Extreme Weather Threatens Salmon Recovery – NWTT Newsletter
More data coming in on the toll on salmon of last summer’s record hot weather. After last summer’s record high temperatures and low water flow, Lummi Natural Resources staff discovered about 2,500 dead...
View ArticleHottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year – The Guardian
Not great news for those hoping to protect our oceans from the ravages of humankind. Sixth consecutive year. Whatever can be done to slow this must. While we are a small island of calm in the midst of...
View ArticleWhat new projections of sea level rise mean for Puget Sound and WA Coast –...
Solid reporting on our future along the Salish Sea. 10 to 12 inches of sea level rise in a place like Port Townsend could put large areas under water much of the time. Think the boatyard, Lincoln...
View ArticleModel of heatwave ‘blob’ shows unexpected effects in the Salish Sea – Salish...
Science on the 2013 Pacific Ocean heatwave. The marine heatwave that struck the Pacific Ocean in late 2013 also caused large changes in temperature in the Salish Sea, but scientists are still puzzling...
View ArticleNo increased WA gas tax in ‘unprecedented’ $16.8B transportation budget –...
So Cap and Trade fees have helped us put an extra $3B into public transit along with good news for pedestrians and bicycles. But is it actually reducing CO2? To be determined. Washington legislators...
View ArticleThe Power of Denial
Today in the New York Times, a story about the washing away of homes on the Carolina Outer Banks. The article points out that some of these homeowners, climate change believers bought their homes as...
View ArticleWashington to phase out new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 -AP
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...
View ArticleSinger Carole King on Olympic Trees – NY Times
Singer/Songwriter and environmental activist Carole King wrote an opinion piece on why the Biden Administration should sign an executive order immediately… “…directing his secretaries of the interior...
View ArticleA Stark Assessment
Photos from around the world by New York Times photographers. Got friends or family who don’t believe Climate Change is real? Send them this set of photos. Our Changing World: The Climate Crisis in...
View ArticleDungeness crab dying amid low oxygen levels linked to climate change –...
Climate change wreaking havoc on our native crab populations. Scientists are racing to see if there is anything that can be done. Not too far down the coast, piles of dead Dungeness crab washed ashore...
View ArticleCO2.COM – Builder of climate action portfolios
Had dinner last night with one of the members of the CO2.com team. They are a subsidiary of Time (the magazine business) and working out of Yakima. Their business is building diversified, high-impact...
View ArticleThis first ‘solar car’ available and can drive for months without needing to...
Major breakthrough though the first generation is super expensive. The company is hoping to bring the cost down into the real world $30K range sometime around 2025. On solar only can go 45 miles...
View ArticleState farm insurance ends homeowner insurance in California
In an incredible move that drives the economic impact of climate change home, State Farm insurance has decided to end new homeowners insurance in California due to wildfires and the cost of...
View ArticleInteractive Timeline of The Hottest Summer in Human History.
The Guardian has published a sobering look at a planet in runaway climate change. There is not a lot of time left to make the serious changes needed while our politicians take half measures at best....
View ArticleWhy 10 billion snow crabs starved to death in the Bering Sea – Phys.org
Global warming of our seas is now destroying one of the main commercial aquaculture crops of Alaska and Bering Sea. By 2021, more than 90% of snow crab vanished. This year the fishery was closed....
View ArticleWater reserves low in Olympics – Sequim Gazette
Our snow pack is not in great shape to provide us fresh water this year. Support local journalism. Subscribe to the Sequim Gazette. Washington SNOTEL Snow/Precipitation Update Report (usda.gov)
View ArticleOcean Warming: Losing the battle
While the global “leaders” flew their private Lear jets into Davos and other locations around the world (remember these jaunts are tax deductible in most countries!) they have done nothing to move the...
View ArticleBird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don’t know how to stop it. (AP)
First we had mass bird and sealife dieoffs due to warm water off the Pacific Coast in the last decade. Followed by ocean acidification. Then Starfish Wasting Disease. Now this. “You know somethings...
View ArticlePower from NW dams fell last year to lowest level in two decades -WA State...
Bad news for Orcas, salmon and humans too. Global warming is real and we are seeing it’s affects. Hydropower generated for electricity from Oregon and Washington dams fell to historically low levels...
View ArticleWind Energy Growing
More good news on the wind energy front. The naysayers from PR firms working for global big oil always said that we’d never get enough energy out of the wind to make it valuable. Latest stats show that...
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