News items for July 22, 2019

Affordable Housing by woodleywonderworks

• 1. These housing authorities offer more than a roof

  As the number of people eligible for federal housing assistance grows, the number of units is actually dropping, there are 250,000 fewer units since the mid-1990s, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. To help residents transition into well-paying jobs and ultimately traditional housing, forward-thinking public housing agencies are offering services, such as job training, academic tutoring, financial counseling, and more.

  Next City Housing

• 2. Lessons from the highest minimum wage in nation

  The City of Seattle adopted a $15 minimum wage four years ago. Here’s what happened.

  Vox Minimum wage

• 3. Lummi Nation seeks meeting with Canadian feds

  The Lummi Nation in northwest Washington state is requesting a meeting with Canadian officials regarding the environmental impacts of industrial projects like the Trans Mountain Project on the Salish Sea off the coasts of Washington and British Columbia.

  Vancouver Sun Trans Mountain Pipeline

• 4. A visit with the glacier squad

  For 35 years, a scientist and his team have been taking the pulse of 10 coastal glaciers. The diagnosis is in.

  Hakai Magazine Glaciers

• 5. NW doctors weigh in on fracked gas

  A new report by Northwest health professional finds that fracked gas development in the region is a danger to the health of local communities.

  Sightline Institute Fracked Gas

• 6. EPA’s watchdog scrutinizes former air policy chief

  A key architect of the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken federal climate rules is under scrutiny by a federal watchdog for his dealings with industry players who lobbied the government to ease carbon pollution limits.

  Washington Post EPA

• 7. Despite high hopes, self-driving cars are ‘way in the future’

  Ford and other companies say the industry overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles, which still struggle to anticipate what other drivers and pedestrians will do.

  New York Times Self-driving Cars

• 8. Views: OR voters can help prevent the next legislative walkout

  Oregonians frustrated with the state Senate shutdown in June, when Republicans walked out for nine days to block a carbon tax bill, might be wondering: When the Legislature reconvenes, how can we be sure elected officials will stay in Salem and do their jobs?

  The Oregonian Voting

• 9. Drought, high temperatures are killing OR’s native trees

  Oregon’s iconic Douglas firs are declining as the state’s summers have grown hotter and drier.

  Salem Statesman Journal Trees

• 10. How to make a climate debate good TV

  An Emmy-winning TV writer gives advice on how to redo political television and make climate change tug at viewers’ heartstrings.

  Grist Climate Change

More News from July 22, 2019

• Vancouver couple produces 4 shopping bags of garbage in 3 years

  They hope others will take up the challenge to reduce waste by buying less packaging.

  CBC British Columbia Zero-waste

• Self-driving cars will change cities, according to urban planners

  As self-driving vehicles begin to transform the way people get around, urban planners around the country are beginning to think about how they will remake cities and change the way we live.

  Washington Post Self-driving Cars

• Colombian coffee farmers are paying the price for climate change

  Colombia’s increasingly volatile growing conditions pose the biggest long-term threat to the nation’s small coffee growers, scientists say.

  Grist Climate Change