News items for October 21, 2024
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1. How Washington state’s climate legacy wound up on the ballot
After a decade of leadership, voters are poised to overturn two of its biggest achievements. What happened?
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2. Have democracy vouchers delivered on their promise to make Seattle elections fairer?
In 2015, advocates said democracy vouchers would revolutionize campaign financing and inspire nontraditional candidates to run for office. Have they delivered on these promises?
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3. Inside BC’s election night drama
Dispatches from the NDP, Conservative and Green headquarters, and an attempt to take a peek inside BC United.
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4. WA’s carbon market pumps billions of dollars to state projects. What happens if it vanishes?
If passed, Initiative 2117 would repeal the state’s cap-and-invest program, threatening hundreds of projects intended to help people adapt to climate change and reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
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5. Scientists are mapping landslide risk in AK. Some homeowners don’t want to know
Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial.
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6. Can Pacific lamprey numbers be restored in the Columbia River Basin? Yakama Nation biologists think so
The 450-million-year-old fish is crucial for the Yakama Nation’s health and culture — and the region’s ecology.
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7. Klamath River salmon spotted far upstream in OR after dam removal
Less than two months after the removal of dams restored a free-flowing Klamath River, salmon have made their way upstream to begin spawning and have been spotted in Oregon for the first time in more than a century.
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8. A breakdown of WA Cares Initiative 2124
Sponsor Let’s Go Washington and the Washington State Nurses Association explain what voting “yes” or “no” means for the long-term care program.
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9. What BC’s unclear election results mean for the environment
Results show the BC NDP and the BC Conservatives in a neck-and-neck battle. With some ridings too close to call, British Columbia may be looking at another minority government.
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10. In fight against climate change, financial markets see green in OR
Two dozen forests in Oregon encompassing more than 1 million acres have been entered into carbon credit markets in the last decade, generating big money and global interest.
More News from October 21, 2024
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Montana’s prolonged fire season complicates prescribed burns
Hot, dry and windy conditions postpone and perturb prescribed burns across the state.
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Opinion: Expanding tree canopy in the Seattle area is a climate solution and livability boost
Bellevue, Seattle and Tacoma are each working to expand tree protections, and all should go further to expand canopy.
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What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores.
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The Earth’s colors are changing — and climate change could be partially to blame
Rising temperatures may be altering nature’s hues, from fall leaves to ocean blues.