8/25 Clover, EVs, green crab, fish passages, False Cr cleanup, WA ferries, coccolithophores

White clover

 
White clover Trifolium repens
A low, creeping plant with distinctive, compound leaves that have 3 same-sized, egg-shaped leaflets. Leaves often display faint, symmetrical white markings. White flowerheads rise above the foliage on leafless stems. Prefers cool, moist soil. (Preen)

Washington to phase out new gasoline-powered cars by 2035
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the state will phase out the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by the year 2035. Inslee announced the move in a tweet on Wednesday and said a new rule will be finalized by the end of the year. John Ryan reports. (KUOW)  California poised to phase out sale of new gas-powered cars California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to be powered by electricity or hydrogen, an ambitious step that will reshape the U.S. car market by speeding the transition to more climate-friendly vehicles. (Associated Press)  Chinese province plans ban on sale of gasoline cars Hainan island in the South China Sea says it will become China’s first region to ban sales of gasoline- and diesel-powered cars to curb climate-changing carbon emissions. (Associated Press)

138K green crabs pulled from Washington waters ... so far in 2022
So far this year, Washington's Department of Fish and Wildlife says more than 138,000 European green crabs have been removed from Washington waters. It's a considerable increase in green crabs captured locally than previously reported this year. A total of 85,000 were captured near Bellingham last year. (KUOW)

WA Fish Passage Program To Flood Contractors With Work
The state’s Fish Passage Program, a 17-year, $3.8-billion effort to correct barriers to fish passages is beginning to ramp up funding with the goal of repairing 90% of the region’s roughly 1,000 fish barriers by 2030. Tim Newcomb reports. (ENRMorthwest)

Meet the People Who Want to Clean Up False Creek
Scientists will descend for a five-day ‘BioBlitz’ to better understand the health of the inlet. Michelle Gamage reports. (The Tyee)

Washington ferries seeing increased delays
An analysis of Washington State Ferries data shows ferries are running behind schedule this year more than they have in the past decade, with a consistent decline in on-time performance. (Seattle Times/Associated Press)

School of Rock
David B. Williams in Street Smart Naturalist writes: "A couple of weeks ago life exploded in Discovery Bay, just west of Port Townsend. Viewed from space, the profusion of critters turned the normally blue-hued bay into a vibrant turquoise green. The culprits were billions of coccolithophores (Emiliana huxleyi, or Ehux), single-celled marine plants (phytoplankton), commonly described as photosynthesizing algae. These microscopic organisms build a protective exterior made of plates (called coccoliths) that come in a variety of shapes ranging from shells shaped like steering wheels to pig-snouts surrounded by ruffles to a hollow disc with radiating fingers." (Street Smart Naturalist)

Now, your tug weather--
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  241 AM PDT Thu Aug 25 2022   
TODAY  Light wind becoming W 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind  waves less than 1 ft becoming 1 to 3 ft in the afternoon. W swell  4 ft at 7 seconds. 
TONIGHT  W wind 10 to 20 kt easing to 10 kt after midnight.  Wind waves 1 to 3 ft subsiding to 1 ft or less after midnight. NW  swell 5 ft at 8 seconds subsiding to 3 ft at 8 seconds after  midnight.

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