Editor's Take: May 13, 2008
Red? Blue? No, green state!
The (Political) Climate is a-Changin'
Here’s something you don’t see every day. The GOP candidate for president hopping on a truck-bed with the two-term Democratic governor of Oregon after a speech in the People’s Republic of Portland -- at a wind power plant -- about climate policy. Interesting picture, isn’t it? Oh, plus, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama just toured Eastern Oregon talking about energy security.
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McCain Follows Democrats on Climate
Portland Oregonian
05/13/2008
Sen. John McCain's Portland-based global warming manifesto now puts all three presidential candidates -- and both major parties' leaders -- firmly in favor of aggressive cuts to greenhouse gases.
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Clinton Leads on LNG
Astoria Daily Astorian
05/12/2008
Hillary Clinton backers boast that she -- unlike her Democratic rival Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain -- voted against the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which took the power to site LNG terminals away from states and gave it to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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BC Timber Towns Go Local
The Tyee
05/13/2008
Ask people in British Columbia's timber towns how to reverse their plummeting fortunes and a lot of them will say the solution begins at home -- with locals gaining control of how nearby forests are put to use.
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The Last Mill in Coeur d'Alene
KUOW
05/12/2008
Dozens of sawmills are being idled around the Northwest because of plummeting demand for lumber. KUOW reports on the end of an era in Coeur d'Alene.
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Seattle Housing Struggles with Cultural Divide
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
05/13/2008
New Holly, in the Beacon Hill area, is one of the experimental -- and controversial -- public housing programs around the country that attempts to mingle socio-economic groups. The goal of the federally funded Hope VI project is to eliminate pockets of poverty in cities, and encourage daily interaction among residents across class and cultural divides.
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The Anthropology of Homelessness
KUOW
05/12/2008
When most of us see a homeless person on the street, we avert our eyes. One woman in Seattle does the opposite: she studies the anthropology of street people.
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Alaska Offers Energy Makeover
Alaska Public Radio Network
05/13/2008
Alaskans facing high energy prices can take part in a state program going into effect this week to help lower fuel expenses. The Home Energy Rebate program is designed to make everyone’s life a little more comfortable.
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Native School in California an Escape from Poverty
NPR
05/13/2008
Remnants still exist of the boarding school system the federal government set up for American Indian children in the late 1800s.
Some people, such as U.S. officials at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, question whether the government should continue to be in the boarding school business. Many students at these schools say they are a necessary escape from the poverty and addiction that plague many reservations.
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100 Percent Geothermal for Oregon University
Coos Bay World
05/12/2008
Geothermal water naturally heated to up to 200 degrees has warmed the Oregon Institute of Technology for years, but plans now are to use the subterranean water to meet all campus power needs.
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The Uncertain Future of Carbon Trading
The Economist
05/12/2008
In 2007, emissions trading grew into a $60 billion business. Much of that came from within the European Union, which has capped the emissions of big factories and power plants, but allows firms that exceed their allocation to buy unused pollution rights from those that have some to spare. With the growth of this new industry, does carbon trading have a rosy future, or none at all?
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