British Columbia will invest $17M on science and Indigenous knowledge to restore Pacific salmon.
The MINISTRY SAYS the BULK OF THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY BETWEEN THE FIRST NATIONS FISHERIES COUNCIL AND THE PACIFIC SALMON FOUNDATION. The British Columbia government is adding $17.25 million for ongoing efforts to save declining populations of wild Pacific salmon. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says the bulk of the money will be shared equally between the First Nations Fisheries Council and the Pacific Salmon Foundation as the organizations work to conserve and restore the fish.
The Biden Administration is Urged to Reject Hydrogen Hubs. And a New Mexico Coalition Raises Climate and Environmental Justice Concerns.
A coalition of Indigenous, climate, environmental justice and youth advocates urged the Department of Energy to reject funding for the Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub, which is intended to rapidly expand hydrogen production in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. “Our BIPOC, low-income and youth communities are already facing the brunt of the climate crisis,” said Ennedith Lopez, policy campaign manager at Youth United for Climate Crisis Action.
Those are your headlines at this hour. I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.
