Thursday, July 3, 2025

7/3 Yellow flag iris, BC climate plan, residential solar, climate reports, endangered badgers, turf chemicals, democracy watch, week in review

Yellow Flag Iris

Yellow Flag Iris Iris pseudacorus
Yellow flag iris is a perennial, aquatic, herbaceous plant which grows 2 to 3 feet tall along shores in shallow water. Rhizomes spread and form large clumps. Yellow flag grows in temperate wetlands along the margins of lakes and slow-moving rivers.  It is most commonly found in very shallow water or mud.  It tolerates drying and anoxic sediment and is also tolerant of some salinity, and high soil acidity.(Washington Noxious Weed Control Board)

Today's top story in Salish Current: State to buy new hybrid ferries from Florida shipyard / Whatcom drought: What should we do?

BC Seeks Comments on Its Faltering CleanBC Climate Plan
The government has admitted problems. Now you can offer ideas for change. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. (The Tyee)

In a big bill that hurts clean energy, residential solar likely to get hit fast
The bill now in the House takes an ax to clean energy incentives, including killing a 30% tax credit for rooftop residential solar by the end of the year that the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act had extended into the next decade. Trump has called the clean energy tax credits in the climate law part of a “green new scam” that improperly shifts taxpayer subsidies to help the “globalist climate agenda” and energy sources like wind and solar. (Associated Press)

Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down
Websites that displayed legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared, making it harder for state and local governments and the public to learn what to expect in their backyards from a warming world. Seth Borenstein reports. (Associated Press)

Campaign launches to protect endangered badgers being killed on roads in B.C.'s Interior
Project aims to build infrastructure to provide safe passage for badgers, which are often hit by cars. Courtney Dickson reports. (CBC)

Washington program looking at regulation for harmful chemicals in turf, other products
A program from The Washington State Department of Ecology now wants to eliminate concerns and ensure all problematic chemicals are removed from artificial turf. Last month, the Department of Ecology listed artificial turf as one of nine priority products it plans to review through the second iteration of its Safer Products for Washington Program. Conor Wilson reports. (Kitsap Sun)

Democracy Watch

  • House Republicans expected to pass Trump's massive tax and policy bill by July 4 (NPR)
  • Feds look at new way to get food stamp data from Washington and other states (Washington State Standard)
  • Federal judge strikes down Trump's order suspending asylum access at the southern border (NPR)

Salish Sea News Week in Review 7/3/25: Fireworks, 'declaration of dissent,' fabricated 'national emergency,' lab-grown salmon, orca feeding humans, Indigenous tourism, CA enviro rollback, Soundkeeper victory.

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Here's your weekend tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  236 AM PDT Thu Jul 3 2025    
TODAY
 W wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt late. Seas  around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 7 seconds.  
TONIGHT
 W wind 5 to 10 kt, easing to around 5 kt after  midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds.  
FRI
 W wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.  Seas around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or less. Wave  Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds.  
FRI NIGHT
 W wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after  midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 7 seconds.  
SAT
 W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at  7 seconds.  
SAT NIGHT
 W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W  3 ft at 6 seconds.  
SUN
 W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft  at 9 seconds.

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