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Annual Lacamas Lake Drawdown Scheduled to Begin September 16

Camas, WA — Officials with the City of Camas Public Works department have announced that the annual drawdown of Lacamas Lake and Round Lake is scheduled to begin Sept. 16. Beginning at 8 am, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, the City will reduce the total level of the lakes by approximately six-feet, in order to achieve […]

Ocean Wise Expands Underwater Microphone Whale Detection Initiative

Vancouver, British Columbia — Ocean Wise is pleased to announce the expansion of whale presence alerts to commercial mariners in southern resident killer whale critical habitat. This expansion is thanks to SMRU Consulting in collaboration with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, as they integrate underwater microphones, or hydrophones, off the coast of Lime Kiln Point […]

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A Promising New Method Uses Light to Clean Up Forever Chemicals

The room-temperature defluorination method offers a promising solution for treating perfluoroalkyl substances. A room-temperature method to decompose perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) using visible LED light offers a promising solution for sustainable fluorine recycling and PFAS treatment. Researchers at Ritsumeikan University achieved a 100% breakdown of perfluorooctanesulfonate (a type of PFAS) in just eight hours and an […]

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Gluesenkamp Perez, Bacon Introduce Amendment to Balance Budget

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) introduced a bipartisan Constitutional amendment that would require the President and Congress to deliver balanced budgets every year by preventing the federal government from spending more money than it receives in tax revenue.  Earlier this month, the United States government’s […]