8/10 Chinese parsley, border opening, climate report, Trans Mtn, Quinault Nation, old growth logging

 Chinese parsley [Plant World]

Chinese parsley Coriandrum sativum
Coriander is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. It is also known as Chinese parsley, dhania or cilantro. All parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds (as a spice) are the parts most traditionally used in cooking.

Canada reopens its border for vaccinated U.S. visitors
Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans. Lisa Baumann and Wilson Ring report. (Associated Press) See also: Hundreds line up at B.C.'s Peace Arch crossing as COVID border restrictions lift  Yvette Brend reports. (CBC)

This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know
There is little good news in the 3,900 pages of text released today. But there is still time to avert the worst of the climate catastrophe — if humanity chooses to. Pep Canadell, Joelle Gergis, Malte Meinshausen, Mark Hemer and Michael Grose report. (The Narwhal) See also: Critics question B.C.'s growing fossil fuel subsidies in wake of dire new climate change report  Bethany Lindsay reports. (CBC)

Ottawa says it must maximize revenue from the Trans Mountain pipeline to fight climate change
The minister responsible for Canada's role in fighting climate change is defending his government's purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline after a landmark UN report said the continued use of fossil fuels is pushing the climate toward catastrophe. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson said today that revenue generated by the project will help Canada achieve its long-term climate objectives. Nick Boisvert reports. (CBC) See also: Trans Mountain pipeline tries to override Burnaby to gain permits for clearing 86 trees  The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has once again asked a federal regulator to overrule the City of Burnaby and allow the Crown corporation to cut down 86 trees near the boundary between Burnaby and New Westminster. Michelle Gomez reports. (CBC)

This tribe has lived on the coast of Washington for thousands of years. Now climate change is forcing it uphill
[TAHOLAH, Grays Harbor County] The village provided a somber backdrop Monday during a historic visit from Deb Haaland, the secretary of interior — and the nation’s first Native American Cabinet secretary. While meeting with tribal leaders, she promised hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to tribal nations to combat the threat of a warming planet. Lynda Mapes reports. (Seattle Times)

Forest defenders present 150,000-name petition to stop old-growth logging
Environmentalists and the B.C. Green party are demanding the provincial government implement the promises it made to preserve B.C.’s forests, starting with putting an immediate end to old-growth logging. The group Stand.earth presented Green Leader Sonia Furstenau with a petition containing 150,000 signatures on the steps of the legislature in Victoria Monday. Lisa Cordasco reports. (Vancouver Sun) See also: 33 Fairy Creek activists arrested as tents and vehicles block service roads, police say  Since enforcement began, 556 people have been arrested on Vancouver Island. (CBC)

Paradise Logged
The Discovery Islands lie at the far northern reach of the Salish Sea. Just 140 years ago, they were home to magnificent ocean-bounded forests of giant trees. The legacy of first settler impacts is enormous stumps that are a haunting memory: this archipelago once harboured vast carbon stores and enormous biodiversity. Lannie Keller writes. (Watershed Sentinel)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  301 AM PDT Tue Aug 10 2021   
TODAY  W wind to 10 kt becoming NW 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 8 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt easing to 10 kt after midnight. Wind  waves 2 ft or less. W swell 4 ft at 7 seconds.

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