Editor's Take: May 12, 2008
Obama tours a solar plant in Bend.
All of Oregon's a Green Stage for Presidential Candidates
When it comes to environmental politics, what do the top three presidential candidates have in common? Each is stumping in Oregon about sustainability (well, in Hillary’s case it’s Bill). Barack Obama and Bill Clinton both stopped in Bend over the weekend, and talked renewable energy. Today, John McCain is in Portland, where he’ll detail his climate policy.
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McCain Gives Major Climate Speech in Portland Today
Washington Post
05/12/2008
McCain has made the environment one of the key elements of his presidential bid. He speaks passionately about the issue of climate change on the campaign trail, and he plans to outline his vision for combating global warming in a major speech today in Portland, Ore.
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Obama Talks Energy in Bend
Portland Oregonian
05/11/2008
The Illinois Democrat said he would put a higher tax on companies that pollute and use the money to invest in wind, solar, geothermal and other alternatives to oil. He said he wouldn't rule out nuclear energy as a future source of power, if problems of waste storage and safety can be resolved.
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Bill Clinton Gets Windy in Bend
Bend Bulletin
05/12/2008
Clinton told a crowd of about 250 people that he believes the region, with the right infrastructure and government support, could do more to harness wind energy and other alternative fuel sources. Sen. Hillary Clinton, he said, would use her presidency to help set up the necessary systems to get more use out of renewable energy.
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Paving Puget Sound
Seattle Times
05/11/2008
It happens one creek at a time as bulldozers and pavement disrupt the natural flow of water through the ecosystem, destroying habitat and sending billions of gallons of polluted runoff into the Sound.
At McCormick Woods the next victim is Anderson Creek, once one of the most unspoiled streams flowing to Sinclair Inlet. Today, there are plans to build hundreds of homes around it.
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Priced Out of Seattle
Seattle Times
05/12/2008
Can Seattle really claim to be a livable city when the median home value is half a million dollars and so many who live here feel they may not be able to anymore?
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Housing Dreams Deferred in Vancouver
Vancouver Province
05/12/2008
It is increasingly common to see married couples living in their parents' basements, young professionals taking on second jobs, workers commuting long hours and the growth of the 40-year mortgage. It wasn't supposed to be this hard.
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Big Oil Tours NW
KUOW
05/12/2008
Another day, another new high for oil prices. Against that backdrop, the president of Shell Oil Company (USA) delivered a vigorous defense of his industry's record profits. The oil executive stopped in the Northwest -- in his words -- to "educate" political leaders. KUOW reports on the message and the reaction in Coeur d'Alene.
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Residential Schools Haunt Many
NPR
05/12/2008
For the government, it was a possible solution to the so-called Indian problem. For the tens of thousands of Indians who went to boarding schools, it's largely remembered as a time of abuse and desecration of culture.
The government still operates a handful of off-reservation boarding schools, but funding is in decline. Now many Native Americans are fighting to keep the schools open.
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Salmon Closure Hits Winchester Bay Hard
Portland Oregonian
05/12/2008
The whole Oregon coast will feel the pinch of the broadest shutdown ever, but the sportfishing town is particularly dependent on salmon.
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The Myth of the Stay-at-Home Mom
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
05/12/2008
As families celebrated the nation's 94th Mother's Day on Sunday, they are coping with a different set of trends -- a rising number of two-career families, growing cost of living, sagging home prices, mounting hours at work and a looming recession. The view from Seattle.
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