After Roe falls, local abortion clinics already feel strained system
Roughly half the states in the United States have already banned abortions, or are likely to ban them, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights. In neighboring Idaho, a trigger ban passed in 2020 is set to make nearly all abortions illegal. Washington is one of 16 states with laws protecting abortion. The state could see an increase of up to 385% of patients whose nearest abortion provider is in Washington, Guttmacher predicts. Courtney Normand, Washington director for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, said clinics across Western Washington are already seeing patients who have flown or driven thousands of miles for the medical procedure. Continue reading at The Everett Herald. (Olivia Vanni)
U.S. emissions linked to over $1.8 trillion of global economic losses, study says
The United States and China, the world’s two leading greenhouse gas emitters, are each responsible for more than $1.8 trillion of global income losses from 1990 to 2014, according to a new study that links the emissions in individual countries to the economic impacts of climate change in others. The report may bolster the scientific basis for legal claims for losses tied to global warming. The Dartmouth College study, published in the journal Climatic Change, linked one nation’s emissions of heat-trapping gases to losses and gains in the gross domestic product of 143 countries for which data is available. It found that five of the world’s leading emitters of greenhouse gases caused $6 trillion of global economic losses through warming caused by their emissions from 1990 to 2014. Continue reading at The Washington Post. (Drew Angerer)
WHO warns covid ‘nowhere near over’ as variants spike in U.S., Europe
“The virus is running freely,” the World Health Organization warns as the latest omicron offshoots drive up coronavirus infections around the world. Many countries have lifted restrictions and reduced coronavirus tracking as they grapple with pandemic fatigue. But “new waves of the virus demonstrate again that covid-19 is nowhere near over,” according to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He appealed to governments Tuesday to pour efforts back into testing and improving vaccine deployment and said rising cases were straining medical systems already stretched by the pandemic. Continue reading at The Washington Post. (David Ryder)
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After Roe falls, local abortion clinics already feel strained system
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Seattle City Council names preferences for new Sound Transit line
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Pasco City Council appoints its first Black member in 15 years
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U.S. emissions linked to over $1.8 trillion of global economic losses, study says
June inflation soared 9.1%, a new 40-year high, amid high gas prices
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Justice Dept. announces task force to fight overreach on abortion bans
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