Anne Schrager April 16, 2021
Earth Day, the worldwide day of environmental activism held annually since 1970, returns on Thursday, April 22. April 17-25 is also National Park Week, which features special programs, events and digital experiences focused on the natural world. Celebrate this year’s official Earth Day theme, “Together, We Can Restore Our Earth,” and activate change for good with many in-person options in the Bay Area, as well as virtual offerings for all.
San Francisco has planned a second year of celebrating the holiday virtually with a robust lineup of dynamic speakers, live music, “artivism” and a sustainable chef’s zone. The city of Oakland has made an online hub to find local community actions for residents to participate in on their website. The East Bay Regional Parks and the city of Napa are offering online programming as well, featuring webinars and local cleanup volunteer opportunities. Some cities, including Colma and Santa Rosa, pl
Seacor Power overturned in rough seas Tuesday
Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized liftboat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday, a rescue effort complicated by daunting technical challenges and continued bad weather.
The hope is that the 12 missing people have found air pockets to survive inside the Seacor Power, most of which is submerged in 50-foot seas about 8 miles off the Louisiana coast. As long as the weather permits, the divers will try to gain to access to the vessel. That is the ultimate goal, Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Galarza said early Friday. Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-medium boat crew members attempt to throw a hammer Thursday at the hull of the SeaCor Power. The crew was attempting to make contact with potential survivors inside the vessel. (AP/U.S. Coast Guard)
Families await news of missing workers on capsized ship
STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN, Associated Press
April 16, 2021
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1of21Dawn Saddler, sister of missing crewmember Gregory Walcott, talks to reporters as she leaves a briefing for family members by Coast Guard and NTSB officials in Port Fouchon, La., Friday, April 16, 2021. The Coast Guard has told families of missing workers that another body has been found from the lift boat capsized off the Louisiana coast and a coroner has confirmed that to a news outlet.Gerald Herbert/APShow MoreShow Less
2of21In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-medium boat crew member searches for survivors near the capsized SeaCor Power. The Seacor Power, an oil industry vessel, flipped over Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in a microburst of dangerous wind and high seas. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)U.S. Coast Guard/APShow MoreShow Less
Plant a Love of Nature in Your Kids
This Earth Day, show kids they can find refuge in the outdoors.
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April 16, 2021Updated 1:32 p.m. ET
Around 1954, when 8-year-old Stanley Temple began tagging along on Audubon Society field trips near Washington, D.C., he befriended a quiet, dark-haired woman who introduced herself as “Miss Carson.” To his delight, she treated him seriously as a fellow bird lover. “Most of the adult naturalists I knew wanted to teach me to identify things,” he said. “She taught me to stop and look.”
“Miss Carson” was Rachel Carson, who would later make history with her book “Silent Spring,” about the dangers of the pesticide DDT. Stanley Temple would become Dr. Temple, a well-known bird conservationist and a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Coast Guard Divers Hope To Reach 12 Missing In Capsized Ship Near Louisiana
The hope is that the 12 missing people have found air pockets to survive inside the Seacor Power, most of which is submerged in 50-foot seas.
STACEY PLAISANCE, KEVIN McGILL and JEFF MARTIN
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized liftboat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday, a rescue effort complicated by daunting technical challenges and continued bad weather.
The hope is that the 12 missing people have found air pockets to survive inside the Seacor Power, most of which is submerged in 50-foot seas about 8 miles (13 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast.