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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2021
Biden confronts climate change
OBITUARIES
Mary Ann Rodda Kawasoe
By MATTHEW DALY and
ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Associated Press
Gearhart
Feb. 21, 1942 — Jan. 22, 2021
Mary Ann
Rodda friends, and spoiling her
Kawasoe returned to her grandchildren.
heavenly home on Jan. 22,
Her concern for oth-
2021, in Gear-
ers and willing-
hart. Her fi rm
ness to lend a
belief in God
hand kept her
supported
her
busy volunteer-
peaceful
jour-
ing at various
ney to reunite
charitable orga-
with the love of
nizations, includ-
her life, Mel-
ing Meals on
vin
“Dutch”
Wheels, Gear-
Kawasoe, who
hart Elementary
passed away in
School and Prov-
Mary Ann Kawasoe
2015.
idence
Elder-
Ann was born
Place. She also
Feb. 21, 1942, in Everett, loved to garden and quilt.
Washington, to Nora and
Her family and friends
Merritt Rodda, in between will remember her as a
her two brothers, Tom and selfl ess and loving grand-
Phil. Their family moved mother — a role she was
to Portland, where she born to be. She wasn’t
spent her childhood.
just Grandma Ann to the
She graduated from Kawasoe family, but her
Parkrose High School in tenderness made everyone
1960 and then went on to feel as if she was their own.
attend Portland State Col-
Ann is survived by
lege. There, she earned her three children, Mar-
a bachelor’s degree in cia Houston (Jim), Mar-
English and was an avid ianne Leipzig (Tim) and
member of the Tri Delta John Kawasoe (Katie); two
sorority.
brothers, Philip (Connie)
Following college, she and Tom (Jean) Rodda;
began her illustrious teach- seven
grandchildren,
ing career at Reynolds High Gretchen Sumner (Jamie),
School, where she fell in Jonathan Leipzig (Whit-
love with Dutch, who was ney), Katy and Carson
the head football coach at Kawasoe, Colby Podoll
the time. She embraced her and Brenden (Madison)
relationship with Dutch’s and Kyle Crosby; and six
two daughters, Marcia and great-grandchildren, Lucy
Marianne, whom she loved and Dutch Sumner, Fin-
as if they were her own. ley, Maclane and Quinton
She and Dutch had their Leipzig and Anslee Crosby.
their only son, John, who
She is preceded in
was born in 1966.
death by her parents and
After he was born, she husband.
taught throughout the Port-
A private family memo-
land metropolitan area to rial service will be held on
not only inspire and engage Jan. 29, 2021, at Ocean
young students, but also View Cemetery.
her colleagues and any-
In lieu of fl owers, dona-
one she met. Ann was a tions may be made to the
woman of faith and a long- Dutch Kawasoe Memorial
time member of St. Mat- Reward Fund, P.O. Box
thew’s Church in Portland 820125, Portland, OR.,
and North Coast Family 97282-1125.
Fellowship in Seaside.
Ocean View Funeral
Ann was able to focus & Cremation Service of
on the most important Astoria is in charge of the
things in her life through- arrangements. A guest
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WASHINGTON — In the
most ambitious U.S. effort to
stave off the worst of climate
change, President Joe Biden
signed executive orders on
Wednesday to transform the
nation’s heavily fossil-fuel
powered economy into a
clean-burning one, pausing
oil and gas leasing on federal
land and targeting subsidies
for those industries.
The directives aim to
conserve 30 percent of the
country’s and ocean waters
in the next 10 years, dou-
ble the nation’s offshore
wind energy, and move to
an all-electric federal vehicle
fl eet, among other changes.
Biden’s sweeping plan is
aimed at staving off the worst
of global warming caused by
burning fossil fuels.
But his effort it also car-
ries political risk for the pres-
ident and Democrats as oil-
and coal-producing states
face job losses from moves
to sharply increase U.S. reli-
ance on clean energy such as
wind and solar power.
“We can’t wait any lon-
ger’’ to address the climate
crisis, Biden said at the
White House. ”We see with
our own eyes. We know it in
our bones. It is time to act.’’
He said his orders will
“supercharge our administra-
tion’s ambitious plan to con-
front the existential threat of
climate change.”
Biden has set a goal of
eliminating pollution from
fossil fuel in the power sector
by 2035 and from the U.S.
economy overall by 2050,
speeding what is already
a market-driven growth
of solar and wind energy
and lessening the country’s
dependence on oil and gas.
The aggressive plan is aimed
at slowing human-caused
global warming that is mag-
nifying extreme weather
events such as deadly wild-
fi res in the West and drench-
ing rains and hurricanes in
the East.
Biden acknowledged the
political risk, repeatedly stat-
Evan Vucci/AP Photo
John Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, speaks
during a press briefi ng at the White House on Wednesday.
ing that his approach would
create jobs in the renewable
energy and automotive sec-
tors to offset any losses in oil,
coal or natural gas.
“When I think of climate
change and the answers to it,
I think of jobs,’’ Biden said.
“We’re going to put people
to work. We’re not going to
lose jobs. These aren’t pie-
in-the-sky dreams. These
are concrete actionable solu-
tions. And we know how to
do this.’’
Biden’s directive to dou-
ble energy production from
offshore wind comes after
the Trump administration
slowed permit review of
some giant offshore wind
turbine projects. Signifi -
cantly, he is directing agen-
cies to eliminate spending
that acts as subsidies for fos-
sil fuel industries.
