News items for November 24, 2021
Storm by Dick Sijtsma used under CC BY-NC 2.0
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1. Another atmospheric river to drench Pacific Northwest, British Columbia
The next downpours are expected to arrive with some roads in British Columbia still closed and just as some displaced residents return home.
The Washington Post
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2. Critics call for reform of WA redistricting process after commission failure
The bipartisan panel’s secretive negotiations and ultimate failure to approve new political maps has some questioning the process.
Crosscut
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3. Oregon resists dropping controversial investments
Oregon residents are increasingly pushing for the state to divest from fossil fuel companies and other controversial investments, but the state treasury is resisting and putting the onus on the Legislature.
The Seattle Times
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4. Views: Aviation noise and emissions are environmental-justice issues
The effects that aviation noise and pollution have on communities is an environmental-justice and health-equity issue — and that’s true here in King County, too.
Seattle Times
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5. How Seattle’s payroll tax might fuel big affordable housing investments
City Council members hope the money will help the City hit its goal of funding 4,000 affordable housing units per year.
The Stranger
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6. A battle brews over housing density in Seattle
The newly elected Seattle City Council will take up the debate over single-family zoning in the city.
Planetizen
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7. For poor farmworkers in the NW, there is no escape from heat, high prices of California
Fewer and fewer Californians are now showing up for Oregon’s blueberry harvest. Experts and farmers say economics, climate changes and a lack of affordable housing are largely to blame.
Bakersfield Californian
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8. Fighting food waste, one composting pail at a time
Corvallis, WA’s No Food Left Behind program is heading toward its fifth year and is joining with the state to coordinate materials and strategies to prevent food waste.
Corvallis Gazette-Times
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9. More lynx are coming soon to Washington’s Kettle Range
Biologists with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are working to slowly restore the elusive Canada lynx to its snowy habitat, where the animal has been listed as threatened for more than 20 years.
KUOW
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10. Views:: Why a fossilized gas station is the perfect symbol for California’s climate fight
California is full of contradictions when it comes to the move away from fossil fuels.
Los Angeles Times