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Fool's Gold can be one of three minerals. The most common mineral mistaken for gold is pyrite. Chalcopyrite may also appear gold-like, and weathered mica can mimic gold as well. (USGS)
Today's top story in Salish Current: A tale of two student uprisings
Owner of sunken ship off San Juan Island fined over diesel leak in Salish Sea
The Aleutian Isle, a 58-foot fishing boat, sank in the Haro Strait in
August 2022. The Washington Department of Ecology estimates that the
wreck leaked 1,300 to 1,600 gallons of diesel into the water. Just 1/3
of the fuel was collected in clean-up efforts and Ecology has fined boat
owner Matthew Johnston $18,000. (My Bellingham Now)
Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA’s plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants
The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air
pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges
continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal
regulations. The justices in a 5-4 vote on Thursday rejected arguments
by the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled states that the
plan was cutting air pollution and saving lives in 11 states where it
was being enforced and that the high court’s intervention was
unwarranted. Mark Sherman reports. (Associated Press)
As salmon season kicks off, some Alaska fishermen fear for their futures
A year into the the crisis in Alaska’s $6 billion commercial fishing
industry, there are some signs of recovery, but major threats persist,
many of which fishermen feel powerless to affect. Nathaniel Herz
reports. (Washington State Standard)
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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-
248 AM PDT Thu Jun 27 2024
TODAY
W wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt late this
morning and afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at
8 seconds. A slight chance of rain early this morning.
TONIGHT
W wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 6 seconds and W
2 ft at 11 seconds.
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