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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
This week, our hero is Frederick McKinley Jones, an American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur. With more than 60 registered patents across various fields, Jones was one of the most prolific African American inventors of the 20th century. Jones is best known for inventing mobile refrigeration systems for trucks, trains, and ships. His invention meant that fresh produce and other perishable goods could be delivered on a large scale anywhere without spoiling, regardless of the season. Starting in World War II, Jones’ refrigeration units were also used to transport blood, organs, and vaccines worldwide. Later versions of his refrigeration units are still in use today and have been used extensively to transport COVID-19 vaccines. Mobile refrigeration revolutionized the supermarket and restaurant industries, leading to billions of people being better fed, and transformed the medical industry, helping save millions of lives.
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from Inlander
When I heard that Gov. Jay Inslee had vetoed legislation requiring that new cars sold after 2030 had to be electric, I thought perhaps he had hit a pause button until we figured out what going "all electric" involved, perhaps until after he had built more public support. But no. That's not why he vetoed it. That and two other related vetoes betray a reckless drive to electrify transportation even if we don't have the information and public buy-in we need. Transportation is Washington's largest contributor of CO2 emissions, so focusing our emission reductions there makes sense. But as we move forward, we need to know a few things, like how we'll pay for roads, bridges and salmon culverts, among other things, with falling gas tax revenue. Or how we'll generate a reliable supply of electricity to meet the increased demand from electrifying Washington's transportation, residential and commercial sectors. The 2022 Legislature tried asking both questions. Inslee's vetoes shut them down. He explained that he vetoed the electric car 2030 language because the Legislature had required that we figure out how we'll pay for roads without a gas tax. The governor wanted to move forward without answering that question. Rather than taking the opportunity to work with the Legislature to find an answer, he vetoed the bill. That's reckless.
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from KING 5 (NBC)
Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Seattle, Washington
Small landlords say Seattle’s rental laws are running small providers out of the city. Data from the city, analyzed by the Rental Housing Association of Washington, shows Seattle lost more than 3,400 properties in 2021, equaling more than 11,500 units. Roughly 2,500, or 75%, of those properties were single-family homes, which are typically owned by small landlords.
from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Washington and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its fleet. Three separate lawsuits, filed by the states and environmental groups Thursday in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program.
The Ag Forestry Leadership program was born out of the original 1960s “Fish Wars” between tribal and commercial fisheries, according to Vicky Scharlau, interim executive director of Washington’s Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation. After the 1974 Boldt decision, it was Billy Frank Jr. from the Nisqually Tribe and Ellensburg rancher Stu Bledsoe who were leaders in development of the 1987 Timber/Fish/Wildlife Agreement which still undergirds Washington’s salmon policy.
Wade Nelson filed Saturday for the position as a Republican, joining Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff John Nowels, also a Republican, in the race.... Nelson served in the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy from 2001 to 2020, and then as a detective from 2020 until the present.
Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow’s forces retreated weeks ago.
President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday for $33 billion to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia, signaling a burgeoning and long-haul American commitment as Moscow’s invasion and the international tensions it has inflamed show no signs of receding.
The U.S. House gave final passage Thursday to legislation that would streamline a World War II-era military lend-lease program to more quickly provide Ukraine and other Eastern European countries with American equipment to fight the Russian invasion. The measure, which passed by an overwhelming 417-10 vote, now goes to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law.
The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people.
Ever since Russian forces took the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson in early March, residents sensed the occupiers had a special plan for their town. Now, amid a crescendo of warnings from Ukraine that Russia plans to stage a sham referendum to transform the territory into a pro-Moscow “people’s republic,” it appears locals guessed right.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Finland and Sweden would be embraced with open arms should they decide to join the 30-nation military organization and could become members quite quickly. Stoltenberg’s remarks came as public support in Finland and Sweden for NATO membership mounts in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Media speculation in the two countries suggest the two might apply in mid-May.
The threat that dams and climate change pose to wild salmon and steelhead landed the lower Snake River on a national environmental group’s list of the nation’s most endangered waterways. American Rivers released its annual list of rivers the group deems to be critically endangered and placed the Snake in the second spot. That is down one spot from the 2021 list that had the Snake as the nation’s most imperiled.
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