Hot Off the Wire — 10/30/2020

Port Angeles School District debuts COVID-19 tracker

Parents will be notified when a case of COVID-19 is confirmed in the schools.
— Peninsula Daily News

Will COVID-19 give Santa Ana officials an excuse to ignore the city’s lead crisis?

The California attorney general says the city needs to collaborate with overburdened communities to address its dangerous lead contamination.

Visualizing How the Pandemic
is Impacting American Wallets

Climate Literacy Is Essential for Effective Change
— Yes! Magazine

Week 49: Vote for life outdoors.
Election Day is this Tuesday. 
Take part: Nov. 1–7, 2020

The United Nations warns that the U.S. and Europe are shipping millions of their worst-polluting used cars to poorer nations.

The international used car trade is largely unregulated, and many of those gas guzzlers don’t meet minimum standards for safety and air pollution.
— Grist

Electric cars ‘as cheap to manufacture’ as regular models by 2024

Hold Candy Giants Accountable!

Candyland is so messed up.

Cocoa: A Bittersweet Supply Chain

Tell the incoming Biden administration: Restore the Tongass National Forest and make it a top priority.
— Climate Hawks Vote

Add your name and urge the CDC to extend the No Sail Order until the pandemic is over.

The No Sail Order expires on the 31st
— Stand.earth

The Supreme Court Battle and the Climate Crisis

“Imagine any serious adult saying they don’t know whether gravity is real.”
— Moyers on Democracy

What a Changing US Supreme Court Means for Climate Advocacy

That the Supreme Court may hinder progress presumes that the other branches of government are actually doing something about climate change.
— Sightline Institute

Alarm as Arctic sea ice not yet freezing at latest date on record

For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start freezing in late October.
— The Guardian

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A new climate action report card found cities struggling to live up to their ambitions.

Cities tried to lead the charge on climate action. Most of them are behind.
— Grist

Trump to strip protections from Tongass National Forest,
one of the biggest intact temperate rainforests
— The Washington Post

Protect the Resluts
350Action.org

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Earth Guardians

Japan vowed to become carbon neutral by 2050
— Grist

South Korea has jumped on the net-zero bandwagon, pledging to become carbon neutral by 2050 — joining China
— Grist

Next week, the US leaves the Paris Agreement. How do we get back in?

Even if Biden wins, rejoining Paris won’t be easy.

The Future of the Democratic Party Goes Through This District

In Washington’s Tenth, it’s Marilyn Strickland, president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, against environmental activist Beth Doglio.
— Climate Hawks Vote

Joe Biden said he would phase out
the U.S. oil industry

57% of Americans voters,
including 41% of Republicans,
support transitioning off oil!

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How to beat an Election-Related Power Grab