{"id":71433,"date":"2018-12-15T01:25:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T00:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2018\/12\/15\/extinction-is-not-an-option-the-1bn-push-to-save-orcas-in-washington\/"},"modified":"2018-12-15T01:25:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T00:25:57","slug":"extinction-is-not-an-option-the-1bn-push-to-save-orcas-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=71433","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Extinction is not an option&#039;: the $1bn push to save orcas in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor proposes destroying dams, repairing habitats and limiting whale-watching in bid to save struggling creaturesFive months after twin tragedies cast a spotlight on the state\u2019s ailing orcas, Washington plans to spend more than $1bn to stave off extinction.If enacted, a proposal from the governor, Jay Inslee, would knock down two dams, repair habitat and place a three-year ban on orca watching. Crucially, Inslee hopes to shore up salmon runs that feed the orca while cleaning and quieting the waters in which they live. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2018\/dec\/14\/orcas-washington-state-killer-whales\" target=\"_blank\">&#039;Extinction is not an option&#039;: the bn push to save orcas in Washington<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor proposes destroying dams, repairing habitats and limiting whale-watching in bid to save struggling creaturesFive months after twin tragedies cast a spotlight on the state\u2019s ailing orcas, Washington plans to spend more than $1bn to stave off extinction.If enacted, a proposal from the governor, Jay Inslee, would knock down two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}