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| Thomas Crapper |
Aloha Thomas Crapper Friday!
Although Thomas Crapper did not invent the toilet—that is
usually credited to John Harrington in 1596—he did help perfect
and popularize it. We celebrate him today, on the anniversary of
his death, which happened in 1910. Born in Thorne, South
Yorkshire, England, in 1836, Crapper founded the Thomas Crapper
& Co. Ltd. in 1866, in London. He patented and manufactured
"sanitary appliances."
The
“Washington Eight”: Washington Women in Congress
With her unexpected victory over MAGA Republican Joe Kent last
November – in which she received no help from the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee – first term U.S. Rep. Marie
Gluesenkamp-Perez, D-Wash. became the eighth woman serving in
Washington’s 12-person congressional delegation.
Billions
in federal dollars could make the Pacific Northwest a hub
for renewable hydrogen
The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $8 billion in funding
to create a network of six to 10 sites across the nation to
develop and commercialize hydrogen made from renewable energy
such as wind and solar.
New
Fairhaven facility brings clean energy storage to marine
vessels
Corvus Energy, a Norway-based energy storage company, celebrated
the opening of its first U.S. production facility in Fairhaven
Monday with informational tours, flowing champagne and a
delegation of foreign dignitaries.
Depleted
under Trump, a ‘traumatized’ EPA struggles with its mission
The nation’s top environmental agency is still reeling from the
exodus of more than 1,200 scientists and policy experts during
the Trump administration... And now this: The stressed-out,
stretched-thin Environmental Protection Agency is scrambling to
write about a half-dozen highly complex rules and regulations
that are central to President Joe Biden’s climate goals.
Salmon
farms not 'solely' to blame for growing B.C. sea lice
infestations, claims DFO study
A government study claims fish farms aren't solely to blame for
the growing prevalence of sea lice among wild salmon along the
B.C. coast.
Air
pollution is changing how our brain functions, researchers
at UBC, UVic find
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and University
of Victoria have found that exposure to traffic pollution is
changing the way our brain works.
Federal
government blocks BP Cherry Point north wing, limits crude
oil volume
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will require BP to limit the
volume of crude oil handled at its Cherry Point terminal to 191
million barrels per year* and prohibit handling crude oil at its
north wing dock unless authorized. *Per Friends of the San
Juans:"BP’s 2021 Atmospheric Crude Distillation
Capacity (barrels per calendar day) is 242,000 – that’s
88,330,000 barrels/year."
‘Rarest
of the rare’: B.C’s newest conservancy protects globally
imperilled rainforest
The move will permanently protect at-risk species and
biodiversity — including rare lichens, grizzly bear and
wolverine — in an area Premier David Eby describes as ‘one of
B.C.’s greatest treasures.
RIP Washington’s Hinman Glacier, gone after thousands of years
The largest glacier between the high peaks of Mount Rainier and Glacier
Peak has melted away after a long battle with global warming.
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