6/21 Summer solstice, BC climate change, plastic ban, Tacoma warehouse, Pacific Wild, Race to Alaska, sea research, milky sea

Summer solstice [NASA]

Summer solstice
The summer solstice, marking the first day of summer, occurs on June 21, 2022, although the solstice can take place any time between June 20 and June 22 each year. It is the longest day of the year for people in the northern hemisphere because the North Pole is tilted at its maximum angle towards the sun. (NASA)

B.C. launches strategy to protect communities from climate change
The provincial government says the strategy is backed up with more than $500 million in spending during the next three years. Gordon Hoekstra reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Government will ban some single-use plastics over the next 18 months
Ban includes straws, takeout containers, grocery bags, cutlery, stir sticks and plastic rings. Mia Rabson reports. (Canadian Press)·

Permits filed for buildings at contentious Tacoma warehouse site. How big will they be?
What’s become a controversial warehouse proposal in South Tacoma is slowly making its way through the city’s permit process as push back continues from residents. Bridge Industrial on June 13 filed construction permits for Buildings A (517,042 square feet), B (957,726 square feet), C (661,523 square feet) and D (332,295 square feet) in its Bridge Point Tacoma 2MM...The company purchased nearly 20 vacant parcels in the South Burlington Way area in September last year from BNSF Railway for $158.3 million. Its plans call for a roughly 2.5 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art industrial site, consisting of four buildings along with 20 acres of trailer storage space. Debbie Cockrell reports. (Tacoma News Tribune)

‘Scared into silence’: former workers allege abuse, safety issues at B.C. environmental organization
Breathtaking photos. Adventurous boat trips. A mission to save the planet. Young people were drawn to Pacific Wild, but many describe a work culture of bullying and harassment. Stephanie Wood reports. (The Narwhal)

Sailboat wins Race to Alaska
The mono-hull sailboat team Pure & Wild of Seattle won the Race to Alaska Monday afternoon, sailing into Ketchikan amid predicted mild weather and fewer logs in the water than competitors in recent days had experienced. Paul Dunn reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

To unravel some of the ocean's mysteries, scientists head to sea
Near the edge of the coastal shelf, off the shore of Grays Harbor, Washington, scientists aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, research vessel Bell M. Shimada slowly lower a 10-foot-long net the shape of two bongo drums slowly into the inky black sea. Courtney Flatt reports. (NW News Network)

And Then the Sea Glowed a Magnificent Milky Green
A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow. Sam Keck Scott writes. (Hakai Magazine)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  401 AM PDT Tue Jun 21 2022   
TODAY  W wind to 10 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Wind waves  2 ft or less. W swell 3 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of drizzle in  the morning then a slight chance of drizzle in the afternoon. A  chance of showers in the afternoon. 
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell  3 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. A chance  of drizzle in the evening then a slight chance of drizzle after  midnight.

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