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Good News! Vancouver’s Six-Homes-per-Lot Proposal Could Work
Can Vancouver BC's six-homes-per-lot plan work? Re-legalizing smallplexes takes on expensive housing, segregation, and climate chaos. Ironically, sky-high land values make it possible to cap the price of two homes in a smallplex---if it's built big enough.
Pennsylvania’s Tight Deadlines Threaten Thousands of Absentee VotesÂ
PA's tight deadlines don't leave adequate time for absentee votes. Of rejected mail ballots in the state's 2018 midterm, 94 percent were due to missing a deadline.
In Arizona, It’s Safest to Vote By MailÂ
Most Arizona voters opt to vote easily and safely by mail. But with long lines and machine problems keeping votes and voters from casting ballots, the state’s been less successful at implementing accessible in-person polling places.
Preserving Older Buildings and Low Rents
The coronavirus pandemic is catalyzing a renewed push for the preservation of older, low-cost housing because the recession has lowered prices, and because in a health crisis, it's not safe to turn people out of their homes.
California’s Home Shortage is Making Everyone Else’s Worse
California’s repeated failure to strike down local bans on close-in housing has an incalculable number of victims. But 13 million ...
A Managed Decline for Oil-Dependent Regions
To mark out a path to a just transition from fossil fuels for other oil-dependent regions like Alaska and North Dakota, it’s worth understanding a little about the Norwegian success story.
New Analysis Proves Kalama Methanol Project is a Climate Disaster
If built, the Kalama methanol project would unleash a tsunami of fracking to supply all the gas the facility needs to make methanol.
Will the Federal Hammer Come Down on Apartment Bans?
With a conversation about zoning to lift apartment bans going mainstream at the national level and households across the country suffering from COVID’s devastation, the stage has never been better set for Congress to act.
How Michigan Could Lead In Absentee Voting Access
Michigan has some of the best Vote By Mail practices in place. But lawmakers could ensure the election runs even more smoothly and protect more voters this November by passing three pending laws to expand absentee voter access.
Alaska Sent Absentee Applications to Older Voters Only
Alaska sent absentee applications only to voters 65 and older. Is this age discrimination against younger voters?
Pennsylvania’s Fight Over Election Drop Boxes
We gave Pennsylvania a C- for vote-by-mail access; added drop boxes could boost their grade. But in 2020, Postal Service funding and drop boxes are contentious. Pennsylvania has to fight to provide this additional lifeline to voters.
Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay, and Salmon
Author’s update June 1, 2022: The EPA has issued a proposal to protect the Bristol Bay watershed from dumping and ...
