Salish Sea News Week in Review July 9 2021

 

 

Aloha Donkey Kong Friday!
Donkey Kong was released by Nintendo in 1981, featuring the adventures of the eponymous ape created by Shigeru Miyamoto and the debut of Nintendo's Mario as Jumpman.

Survivor: Salmon Edition
Pink salmon are competitive—for food, for mates, and for space to spawn. Today, pinks are the most abundant of all Pacific salmon species, but what lies ahead for them in a time of rapid climate change?

Canadian governments have spent $23 billion supporting three pipelines since 2018: report
A new report finds Canadian governments have provided billions to support pipelines — none of which have been completed to date — even as experts worry pipelines themselves undermine progress on climate goals.

Record heat, drought threaten even the toughest survivors: L25, the oldest orca, and the winter Chinook she depends on
...No one really knows when she was born, but if her estimated birth year of 1928 is correct or even close, L25 has been traveling the seas of our region over uncounted miles for some 93 years.

Washington court rules in favor of conservation groups in fight over cattle lots and groundwater 
It’s back to the drawing board for state regulators, after the Washington Court of Appeals ordered the Department of Ecology to rework permits for confined animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs.

Inslee declares wildfire state of emergency, burn ban
Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday declared a state of emergency throughout Washington relating to the growing risk of wildfires, including a statewide prohibition on most outdoor and agricultural burning through Sept. 30.

More than a billion seashore animals may have cooked to death in B.C. heat wave, says UBC researcher 
Shoreline temps above 50 C and low tides led to mass deaths of animals like mussels, clams, sea stars.

Extreme heat cooks shellfish alive on Puget Sound beaches
A record-shattering heat wave June 26-28 coincided with some of the year's lowest tides on Puget Sound.

Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change
The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to the record-smashing temperatures.

Historic summit of tribes across Pacific Northwest presses dam removal on Inslee, Biden, Congress
In a historic gathering of more than 15 Indian nations, tribal leaders from around the Northwest called for immediate action to save endangered orcas and the salmon they depend on.

Gulf Islands under some of the worst water shortages ever, authorities say
After this summer's unprecedented heat wave across B.C., authorities in the Gulf Islands say the season's drought is one of the worst they've experienced in recent memory.

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