News items for November 14, 2018

The Fight for Ethnic Studies by Melissa Minton used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

• 1. What’s next for the kids’ climate change lawsuit?

  Perhaps the latest round of drama in Juliana v United States shouldn’t come as a surprise.

  Sightline Institute Youth

• 2. Ocean at the door: Homes and the rising sea

  New research projects how many new homes in low-lying coastal areas in all 24 coastal states will become exposed to chronic ocean flooding over the coming decades.

  Climate Central Coastal Management

• 3. New affordable homes coming to 42 BC communities

  4,900 new units will include both non-profit and co-operative housing and are designed to address housing needs for a range of income levels.

  Victoria Times Colonist Housing Affordability

• 4. Paper trails for all

  Thanks to Russia, voting machines may be more secure than ever in 2020.

  Slate Voting

• 5. Kwispaa LNG project moves ahead

  An $18 billion LNG export project for the west coast of Vancouver Island aims to move forward.

  Watershed Sentinel LNG

• 6. California fires: climate change, worsening drought, or more?

  A combination of global warming, continued drought, and overdevelopment have led to the worst wildfires in California in recent history.

  Christian Science Monitor Wildfires

• 7. Millennials unhappily stuck in their parents’ transportation system

  Americans spend about three times as much time driving every years as they do on vacation. And younger generations won’t tolerate it.

  Streetsblog Transportation

• 8. EPA to weigh tougher pollution standards for trucks

  Nearly two decades have passed since the EPA last updated its standards for emissions of nitrogen oxide.

  Washington Post Emissions

• 9. What even are the suburbs?

  New data shows that the majority of Americans describe their neighborhoods as suburban. Yet we still lack an official government definition of suburban areas.

  City Lab Suburbs

• 10. Every chef needs a farmer

  And every farmer needs a chef.

  Vancouver Sun Agriculture

More News from November 14, 2018

• Listen: The plastics conspiracy

  An anti-plastic revolution is under way but the plastics industry is in no mood for retreat.

  The Guardian Plastics

• You say you want a revolution

  Dreaming of a system of shared autonomous, electric vehicles? Changing mobility will make us new cities.

  Green Biz Urban Design