Editor's Take: March 17, 2008
This is not what Ecodensity looks like.
Exile on Suburban Main St.
Vancouver is the "worst city in Canada for housing affordability," according to a new report by the Royal Bank. The only realistic option for the average family is to buy in the 'burbs. The Toronto Globe and Mail quotes one frustrated renter: "You'd have to be an idiot to buy right now."
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Vancouver: Exile on Main St.
CBC BC
03/16/2008
"The condominium sector has really been the only safety valve in terms of this housing cycle to provide the first time home buyer with affordable options,'' RBC assistant chief economist Derek Holt said Friday.
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Chinook Closing Alters NW Way of Life
Christian Science Monitor
03/17/2008
Dave Bitts, a Eureka-based salmon trawler for more than 30 years, says he could lose half his yearly income, and coastal towns from Oregon to the Mexico border will lose a mainstay of their economy and culture.
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$28 Utility Bill for Carbon Neutral Home
Missoulian
03/16/2008
The first power bill is in, for the month of February.
And this is what it says - $28.05. For a winter month. In Montana.
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Oregon Tax Breaks Turn Solar Power into Cash
Oregonian
03/16/2008
Tax breaks and cash rebates have done what the most gung-ho green talk has not: ignited a solar power boom in Oregon.
Oregon officials expect the amount of solar power in the state to jump more than eightfold this year as businesses, nonprofits and government agencies install rooftop and ground-mounted photovoltaic systems at record rates.
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The New Carbon Cash, Explained
The Tyee
03/15/2008
BC's about to dive into a vast market that limits and trades emissions. How it will work (or not).
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Corvallis Named Greenest City in U.S.
Business Journal
03/14/2008
Country Home Magazine has named Corvallis as No. 1 Best Green Place in the nation, and five other Oregon cities made the top 25 cities list.
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Makah Whalers: Heroes or criminals?
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
03/17/2008
A federal jury will decide if Makah hunters committed a crime when they killed a whale last year. The question has splintered the tribe -- and the answer has implications for the sanctity of treaties with all tribes.
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Is Cougar Hunting Breeding chaos?
Seattle Times
03/16/2008
Instead of reducing conflicts between cougars and humans, heavy hunting seems to make the problems worse, says Robert Wielgus, Maletzke's graduate adviser and director of Washington State University's Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory.
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Wild Horses Trample the Rez
Oregonian
03/17/2008
A band of 250 wild horses roaming the 178,000-acre Umatilla Indian Reservation east of here is causing serious habitat damage, tribal officials say.
The Umatilla reservation isn't alone. A wild horse population explosion is occurring on reservation lands across the Northwest.
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The Local Grain Revolution
The Tyee
03/15/2008
For most Canadians wishing to adopt a more local diet, the overwhelming rise in demand in just the past year has left a large question mark hovering over the heads of many: where is all this local food so many are demanding?
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