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Ashley Ahearn spoke to Dave Miller on OPB’s Think Out Loud this morning about a salmon virus that has hit Washington fish farms. Apparently, the dead fish make good compost.
Global Diving and Salvage divers see a dark brown stream of oil flowing from the Deep Sea on May 23, 2012. Globules of oil float to the surface and are caught in a containment boom. Source: Washington Department of Ecology
More: Video Captures Oil Spill As Divers Prepare To Lift Derelict Vessel
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The Seattle city council plans to vote tonight in opposition to coal exports through Washington. Increasingly, politicians are questioning or flat-out opposing such activity in the Northwest, where there are proposals to build six coal export terminals. Ashley Ahearn reports.
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has compiled maps of where certain air toxics are the most concentrated in the Portland metropolitan area. This map shows health risks from on-road vehicle emissions. More on Ecotrope: Mapping Portland’s Everyday Air Toxics.