whose exact cause is unknown, may be affected by water temperatures.
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