3/19 Canvasback, WA clean fuels, Chevron Kitimat LNG, youth climate activists

Canvasback [All About Birds]

 
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Often called the aristocrat of ducks, the Canvasback holds its long sloping forehead high with a distinguished look. Males stand out with a rusty head and neck and a gleaming whitish body bookended in black. Females are pale brown overall, but that Canvasback head shape still gives them away. This diving duck eats plant tubers at the bottom of lakes and wetlands. It breeds in lakes and marshes and winters by the thousands on freshwater lakes and coastal waters. The species name of the Canvasback, valisineria, comes from Vallisneria americana, or wild celery, whose winter buds and stems are the duck’s preferred food during the nonbreeding period. (All About Birds)

Clean fuel legislation could be blocked again by one WA Democrat
The annual push in Olympia to promote electric vehicles and biofuels at the expense of gasoline and “dinosaur” diesel has again failed to woo a key senator who killed the bill twice before. But whether that will matter this time is an open question...This year’s bill, House Bill 1091, cleared the state House of Representatives, 52-46, and passed a Senate committee hearing Tuesday morning. While boosters celebrate the bill’s progress, it may yet land before the Senate Transportation Committee — the place where the idea stalled in 2019 and 2020. The Transportation Committee chairman, Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, declined to put the legislation up for a vote both years, and still isn’t smitten with it. Levi Pulkkinen reports. (InvestigateWest)

Chevron Canada to stop funding further feasibility work Kitimat LNG project
Chevron Canada Ltd. says it will stop funding further feasibility work on its proposed Kitimat LNG project on B.C.'s north coast. The company holds a 50 per cent stake in the project in a joint venture with Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. Chevron, which is the project operator, put its interest up for sale in December 2019, but has failed to find a buyer. (Canadian Press)

Youth Climate Activists Aim to Rally Support for Indigenous Land Defenders
Best known for their ability to draw massive crowds in support of climate justice, the Sustainabiliteens are taking a different approach for today’s global day of youth action by drawing attention to the work of Indigenous activists fighting the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project. Along with hundreds of young people across Canada and many more worldwide, the Sustainabiliteens, a group of high school-aged activists from across Metro Vancouver, will be gathering outside Environment Canada’s downtown Vancouver offices at 10 a.m.  Katie Hyslop reports. (The Tyee)

Now, your weekend tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  309 AM PDT Fri Mar 19 2021   
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT   
TODAY  SE wind 15 to 25 kt easing to 10 to 20 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 4 ft. W swell 13 ft at 11 seconds. A  chance of showers in the morning. A slight chance of tstms.  Showers in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  SE wind 10 to 20 kt becoming E 5 to 15 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 11 ft at 12 seconds  subsiding to 9 ft at 11 seconds after midnight. Showers likely in  the evening. A slight chance of tstms. A chance of showers after  midnight. 
SAT  W wind 15 to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. SW swell 7 ft at  10 seconds. A chance of showers in the morning then a slight  chance of showers in the afternoon. 
SAT NIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt easing to 5 to 15 kt after  midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 8 ft at 9 seconds. 
SUN  SW wind 10 to 20 kt becoming S 20 to 30 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft building to 3 to 5 ft. W swell 5  ft at 10 seconds.

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