News items for September 23, 2019
(Also showing draft and scheduled news items)
Untitled by Julian Meehan used under CC BY 2.0
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1. Youth climate march was 4 million strong
The strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg may end up being the largest mass protest for action on global warming in history.
Vox
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2. A long awaited plan for marbled murrelet
After almost two decades under plan that wasn’t working, Washington is ready to protect the threatened seabird.
Seattle Times
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3. OR clears the way for poo power
The next source of clean fuel for your home may be the food you eat — or at least what’s left of it once you’ve digested it.
Bend Bulletin
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4. Why 10,000 farmers have gotten behind the Green New Deal
They’re ready to have a voice in policy making.
Grist
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5. What it would mean if the U.S. honored treaties?
Six Indigenous academics, community leaders, and activists on what would it look like if the trust responsibilities in the 370 treaties were fulfilled.
Vox
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6. How do small cities get to Vision Zero?
Advocates can start their path to changing local standards at the library.
Streetsblog
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7. Forest forensics
Researchers are looking at what’s living in old-growth forests in Washington to figure out what climate mitigation could look like.
Seattle Times
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8. The falconers protecting WA’s orchards and landfills
They fly their birds of prey to protect crops, prevent spread of disease, and keep refineries clean.
Crosscut
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9. ‘I hate it. You can hear it roar.’
Wyoming ranks third nationally in the amount of natural gas flared and vented.
Casper Star Tribune
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10. The story of the tiny but mighty Olympia oyster
Today, tens of thousands of their descendants dot the bay bottom like small, brown nuggets.
Seattle Times
More News from September 23, 2019
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Celebrating 100 years of canning salmon
Smith vividly remembers his youth working “the slime line” in British Columbia’s canneries.
Vancouver Sun
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‘Only reason we exist’
What’s life like in Alberta communities whose fortunes are deeply intertwined with the oil and gas industry?
The Narwhal
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A circular food economy in action
An ice company’s wastewater can feed a produce garden. Spent grain from a brewery goes to compost. Local, shared, recycled.
New York Times