News items for October 7, 2024
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1. States take legal actions to end grizzlies’ endangered species protections
Wyoming, Montana and Idaho want to manage brown bears, but wildlife advocates worry federal protections would end too soon for some populations and anti-predator attitudes will encourage lethal controls.
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2. Mount Rainier is shrinking and now has a new summit
The frozen ice cap on top of Washington’s iconic mountain — recognized for generations as the tippy top — is melting as the atmosphere warms.
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3. WA Gen Z voters excited, but turnout still a toss-up
University of Washington students cited abortion, LGBTQ+ rights & gun violence as important issues, but can they be motivated to vote?
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4. FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here’s what it does — and doesn’t do
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communities hit by disasters like Hurricane Helene.
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5. Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet — but now it faces the axe
As prime minister Justin Trudeau trails in polls, opposition seek to persuade voters environmental policy is a burden.
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6. We’re drowning in reusable bags. Are bag profits preventing big grocers from adopting solutions?
Environmentalist says governments must mandate that retailers offer circular, reuse bag programs.
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7. Indigenous voters worry a Harris presidency means endangering sacred lands
The minerals beneath tribal lands are crucial to the clean-energy transition.
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8. Helene has became one of the deadliest hurricanes of the modern era
Helene has become the deadliest hurricane to make landfall on the U.S. mainland since Katrina.
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10. Opinion: Initiative would help ID voters fight erosion of voting rights
The Open Primaries Coalition would ensure that all candidates, regardless of party, compete on the same primary ticket.