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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Report: Climate change bringing problems to Northwest
Nile virus. That means more
people getting infected and even
dying from that virus.
A whole chapter
on the region
The report says we’re
already seeing some
of these effects in the
Northwest. What kinds
of climate change
impacts are we seeing?
By CASSANDRA
PROFITA
Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Northwest is already
seeing the effects of climate
change, according to a new
national climate assessment.
The 1,600-page report out-
lines dire consequences across
the country as global tempera-
tures continue to rise.
In the Northwest, the
changes threaten much of what
the region holds dear — from
ski seasons to salmon runs.
Who put the assessment
together?
It was assembled by 13 fed-
eral agencies. It’s a report that’s
put together for Congress every
four years. This edition contains
the most comprehensive evalu-
ation to date on climate impacts
to economy, health, agriculture
and the environment.
The 2018 assessment
includes a whole chapter on the
Pacific Northwest, providing a
vivid picture of what’s in store.
The findings aren’t just about
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
The Eagle Creek Fire last year as seen from the Cascade Locks Hatchery. To keep hatch-
ery fall Chinook from dying because of the fire, Oregon officials released them early.
future predictions but impacts
we’re already seeing in the
region.
What are some of the
key findings for the
Pacific Northwest?
They add up to bad news for
Oregon, Washington state and
Idaho: More extreme weather
creating more landslides, flood-
ing, drought and wildfires. The
report notes that the region’s
way of life is connected to
the environment and natural
resources and that the impacts
are profound. The Northwest’s
economy depends in large part
on natural resources in sectors
like forestry, fisheries, agricul-
ture and outdoor recreation.
Climate change threatens all of
them.
Winter recreation, for exam-
ple, would be hit hard; the report
predicts a lack of snow from cli-
The American Red Cross
will hold two blood drives in
Clatsop County in December.
One will take place at
Knappa High School on Dec.
3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and
another will be held at the
Cannon Beach fire station
Dec. 4 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Blood and platelet donors will
receive a $5 Amazon gift card.
Eligible donors can make
an appointment on the Amer-
ican Red Cross Blood Donor
App, RedCrossBlood.org or
by calling 1-800-Red-Cross.
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ers in California and Oregon.
Scott J. Silvestri, corpo-
rate media relations manager
of Exxon Mobil Corp., said
in an email to the Chronicle
that reducing greenhouse gas
emissions is a global issue and
requires global participation
and actions.
“Lawsuits like this — filed
by trial attorneys against an
industry that provides prod-
ucts we all rely upon to power
the economy and enable our
domestic life — simply do not
do that,” he said.
In California, the cities of
San Francisco and Oakland
also filed lawsuits against five
oil companies earlier this year,
seeking to recoup the cost of
paying for seawalls to fend off
sea-level rise. A federal judge
tossed those lawsuits in June,
saying courts couldn’t decide
who should be held account-
able for an issue as big as cli-
mate change.
• At 6:47 p.m. Friday, a
16-year-old Seaside boy was
arrested on the Prom and
charged with second-degree
assault. He allegedly grabbed
someone, lifted him over his
back and slammed him to
the ground, a wrestling move
known as a suplex.
DUII
• At 11:58 p.m. Friday, Brad
A. Miller, 41, of Warrenton,
was arrested by Astoria police
on 17th Street and Irving Ave-
nue and charged with driving
under the influence of intoxi-
cants. His blood alcohol con-
tent was 0.13 percent.
SHINABERY,
Willard
“Bill” Edwin, 77, of Ham-
mond, died in Hammond.
Ocean View Funeral & Cre-
mation Service of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
TARABOCHIA,
Eileen
Fay, 76, of Astoria, died in
Longview, Washington. Cald-
well’s Luce-Layton Mortuary
of Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
DEATHS
Seaside Airport Advisory
Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Astoria Planning Commis-
sion, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095
Duane St.
Gearhart City Council, 7:15
p.m., joint work session to dis-
cuss emergency supply storage,
City Hall, 698 Pacific Way.
THURSDAY
Clatsop County Recreational
Lands Planning and Advisory
Committee, 1 to 3 p.m., fourth
floor, 800 Exchange St.
