New News is Good News
A new, nonprofit investigative news site officially launched this week. InvestigateWest aims to:
"provide high-quality investigative journalism about environmental, health and social justice issues across the West. InvestigateWest is a nonprofit investigative journalism studio that will distribute its work online, in print and on radio and TV stations."
This is great news for the region given the shrinking number of news publications and the always-diminishing numbers of staff at the outlets that remain.
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Canada Wins Cash for Clunkers Race
President Obama recently signed into law what’s called “cash for clunkers” legislation intended to take gas guzzlers off the road by offering an incentive for owners to upgrade to newer, more efficient cars. This is a really great idea because the program incentivizes the right thing: fuel efficiency. But the legislation has been criticized as more of a support for the ailing auto industry than an energy efficiency program.
In any case, when compared to the Scrap It program in British Columbia, part of the Canadian government’s Retire Your Ride program, the US effort—the Car Allowance Rebate System [CARS]—pales.
- Efficiency
- Energy
- Economy
- Pollution & Toxics
- Sprawl & Transportation
- Sustainable Living
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Oregon
- United States
- US Northwest
- Washington
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