News items for October 9, 2024
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1. (Re)explaining Washington’s Climate Commitment Act
Understanding the cap-and-invest law that Washington Initiative 2117 would repeal.
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2. How will BC handle its newest pipeline conflict?
British Columbia has until the end of November to decide if the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line requires a new environmental assessment. That means taking on a decade-old quagmire involving Indigenous Rights, climate promises and the province’s industrial future.
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3. Oregon county sues major gas provider for allegedly sowing climate doubt
Complaint against NW Natural, the state’s biggest provider, marks first time a utility faces climate deception charges.
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4. Carbon dioxide pollution in the West could drop with expansion of electrical grid, report says
A dozen projects slated to be built in the next five years could encourage more renewable energy development and lower costs, according to a report.
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5. It’s time to put the Bank of Canada to work on climate change
Even though climate change is already costing the country’s economy dearly, the national bank currently does not have a mandate for climate policy.
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6. How’d it go for local candidates who tried a ‘Week Without Driving’?
Nine Portland City Council candidates went a week without their cars and had to use other forms of transportation to get to work and perform errands. What did they learn?
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7. Hurricane Milton: How much FEMA has left, and what happens if it runs out
A disaster loan program at the Small Business Administration and other long-term FEMA projects could need an emergency infusion of cash to get through hurricane season.
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8. BC forest companies see a future — in the US
Fast-growing southern forests, low labour costs and tax breaks are driving an exodus.
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9. Seattle-area affordable housing projects lag
Over the next 20 years, King County will need to add hundreds of thousands of housing units. But is a development boom on the horizon?
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10. AK utilities turn to renewables as costs escalate for fossil fuel electricity generation
Solar, wind and small hydropower projects are gaining footholds, but some clean energy pioneers are frustrated with the pace of change.