Clatsop Soil and Water
Conservation District Board,
6 p.m., annual meeting, Grace
Community Baptist Church,
1195 Irving Ave.
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Assault
• At 1:10 p.m. Saturday,
Shannon Alison Zinzer, 44,
of Astoria, was arrested by
the Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Office on the 84390
block of Nordmark Drive
and charged with fourth-de-
gree assault.
TUESDAY
Clatsop County Human
Services Advisory Council, 4
to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange St.,
Room 430.
Astoria Library Board, 5:30
p.m., Astoria Library Flag Room,
450 10th St.
Warrenton City Commission, 6
p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave.
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able for the damage they’ve
caused.”
West Coast crabbers expe-
rienced significant losses start-
ing in the 2015-16 season
when massive algal blooms
caused by warm ocean tem-
peratures resulted in a domoic
acid outbreak that reduced the
length of the crabbing season.
The season was cut short
again in 2016-2017 for the
same reason.
In California, Dungeness
crab brought in over $47 mil-
lion in 2017 and $83 million in
2016; the amount was down to
$17 million in 2015, during the
industry’s first major problem
with domoic acid.
Crab is the most valu-
able single species commer-
cial fishery in Oregon, with an
average harvest of 16 million
pounds per season, the States-
man Journal reported.
There are nearly 1,000
Dungeness crab permit hold-
PUBLIC MEETINGS
APPLIANCE
3 A 0 RS
SALEM — Commercial
crabbers in Oregon and Cali-
fornia are suing 30 fossil fuel
companies, claiming they are
to blame for climate change,
which has hurt their industry.
The Pacific Coast Feder-
ation of Fishermen’s Asso-
ciations filed the lawsuit last
week in California State Supe-
rior Court in San Francisco
against companies including
Chevron and Exxon Mobil,
news outlets reported.
“The scientific linkage
between the combustion of
fossil fuels and ocean warm-
ing, which leads to domoic
acid impacts in our fisher-
ies, is clear,” Noah Oppen-
heim, executive director of
the Pacific Coast Federation
of Fishermen’s Associations,
told the San Francisco Chroni-
cle. “We know it, and it’s time
to hold that industry account-
Nov. 26, 2018
HARTILL, Charles Jr., 99, of
Astoria, died in Longview, Wash-
ington. Hughes-Ransom Mortu-
ary & Crematory of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
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Over
Yes. And one of the big
themes for those recommen-
dations is reducing risk from
extreme weather. It says we
should prepare our infrastruc-
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Precipitation
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Record high ............................ 62° in 2017
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Does the report include
recommendations for
how we should prepare?
Oregon, California crabbers
sue fossil fuel companies
Red Cross to hold two local blood drives
The Daily Astorian
mate change could cut all snow-
based recreation revenue by 70
percent. And with spring start-
ing earlier, crops could start
blooming before insects come
around to pollinate them.
Then there are the things we
might not think about as related
to climate change, like our
health. Warmer temperatures
bring more mosquitoes, and as
a result we’re going to see more
mosquitoes carrying the West
The report zeroes in on a
recent year when we saw a lot
of them: 2015, a year of severe
drought for the Northwest. The
report presents that year as a pre-
view of our future with climate
change. Temperatures were sev-
eral degrees above normal with
record low snowpack, rampant
wildfires and smoky skies, and
huge agricultural losses.
Toxins from harmful algal
blooms closed fisheries along
the coast in 2015 and we saw
salmon die-offs because of the
warm water temperatures in riv-
ers and streams.
ture for more stress in the future
from stronger storms, hotter heat
waves and bigger wildfires.
It will be important to
develop backup plans for when
things go wrong because of
global warming. So, if a land-
slide or drought takes out a key
source of groundwater, we need
a second source to turn to.
Farmers can start planting
crops that are better suited to
hotter summers and wetter win-
ters and springs.
The Northwest can develop
water markets so that people
who have water could sell it to
people who need it.
And we can start growing
more of our own seafood using
aquaculture instead of catch-
ing wild species in the ocean to
help offset the threat of extinc-
tion for fish and other species
that will struggle to survive
with warmer water and ocean
acidification.
The report acknowledges
that much remains unknown
about how the risk of climate
change can be offset. But any-
thing that reduces carbon emis-
sions that trap heat — contrib-
uting to the greenhouse effect
— will reduce the severity of
that risk over time.
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