King County's homeless are becoming older and sicker, which leaves them more at risk to the novel virus. If the novel coronavirus continues to spread, King County’s homeless population could be among the most vulnerable to the worst effects of the illness. The virus, which has already … [Read more...]
DISAPPEARING DAUGHTERS
The missing and murdered women of Juárez are more than statistics and data points. They are beloved daughters who have left behind an unimaginable and senseless void. They are the fuel of activism against impunity and injustice. They are the seeds of grief that blossom into art. And they are … [Read more...]
HB 2518, Gas Leakage Bill, Passes House and Senate and signed by Governor
HB 2518 requires the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to increase oversight of measures undertaken by natural gas companies to reduce hazardous leaks and nonhazardous fugitive emissions from gas pipelines. It requires, beginning July 1, 2020, and on an annual basis thereafter, each gas … [Read more...]
Emissions Bill 2311 passes House and Senate, signed into law
In 2008, Washington enacted legislation (RCW 70.235) that set a series of limits on the emission of greenhouse gases within the state: quote: By 2020, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to 1990 levels; By 2035, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to … [Read more...]
Zero Emissions Bill 5811 passes Senate and House, signed by Governor
On January 15, the Washington State Senate passed the Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Bill 5811 and sent it to the House, where it passed on March 4. It has been signed by the governor. SB 5811 authorizes the Department of Ecology (DOE) to adopt California zero emission vehicle program regulations. … [Read more...]
Marking Nelson Mandela’s release: 30 years on
A tribute to Nelson Mandela by the Elders and "Thirty years ago, a 71-year-old Nelson Mandela walked out of the then-Victor Verster prison, an hour’s drive away from Cape Town. He had entered prison as a young fighter and emerged as an elder statesman, more open to negotiation, but still willing … [Read more...]
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe loses appeal in homelands case
[Note from Deb Cruz, FAIN Issue Lead: This failure of the courts to uphold the Mashpee Wampanoag right to put land in trust is the first step in termination of the First Indian Tribe/Nation to greet and support settlers arriving on the Mayflower 1620. This is just the beginning not only for … [Read more...]
Environmental Heroes 2019: Remarks by Rosalinda Guillen
Rosalinda Guillen is the executive director of Community to Community Development (C2C). Listen to the story of who she is and how her speech speaks to a profound understanding of intersectionality . . . racism, immigration, earth culture, environmental justice and climate change among many others … [Read more...]
Judge Tosses Oil and Gas Leases on Nearly One Million Acres of Public Lands
A federal judge banned oil and gas leases on nearly one million acres of public lands that are important habitat for the greater sage grouse, arguing that a Trump administration policy that curtailed public input on the leases was "arbitrary and capricious." At the start of 2018, the Bureau … [Read more...]
Washington’s Legislature has the tools — and the mandate — to tackle homelessness
Homelessness was once an issue that mattered to many Washingtonians, but fell behind other concerns such as the economy, education and taxes. Today, the public will for action on homelessness is stronger than ever. Nearly one in three Washington residents surveyed in a recent Crosscut/Elway Pollsaid … [Read more...]
With an eye toward public safety, Seattle officials grapple with future of arrest alternatives
The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program began in Seattle in 2011 and brought together law enforcement and public defense attorneys to find alternatives to repeatedly arresting drug users, sex workers and other low-level offenders. Unlike other criminal justice diversion programs, LEAD … [Read more...]
As people with disabilities fall into homelessness, WA lawmakers seek a fix
The growing divide between federal disability income and rent is leading more people into homelessness. Tyrone Porter could soon become one of those people. His Seattle apartment, while subsidized, still costs $805 a month. For three years, that rent was covered by the state. But late last year … [Read more...]
How this immigrant farmer in Kent is reconnecting to her agrarian roots
Veronica Karanja grew up farming in Kenya, but it took her years in the U.S. to find land again. Veronica Karanja says this as she wipes her damp forehead with the back of her hand, settling it on her hip as she looks over her garden of squash, herbs and budding corn. “Many good things are … [Read more...]
‘No supervisors, no boss’: Upending farm labor by owning the land
Tired of mistreatment and not being able to afford the food they harvested, two Bellingham farmworkers left corporate agriculture to start their own berry cooperative. Torres, 35, and Hernandez, 43, founded the organic berry farm Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad (Land and Liberty Cooperative) … [Read more...]
For rural Native communities, affordable groceries can be hours away
Emergency assistance alone can’t fix food inaccessibility for communities like the Hoh Tribe on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Like many tribes on the peninsula, residents on the Hoh reservation have long dealt with its distance from grocery stores. In general, rural areas with small … [Read more...]
Fort Lawton Takeover Commemoration – 50th Anniversary
Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way, Seattle, Washington 98199 Come celebrate with us March 8, 2020 at 10:30 a.m., as we honor those who fought tirelessly for the creation of Daybreak Star as a social and cultural home for our local urban Native community. In 1970, in … [Read more...]
Anti-Pipeline Protests Shut Down Canadian Rail Networks
Anti-pipeline protests have shut down major rail networks across Canada as indigenous rights and environmental activists act in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en people of British Columbia, who are fighting to keep a natural gas pipeline off their land. Canadian National Railway (CN) said … [Read more...]
Racist acts by Seattle-area students made news last year. Here’s how schools responded
By Dahlia Bazzaz / Feb. 18, 2020 / Seattle Times After the newspaper illustration spread on social media, the school became one of several in the Puget Sound region where racist, bigoted images or speech by students garnered media attention in the last year. What happened next, experts said, … [Read more...]
STATE PATROL UNDER PRESSURE TO EXAMINE BIAS IN SEARCHES OF PEOPLE OF COLOR
After analyzing data from millions of traffic stops conducted by the State Patrol, InvestigateWest last month revealed that black, Latino, Native American and Pacific Islander drivers were searched at a higher rate than white motorists — even though troopers found drugs or other contraband at a … [Read more...]
‘The border is this imaginary line’: why Americans are fighting mining in B.C.’s ‘Doughnut Hole’
Christopher Pollon / January 8, 2020 / The Narwhal Logging permits in the Skagit River headwaters will no longer be issued by the B.C. government but mining exploration is causing friction with Americans downstream. We travelled the river to meet the people fighting an Imperial Metals … [Read more...]
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