en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Cascadia headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 The Western Climate Initiative's cap-and-trade system will be the first in the West to reward major companies for cutting their global warming pollution by capping greenhouse gas emissions at a given level. Utilities and companies that exceed their allotment will be required to buy credits to cover their surplus from those that emit less than their allotment. http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700230966,00.html Climate Environment Policy Cascadia 06/02/2008 The url deseretnews.com doesn't have a corresponding news source Things are so bad for the Pacific Coast salmon fishery, the United States and Canada are cooperating. Cuts in harvest and improvements in habitat are part of a proposed revision to the Pacific Salmon Treaty, which should quickly be approved by both governments. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004435242_fished26.html Environment Salmon Wildlife Canada Cascadia United States 05/26/2008 Seattle Times Last week’s international pact to sharply cut the catch of chinook salmon migrating from Washington is one of those good news, bad news situations. The good aspect is that Alaska and Canada have finally put aside self- interest and acted to protect endangered chinook runs. The bad part is that the decline in the runs is now so obvious that all parties involved recognize that they have to act. http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/372079.html Environment Salmon Wildlife Canada Cascadia US Northwest United States 05/25/2008 Tacoma News Tribune More Washington chinook would be coming home to spawn under proposed changes to a U.S.-Canadian salmon treaty announced Thursday. The move, if approved by the two governments, could give a boost to the flagging fortunes of chinook runs in Puget Sound and the Columbia River, now protected under the Endangered Species Act. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004433573_salmontreaty23m.html Environment Salmon British Columbia Cascadia US Northwest Washington 05/23/2008 Seattle Times In the Pacific Northwest, some 40 indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing within a decade. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0523/p02s01-usgn.html Native Peoples Cascadia US Northwest 05/23/2008 Christian Science Monitor The ocean is getting more corrosive closer to shore decades earlier than anyone expected, in large part because of the carbon dioxide being pumped into the air by human activities, new research shows. The increasingly acidic water threatens the survival of a wide range of organisms, including certain microscopic plants and animals called plankton found at the base of the food chain; shellfish such as oysters, mussels and clams; juvenile forms of different marine animals; and coral. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/364242_acid23.html Climate Environment Cascadia 05/23/2008 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Salmon fishing is shut down off California and most of Oregon. In Puget Sound, the chinook salmon is protected under the Endangered Species Act. And even in relatively unspoiled Canada, some salmon stocks are starting to dwindle. Against this worrisome backdrop, negotiators for the United States and Canada on Thursday announced steep cuts in two major salmon fisheries, one Canadian and one American. Ending the tailspin of wild Puget Sound chinook was a big factor motivating the agreement of the Pacific Salmon Commission to reduce southeast Alaska's chinook catch by 15 percent and the Canadian catch off Vancouver Island by 30 percent. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/364309_salmon23.html Environment Food & Farms Salmon British Columbia Cascadia US Northwest Washington 05/23/2008 Seattle Post-Intelligencer A new agreement to prevent overfishing of salmon in Canada and Alaska has been proposed. The new 10-year agreement to be announced Thursday could most effect Chinook salmon, which migrate from Washington state north to the waters of British Columbia and Alaska, where they often get caught by sport and commercial fisheries, preventing their return to Washington's waters. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004431577_apwstsalmontreaty.html Salmon British Columbia Cascadia US Northwest Washington 05/23/2008 Seattle Times Scientists have known for a while that greenhouse gases associated with global warming steadily make ocean water more acidic, a threat to coral, shellfish and smaller shell-forming creatures that serve as food for young salmon and other fish. On Thursday, a team of researchers from the Northwest and elsewhere delivered worse news: The acidity is much higher than expected in the ocean just off the West Coast, hitting the relatively shallow waters of the fruitful continental shelf during spring and summer. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1211518535248120.xml&coll=7 Climate Environment Alaska British Columbia California Cascadia US Northwest United States Washington 05/23/2008 Portland Oregonian