Here’s a thought…
“The competition between Nature and the economy is deep and broad.
In the short term, the economy usually wins. In the long term …?”
BILL APPEL
Governor announces bold climate package for 2021–2023 biennium
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today outlined his climate policy package for the 2021–2023 biennium. “Climate change is a health issue, an economic issue and an equity issue. We must address
Human-made stuff doubles in mass every 20 years
It Just Crossed a Disturbing Line ||| FROM SCIENCE ALERT ||| All of the Amazon's splendid greenery. Every fish in the Pacific. Every microbe underfoot. Every elephant on the plains, every flower, fungus, and fruit-fly
Transition Lopez Island outlines progress toward fossil-free, food secure future
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Last Saturday, December 5, a group called “Transition Lopez Island” convened a tele-panel of residents and representatives to update the community on progress toward a fossil-free future and
Next Meeting of the Minds to explore our national monument
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| MEETING OF THE MINDS – The Bureau of Land Management and the San Juan Islands National Monument – Past, Present, and Future @ ORCAS SENIOR CENTER
Meet Brent Lyles, new Executive Director at Friends of the San Juans
||| KATIE FLEMING for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| You are invited to a virtual town hall on Wednesday, December 16 at 5:30 p.m. The town hall meeting will be led by Brent Lyles,
UW study: Navy jet noise endangers humans, wildlife on Olympic Peninsula
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| SEATTLE — Increased noise pollution from more powerful Navy military jets is threatening the health of both humans and wildlife in what once was the quietest place in the continental
These island businesses are greening up the grid
||| FROM LESLIE BRAZEAU for EASTSOUND SUITES ||| Eastsound Suites on Main Street is the latest Orcas business to begin generating their own electricity. Orcas-based installer, Rainshadow Solar, completed installation earlier this month of 34
Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee will meet on Wednesday
|||FROM SHEILA GAQUIN for DEER HARBOR PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE ||| The Deer Harbor Plan Review Committee will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 4-5:30 p.m. Via ZOOM (Meeting ID 841 6762
San Juan Preservation Trust acquires Deer Harbor’s Reef Island
||| FROM CRAIG CANINE for SAN JUAN PRESERVATION TRUST ||| A 17-acre island near Deer Harbor with a mile of shoreline habitat is now permanently conserved. Earlier this fall, the San Juan Preservation Trust (SJPT)
Center for Whale Research: Fundamental problem with southern resident killer whales
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Comment to the Agenda Item concerning Commercial Whale Watching Public Hearing at the December 3-5, 2020 WDFW (Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife) Commission Meeting Dear Commissioners: The
Human activity, shipping, fishing and polluting linked to killer-whale deaths: B.C. study
||| FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS ||| VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activity poses deadly threats to the orcas. Killer-whale deaths from Alaska
Center for Whale Research buys a 45-ace ranch to help save the Orca
Whale research non-profit takes a big leap in conservation to preserve salmon habitat ||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Friday Harbor, WA (December 2, 2020) - In October 2020, the Center for Whale Research
U.S. Navy gets OK for increased disturbance of orca
||| FROM TIMES COLUMNIST (BRITISH COLUMBIA) ||| Environmental groups are worried that the U.S. Navy’s activity in southern resident killer whale habitat spells trouble for the endangered animals. The navy has had authorization for decades
Protecting the Salish Sea: Washington’s plastic bag ban effective Jan. 1
||| FROM MARK INGMAN for SJC PUBLIC WORKS ||| On March 25 Governor Inslee signed Bill ESSB 5323, also known as the Washington Plastic Bag Ban into law (RCW 70A.530). This means that starting January
Virtual community conversation: Fossil free by ’33
So much has changed since last year ||| FROM ANDE FINDLEY for TRANSITION LOPEZ ISLAND ||| Would you like to know what headway San Juan County has made in developing a vibrant local food system
