4/5 Rock cress, Big Oil trial, liquified LNG, underwater mics, floating hotel, week in review

 

Rock Cress [WSU]

Rock Cress Aubrieta deltoidea
Rock cress makes a nice herbaceous spring blooming perennial with its profusion of purple flowers held above the green foliage beneath. This species is adapted to full or partial sun, and does best on light well-drained soils. It is often considered a rock garden plant, or seen tumbling over stone walls in the spring. It can be sheared after it has finished blooming. (WSU)

Today's top story in Salish Current: Community Voices / A boat is a dream on the water

Climate change lawsuits will finally put Big Oil on trial
32 lawsuits now target fossil fuel companies over climate damage. Alex Brown reports. (Washington State Standard)

WA utility offers an alternative maritime fuel, but gets pushback
Puget Sound Energy is producing liquified natural gas to power vessels with less emissions but its entire process of production from well head to finished product may not be as pollution free. Isabella Breda reports. (Seattle Times)

Underwater microphones aim to protect orcas from ships in B.C.'s Salish Sea
Ocean Wise says hydrophones will be used to alert commercial mariners in real time of killer whales in this busy shipping pass. Tiffany Crawford reports. (Vancouver Sun)

Squamish residents get say on floating hotel plan for LNG project
Woodfibre LNG needs municipal approval for hotel in order to start full-scale construction. David Carrigg reports. (Times Colonist)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 4/5/24: Dandelion Friday!, zombie fires, bird flu in cows, gray whales, honeybee collapse, SRKW extinction, orca calf airlift. 

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Here's your weekend tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  229 AM PDT Fri Apr 5 2024    
TODAY  NW wind to 10 kt becoming W 5 to 15 kt in the afternoon.  Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 6 ft at 10 seconds.  
TONIGHT  W wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 5 ft  at 9 seconds.  
SAT  S wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 4 ft at  12 seconds.  
SAT NIGHT  SW wind to 10 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 6 ft  at 15 seconds.  
SUN  SW wind 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft. W swell 6 ft at  14 seconds.

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