7/26 Barred owl, Biden's enviro justice, BC rainforest, BC drought, ecocide, WA bag ban, BC ferries fee, Fairy Cr protest, Japanese beetle, Green Team

 

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Barred Owls [Gene Helfman]

Barred Owl
Reader Gene Helfman last week wrote: "Since we don't have to worry about Barred Owls displacing Spotted Owls around here, we're happy to announce that our local BO couple has fledged three owlets. They're hanging around in our woods. "Captured" two of them the other evening."

White House lays out environmental justice guidance 
Two big themes of the first six months of the Joe Biden administration have been racial equity — the focus of one of the first executive orders the president signed — and environmental infrastructure, a big part of the infrastructure bill working its way through Congress. On Wednesday, those themes came together. The White House released 13 pages of instructions to federal agencies on how to make sure that disadvantaged communities get at least 40% of the benefits from spending on energy and the environment. Andy Uhler reports. (Marketplace)

B.C.’s rare inland rainforest at risk of collapse, international scientists warn in new study
The province’s unique inland temperate rainforest is home to endangered species and cedar trees more than 1,000 years old — but its old-growth ecosystems could be destroyed in less than a decade if logging continues at its current pace. Sarah Cox reports. (The Narwhal)

People asked to cut water use as drought dries up southern B.C. rivers
People in southern B.C. are being asked to limit their water consumption as drought conditions threaten aquatic wildlife and agriculture. Sarah Grochowski reports. (Vancouver Sun)

International lawyers define the crime ecocide
Canadian International human rights lawyer Lisa Oldring, who has spent most of her career working for the United Nations but now works independently on cases of climate justice, advises Stop Ecocide Canada, which is advocating to have the term recognized in international law. 'It is the most serious category of environmental crimes. We are not talking about 'did you recycle?' or how much red meat you eat,' says Oldring. Tiffany Crawford reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Small business owners question viability of Washington's plastic bag ban
A new law banning single-use plastic bags in Washington starting this fall has some business owners concerned about costs after a year of economic hardships. Lionel Donovan reports. (KING)

BC Ferries Ups the Pressure to Pay $17 Reservation Fee
With more space allocated for drivers who reserve, travellers face more waits unless they pay up. Andrew MacLeod reports. (The Tyee)

RCMP accuse protesters of cutting 18 healthy trees to block road access
The RCMP is accusing Fairy Creek anti-logging protesters of cutting down 18 healthy trees and placing them across the road to block access for forestry company Teal-Jones. Louise Dickson    reports. (Times Colonist)

Efforts to knock down invasive Japanese beetle in Vancouver appear to be working
Eradication efforts to keep a voracious plant-eating invasive insect from establishing itself in British Columbia appear to be working. Japanese beetles were discovered in downtown Vancouver in 2017 and immediately recognized as an invasive species that, if allowed to proliferate in the province, could devastate plants and commercial crops. Chad Pawson reports. (CBC)

This new Whatcom initiative hopes to give students help to take action on climate change
The Green Team Network is a long time coming, said Priscilla Brotherton..., the Sustainable Schools program manager at environmental nonprofit RE Sources... The Green Team Network is a grant-funded initiative the organization is launching at the beginning of this upcoming school year. The program seeks to support Whatcom County’s elementary and middle schools in forming green teams, or groups of students advocating to make their schools and communities more sustainable Ysabelle Kempe reports. (Bellingham Herald)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  257 AM PDT Mon Jul 26 2021   
TODAY  W wind to 10 kt becoming NW 10 to 20 kt in the  afternoon. Wind waves 1 ft or less building to 1 to 3 ft in the  afternoon. W swell 2 ft at 12 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt becoming 5 to 15 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. SW swell 1 ft at 12 seconds.

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