The hot and dry start to the summer in Yukon and Alaska has sparked record-breaking wildfires across the Taiga (Boreal Forests) and the tundra. Over 5000 lightning strikes from June 21 through June 30 have threatened indigenous villages in the far north with incineration and unhealthy smoke. Fire fighting resources are stretched thin in both Alaska and Yukon. So far, the fires have consumed 2 million acres so far in 2022. That is ten times greater than all of 2021.
Questions have been raised over a new seawall accessway after the West Coast Regional Council received a $90,000 bill for work it can “find no agreement for”.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court this week handed state environmental regulators a new assignment to revamp how waterfront developments are reviewed and approved, potentially affecting zoning frameworks in coastal communities from Beverly to Provincetown.