News items for October 28, 2020
Five-plex rental in Seattle's West Woodland neighborhood. Photo by Dan Bertolet, used with permission.
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1. Renter aid should kick in automatically
Congress has wasted our time, destabilized the economy, and left millions to struggle. There’s a better way.
Sightline Institute
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2. California tax revolt faces a retreat, 40 years later
Proposition 13 in 1978 curbed property tax increases. Now voters may strip protection for commercial buildings, helping hard-hit local budgets.
New York Times
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3. Wyoming is using dark money to help keep coal plants in other states open
Wyoming officials say the nonprofit Energy Policy Network is a critical piece of their efforts to preserve coal.
KNKX
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4. Global emissions likely peaked in 2019
The pandemic-inspired drop means that global greenhouse gas emissions likely peaked in 2019, and will not rise to that level again even as the global economy rebounds.
Yale Environment 360
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5. A win for voters: Alaska drops its witness signature requirement
The rule was ineffective and inconvenient—and dangerous during a pandemic.
Sightline Institute
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6. King County wants to buy motels for emergency, affordable housing
The concept has proven results in addressing homelessness.
Seattle Weekly
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7. Views: Housing the chronically homeless requires cities working together
The long term solution to chronic homelessness is permanent supportive housing.
The Seattle Times
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8. Rebuilding communities with climate action amidst COVID-19
The countless impacts of climate change aren’t letting up just because we’re focused on controlling a global pandemic. This means the needs in America’s city halls and statehouses right now are great and varied.
Grist
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9. One climate-change wildfire risk lurks in the dark
As recording-breaking wildfires continue to rage across the West, firefighters are confronting a new challenge that has snuck in under cover of darkness: rising nighttime temperatures.
Scientific American
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10. Long thought extinct, lampreys return to Oregon’s Miller Lake
Oregon poisoned the lampreys in Miller Lake in the 1950s, only to learn later they were a unique species. Now, a team of volunteers is trying to bring them back.
Oregon Public Broadcasting
More News from October 28, 2020
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New study points to invisible killer of infants
Air pollution, both inside and outside the home, contributed to the deaths of about 500,000 newborns in 2019 around the globe.
KNKX
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Youth-led climate change lawsuit dismissed by Canada’s Federal Court
A Federal Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Canadian government won’t be going on trial for contributions to climate change — striking down a lawsuit brought by 15 young Canadians who argued the government was violating their charter rights.
CBC