“The fossil fuel indus-
try has infl icted tremendous
damage on the planet. The
administration’s review, if
done correctly, will show
that fi lthy fracking and drill-
ing must end for good, every-
where,’’ said Kierán Suck-
ling, executive director at the
Center for Biological Diver-
sity, an environmental group
that has pushed for the drill-
ing pause.
The pause in onshore leas-
ing is limited to federal lands
and does not affect drilling
on private lands, which is
largely regulated by states. It
also will not affect existing
leases and could be further
blunted by companies that
stockpiled enough drilling
David Edward (Ed Seajack) Arnold
CLATSOP
POWER
Seaside
Aug. 25, 1951 — Jan. 1, 2021
David Edward (Ed Seajack) Arnold passed Yavapai Nation and to low income individuals.
away peacefully, in Seaside, at the Seaside
David traveled frequently in both the U.S.
Lodge & International Hostel, on Jan. 1, 2021, and Europe. He lived in many states includ-
at the age of 69.
ing Iowa, California, Minnesota,
He was born on Aug. 25, 1951,
Arizona and Oregon. He spent time
in Waterloo, Iowa, to Clarence E.
attending university in Nottingham,
Arnold Jr. and Roberta L. (Pratt)
England, living on the Isle of Skye
Arnold.
and traveling in Iceland.
David graduated from Lennox
David loved campfi res, people
High School in Lennox, California,
and cooking. He had friends from
in 1969. Post high school educa-
all over the world and shared his
tion included attendance at Mohave
wisdom and friendship with many.
Community College for general
David was known for his his
education, Northern Arizona Uni-
generosity and was always will-
David Edward
versity for accounting and Notting-
ing to help other people. He was
Arnold
ham Trent University in England for
also known for his long walks that
international accounting standards.
included a walk from California to
David worked for the U.S. Postal Service, Oregon; a walk from St. Louis, Missouri, to
in business as a manager and developer, and as Washington, D.C.; and a walk around Iceland.
a program development coordinator at Catho-
The reception desk at Seaside Lodge &
lic Charities for AmeriCorps Volunteers in Ser- International Hostel will forever carry his
vice to America . Most recently, David worked spirit.
at Seaside Lodge & International Hostel.
David is survived by his sisters, Teresa
While in school, he completed a course Walker, Rebecca Arnold and Nancy (George)
on taxes, and during tax season volunteered Seine; an uncle; and many nieces and neph-
his services for free as a tax consultant to the ews, great-nieces and nephews, and cousins.
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permits in former President
Donald Trump’s fi nal months
to allow them to keep pump-
ing oil and gas for years.
The order exempts tribal
lands, mainly in the West,
that are used for energy
production.
In a change from previous
administrations of both par-
ties, Biden also is directing
agencies to focus help and
investment on the low-in-
come and minority commu-
nities that live closest to pol-
luting refi neries and other
hazards, and the oil- and
coal-patch towns that face
job losses as the U.S. moves
to sharply increase its reli-
ance on wind, solar and other
energy sources that do not
emit climate-warming green-
house gases.
Biden pledged to create
up to a million jobs build-
ing electric cars, as well as
installing solar panels, wind
turbines, “capping aban-
doned walls, reclaiming
mines, turning old brown-
fi eld sites into the new hubs
of economic growth.’’
Even so, Republicans
immediately criticized the
plan as a job killer.
“Pie-in-the-sky govern-
ment mandates and direc-
tives that restrict our min-
ing, oil, and gas industries
adversely impact our energy
security
and
indepen-
dence,’’ said U.S. Rep. Cathy
McMorris Rodgers, a Wash-
ington state Republican and
the top Republican on the
House Energy and Com-
merce Committee.
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Record high .................. 63 in 1983
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12:27 p.m. 9.1 7:44 p.m. -0.7
Cape Disappointment
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12:06 p.m. 9.2 6:50 p.m. -0.8
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Hammond
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Knappa
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Biden also is elevat-
ing the warming climate to
a national security priority,
directing intelligence agen-
cies, the military and others
to do more to prepare for the
heightened risks. The conser-
vation plan would set aside
millions of acres for recre-
ation, wildlife and climate
efforts by 2030 as part of
Biden’s campaign pledge for
a $2 trillion program to slow
global warming.
Trump, who ridiculed the
science of climate change,
withdrew the U.S. from the
Paris global climate accord,
opened more public lands
to coal, gas and oil produc-
tion and weakened regula-
tion on fossil fuel emissions.
Experts say these emissions
are heating the Earth’s cli-
mate dangerously and wors-
ening fl oods, droughts and
other natural disasters.
Today, 61% of the nation’s
electric power comes from
natural gas and coal, 20%
from nuclear and 17% from
wind, solar and other renew-
able energy, the U.S. Energy
Information Administration
says.
Georgia Tech climate sci-
entist Kim Cobb said that “if
this Day 7 momentum is rep-
resentative of this adminis-
tration’s 4-year term, there is
every reason to believe that
we might achieve carbon
neutrality sooner than 2050,”
even as key roadblocks lie
ahead.
Biden’s actions came as
his nominee for energy sec-
retary, former Michigan Gov.
Jennifer Granholm, faced
deep skepticism from Repub-
licans as she tried to pitch the
president’s vision for a green
economy.
“The last Democratic
administration went on a
regulatory rampage to slow
or stop energy production,”
said U.S. Sen. John Bar-
rasso, a leading Republi-
can from Wyoming on the
Senate Energy and Natu-
ral Resources Committee.
“I’m not going to sit idly
by .. if the Biden admin-
istration enforces policies
that threaten Wyoming’s
economy.’’
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Eugene
Bend
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Caldwell
Burns
38/28
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46/33
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38/26
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