News items for September 15, 2023
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1. Learning from the least housed
A case for agile, self-build, and bottom-up options to unlock housing choice… by many means necessary.
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2. Autoworkers strike for a place in the EV future
Some 150,000 US autoworkers have been poised to strike this week for better pay. This morning, the strike began as the union continues to push auto giants to ensure that green jobs won’t be worse jobs.
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3. ‘Zombie trout’ unsettle Montana’s fly-fishing scene
Warming waters and other factors along the state’s rivers like the Big Hole appear to be contributing to alarmingly low numbers of the state’s renowned rainbow and brown trout.
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4. Fighting for food sovereignty amid BC wildfires
Major efforts to rebuild indigenous food systems were gone in an instant as a wildfire tore through the Southern Interior of B.C. But that won’t stop community organizers.
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5. States granted more authority to block pipeline projects
The Biden administration is giving states and tribes more authority to block certain projects, like pipelines that run through their waters, on water quality grounds. A new final rule from the EPA undoes the Trump administration’s efforts to limit states’ authority to block such projects.
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6. OR youth demand climate emergency declaration from Gov. Kotek
Students across Oregon will walk out of school on Friday as part of a youth strike for meaningful climate action. Among the demands they’re making are a formal declaration of a climate emergency from Gov. Tina Kotek, direct relief to unhoused Oregonians during climate disasters, and more legislative support for clean energy.
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7. The lifelines for thousands of BC foreign farmworkers
Non-profits have stepped up to provide support and connection for workers isolated far from home.
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8. Supercharging Biden’s climate agenda
Within President Biden’s landmark climate bill is a seemingly small tweak to IRS rules that, for the first time, lets companies sell their clean energy tax credits. Experts say that, by making clean energy tax credits more accessible, the move will help drive most of the government’s investment in the sector over the next decade and supercharge the industry.
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9. Is housing a form of health care? WA says it is
Apple Health and Homes has distributed $41M from Medicaid to shelter and support those with behavioral or other health issues.
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10. How to be (sort of) vegan. And how it would help the planet
“We can have a real impact by replacing our meat and dairy consumption with plant-based alternatives—even just partially.”
More News from September 15, 2023
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A legal victory for the (very) little guys
A new court settlement will put the Environmental Protection Agency on track to regulate pesticides more tightly.
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Citing sustainability, Starbucks wants to overhaul its iconic cup
In an era where concern for sustainability can be good business, the Starbucks disposable cup may be on its way to extinction thanks to an unlikely force: Starbucks itself.
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Biodegradable fishing gear isn’t good enough
Lower efficiency makes the eco-friendly nets and ropes fall short. That’s a trade-off we might have to accept.