In April this year, eight Washington youth activists won a groundbreaking lawsuit that would pin Washington state to a deadline in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The judge in the suit ruled that doing something substantial about climate change is so urgent that the state has to come up with a rule by the end of 2016 to cut emissions. The judge’s ruling also required the Department of Ecology to come up with recommendations for how the state legislature can update the state’s emission goals with the most up-to-date science. Now, The Stranger reports that the Department of Ecology is appealing this decision, saying they need more time to come up with a rule for limiting emissions. A draft of their ruling released earlier this month was strongly criticized by the youths who filed the suit.
"Governor Inslee's Administration is Appealing the Climate Kids' Court Win" The Stranger
Yesterday the Washington 43rd district Democrats endorsed Brady Walkinshaw (D-43, Capitol Hill) for the 7th Congressional District, PubliCola reports. Walkinshaw is one of several candidates running for the seat that long-time Congressman Jim McDermott will leave behind when he retires. Around 200 people gathered in the UW’s Kane Hall yesterday evening to vote for their choice of candidate. Netting 73 percent of votes, Walkinshaw was the only candidate to reach the 60 percent mark required to clinch the endorsement. Candidates Pramila Jayapal and Joe McDermott trailed him with 28 percent and 11 percent, respectively. (If the math doesn’t look like it works, it’s because people could vote for multiple candidates).
"Walkinshaw, Macri, Housing Levy Strong in 43rd District" Publicola
Seattle’s city archivist, Scott Cline, is retiring after a 31-year career. Geekwire reports on a talk he gave to a crowd in City Hall in which he talked about the massive amount of records stored by the city -- including thousands of maps and audio recordings and millions of photos -- and how archiving Seattle’s history has changed in the digital age.
