News items for November 20, 2024
Friends kayaking in Bear Glacier, Alaska
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1. Parking mandates are keeping kids out of daycare
But cities can ditch these arbitrary rules and help families out of the daycare desert.
Sightline Institute
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2. Spokane’s step-by-step approach to repealing parking mandates
The people of Spokane knew that they were in a housing crisis, and council member Zack Zappone knew that keeping these decades-old policies on the books would only exacerbate that crisis. The next step was figuring out how to communicate that mandatory parking minimums were part of the problem.
Strong Towns
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3. Repeal of RCV in AK on track to narrowly fail
A ballot measure seeking to repeal open primaries and ranked choice voting in Alaska is narrowly on track to lose, after the state Division of Elections counted almost 4,000 absentee ballots on Monday.
Anchorage Daily News
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4. OR surpasses 100,000 registered EVs
Oregon has surpassed 100,000 registered electric vehicles, keeping the state in the top five for EV adoption nationwide.
The Oregonian
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5. Opinion: Can BC govt. bring real change for Indigenous people?
What if, instead of clinging to tired frameworks, the government actually used its power to support true justice for Indigenous youth?
The Narwhal
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6. Boise Airport now powered by 100% clean energy
The Boise Airport became powered by 100% clean energy this fall after Boise opted to be the first city to sign on to an optional new renewable energy program through Idaho Power.
Idaho Capital Sun
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7. One of largest salmon restorations in Western Canada
BC Parks Foundation and the Katzie First Nation have announced the completion of one of the largest salmon restoration projects in Western Canada.
The Vancouver Sun
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8. The hidden violence of urban planning
Zoning’s origins lie in early efforts to separate residential, commercial, and industrial areas to improve public health and environmental safety. Over time, however, zoning morphed into a tool to divide communities along racial and economic lines.
Spacing Vancouver
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9. World’s first majority Indigenous-owned mining royalty company
With minimum fanfare Nations Royalty Corp. quietly hit a milestone on the road to Indigenous economic reconciliation in Canada, becoming the only mining royalty company in the world that is majority-owned by Indigenous people.
CBC British Columbia
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10. How to get fossil fuels out of your investment portfolio
It’s not that hard, and there’s a bonus: Portfolios without fossil fuels have generally performed just as well as the broader market.
The New York Times
More News from November 20, 2024
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Electrifying communities across the US
How RMI’s Electrify cohort is changing lives from Washington State to Maryland.
RMI
