News items for May 29, 2020
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1. WA announces new safety measures for farmworkers, long-term care facilities
There are COVID-19 outbreaks in food processing plants and packaging houses across Washington state. Fruit packing workers across Yakima are currently striking, asking for hazard pay increases and more training for supervisors, that, as Gov. Jay Inslee said in a press conference, “more needs to be done.”
The Stranger
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2. Climate in the courts: The good, not-so-good, and the ugly
It’s past time for a roundup of US legal issues related to climate change.
Sightline Institute
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3. Jordan Cove pipeline moves forward, despite OR’s opposition
The company insists the pipeline will help Gov. Kate Brown recover economically from COVID-19.
High Country News
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4. UN chief warns leaders pandemic may cause historic famine
The U.N. chief on warned the largest gathering of world leaders since the coronavirus pandemic began that it will cause “unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world,” with historic levels of hunger and famine and up to 1.6 billion people unable to earn a living unless action is taken now.
Seattle Times
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5. States sue to stop the weakening of fuel economy rules
At stake in the lawsuit is the single biggest effort by the United States to fight the climate crisis.
New York Times
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6. Are we past the peak of Big Oil’s power?
Bill McKibben: “The coronavirus crisis has both obscured and illuminated one of the most seismic developments on our planet in many decades: I think it’s now clear that the power of the fossil-fuel industry has decisively passed its zenith.”
New Yorker
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7. Local food movement gains momentum under COVID-19
Some consumers have turned to community agriculture, as the pandemic strains the nation’s food system.
High Country News
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8. How the coronavirus exacerbated OR’s bitter political divide
The pandemic, while not the source of these tensions, has amplified them.
New Yorker
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9. One in four Washingtonians could face food insecurity this summer
A new report from Northwest Harvest shows that 2.2 million Washingtonians might face food insecurity at the peak of the unemployment crisis that’s hitting the state as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Stranger
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10. ‘Zombie fires’ are erupting in Siberia and Alaska
The bitterly cold Arctic winter typically snuffs out the seasonal wildfires that erupt in this region. But every once in a while, a wildfire comes along that refuses to die.
Seattle Times
More News from May 29, 2020
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New signs of rapid ice melt in the Antarctic Ocean
A study of seafloor ripples suggests that ice shelves can retreat six miles per year, a quantum increase over today’s rates.
Inside Climate News
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What happens when a city’s downtown reopens? Olympia is finding out
Washington’s capital, Olympia, is among the first and largest cities in the Puget Sound region to find out — and officials say the city’s business district will operate differently.
KNKX