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Salmon shark Lamna ditropis
The salmon shark is a species of mackerel shark found in the northern Pacific ocean. As an apex predator, the salmon shark feeds on salmon, squid, sablefish, and herring. It is known for its ability to maintain stomach temperature, which is unusual among fish. (Wikipedia)
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Current: Community Voices / In celebration of Black History Month
World temperatures go above 1.5 C warming for a year: EU scientists
The average temperature for the past 12 months was 1.52 C above
pre-industrial times, according to the Copernicus Climate Change
Service. Tiffany Crawford reports. (Vancouver Sun)
B.C. Hydro braces for severe drought
The utility is used to managing the ups and downs of high water years
and low water years with a history that stretches back 80 years, but
“this is towards the worst end of what we’ve seen historically,” CEO
Chris O’Riley said. Derrick Penner reports. (Times Colonist)
Controversial energy project moves closer to breaking ground
A federal commission released its final environmental review for the
Goldendale Pumped Storage Energy Project – to the consternation of
several tribes and environmental groups. The Goldendale Pumped Storage
Project is part of a potential solution to one of the biggest problems
for renewable energy development: the variability of wind and solar. As
the Northwest transitions off fossil fuels, power will need to be stored
for when the sun doesn’t shine, and the wind doesn’t blow. Courtney
Flatt reports. (KNKS)
What do ‘clean’ and ‘green’ actually mean? Canadian watchdog
receives complaints about environmental claims by Shell, RBC, Enbridge
The list of companies whose marketing is being accused of deceiving
Canadians about their environmental commitments continues to grow. Carl
Meyer and Fatima Syed reports. (The Narwhal)
They started building a bulkhead for a new home on Hood Canal. Then the feds found out
A judge ruled the structure was built in Hood Canal without a proper
permit, and now the homeowner faces a $250,000 fine. Lynda Mapes
reports. (Seattle Times)
The Boldt Decision’s impact on Indigenous rights, 50 years later
The landmark 1974 case ordered Washington to uphold its treaties, affirm
Indigenous salmon fishing rights and recognize Native nations’
sovereignty.Nicholas K. Geranios reports. (Crosscut)
Estimates show capital gains tax repeal draining billions from Washington budget
A proposal headed to voters to repeal Washington’s capital gains tax
would knock roughly a billion dollars a year from the state budget,
money that would otherwise go to early learning and child care programs
and school construction, according to new state estimates. In 2023, the
first year of collections, the tax brought in about $890 million. The
estimates show that eliminating it would leave similar-sized holes in
the state budget going forward. Bill Lucia reports. (Washington State Standard)
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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-
233 AM PST Mon Feb 12 2024
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
TODAY
E wind to 10 kt becoming SE 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 11 ft at 13 seconds subsiding to
9 ft at 12 seconds in the afternoon. A slight chance of rain in
the morning.
TONIGHT
E wind to 10 kt becoming SE 5 to 15 kt after midnight.
Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 8 ft at 12 seconds.
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