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North Carolina’s Witness Rule Favors White Voters
North Carolina's ballot witness rule contributes to Black voters' absentee ballots being more likely to be rejected.
New Trump Administration Rule Allows LNG Rail Shipments
Environmental groups, communities, and states are trying to stop potentially explosive LNG rail shipments after new Trump administration rule loosening.
Will Ballot Postmarks Become 2020’s Hanging Chads?
The US Postal Service’s practices and varying state laws regarding ballot postmarks create uncertainty about whether some ballots will be counted.
Should Colorado Choose Presidents by Popular Vote?
On November’s ballot, Colorado voters can opt to stay in or bail out of the national popular vote, an effort to bypass the Electoral College.
Cover Crops: Let’s Pay Farmers to Protect Our Water
Across the United States, nearly six million people drink from water systems with elevated nitrate levels, a number which does not include households on private well water, for which there is no consistent testing standard. Latino residents living in rural areas disproportionately bear the exposure to this toxic discharge. Cover crops interrupt the pollution pathway, transforming the typically slick sheets of bare winter fields into obstacle courses that slow the water’s flow.
6 Things You Can Do Right Now To Secure This Election
Every American voter has a role to play to secure this election. Please do these six things. Don't wait. Start now. Register and update existing registrations. Vote. Early if you can. Cast your ballot in a secure drop box, if you can. Track your ballot. Prepare for results taking longer than usual--it's totally fine; it means they are all getting counted. And spread the word.
Renters Face A Ticking Bomb
The CARES Act’s unemployment insurance, paycheck protection loans, and stimulus checks shoveled over $1 trillion into American’s wallets from April ...
Kalama Methanol “Benefits” Assume Catastrophic Climate Failure
If built, the proposed Kalama methanol plant would use staggering quantities of fracked gas, fresh water, and electricity to produce methanol for export to China. The SSEIS gets it wrong, omits, and ignores to cast the project in a better light. It relies on hypothetical future displacement of coal. It ignores methanol’s displacement of clean energy. It ignores basic economics. It ignores gas infrastructure lock-in. It lowballs the impact of methane.
The Path to Good Local Zoning Reform is State and Federal Zoning Reform
Should pro-housing advocates focus on making bad cities less bad, or on making good cities better? Here in Cascadia, we’ve ...
How Cascadian Corporations Stack Up On Climate
How do Pacific Northwest companies stack up on climate change and carbon emission reductions? We rate the climate claims—and actions—of Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks and other local companies.
Pennsylvania Prevails on Absentee Voting Access
Pennsylvania prevails on absentee access--and democracy protections during coronavirus. Court rules Pennsylvania can count votes arriving after Election Day and offer more drop boxes.
Can Swing States Handle the Absentee Spike?
The US is bracing for a different election experience this year. The good news is that most swing states are ready to process a spike in ballots quickly---but they'll likely call winners within a few days, not on election night.
