Editor's Take: July 24, 2009
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Logging Their Way to Old Growth
Loggers in Washington say cutting down trees could create an old-growth forest. How’s that? The idea is to thin crowded stands of hemlock and Douglas fir to encourage the more diverse mix of trees and plants found in natural old-growth woods. The economic downturn is hitting the suburbs hard, and it's taking a toll on California's dairy farmers.
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Logging their way to old growth
Seattle Times
07/23/2009
An experiment in Southwest Washington is testing an idea that the best way to return a forest to its original, old-growth state may be by thinning cramped stands of hemlocks or replanted Douglas firs to create a more balanced mix of species that resembles an old-growth forest. The approach could become a model used elsewhere.
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Recession spreads to suburbs and beyond
The Christian Science Monitor
07/23/2009
Suburban areas have felt the effects of the recession just as much -- if not more in some cases -- than urban areas. Out of 100 metro areas, 75 saw their suburban unemployed population grow faster than those in the urban areas. The economic situation is even worse for the outer bedroom communities, known as the exurbs.
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Breast-feeding a civil right under new WA law
Seattle Times
07/23/2009
A new Washington law, which takes effect Sunday, builds on a 2001 law that exempted breast-feeding from public indecency laws. But until now, nothing prevented businesses from asking women to leave or to cover up while breast-feeding.
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Dealerships give 'Cash For Clunkers' a jump start
NPR
07/24/2009
The US Department of Transportation was set to release rules governing the "Cash for Clunkers" program Friday, but dealerships have already been using it as a tool to sell cars and remove from American roads vehicles that get less than 18 miles per gallon.
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BC's First Nation band takes lead on solar power
The Tyee
07/24/2009
A solar project by BC's T'Sou-ke band is being held up as a model across the province. Supporters call it the beginning of a renaissance for First Nations: a way to reconnect with the land in a totally new way plus gain energy autonomy.
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Are dairy farmers a dying breed?
NPR
07/24/2009
The recession has hit the US dairy industry hard, and in California -- the nation's No. 1 milk-producing state -- dairy farmers are taking an especially big blow.
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A lake of oil to bring BC's bottled water
BC Local News
07/24/2009
The energy and petroleum used to make and deliver the millions of disposable plastic water bottles BC residents drink and toss each year is equivalent to 64,000 barrels of oil -- enough to drive a fleet of more than 12,000 SUVs across Canada from coast to coast.
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Health-care delay may complicate US climate debate
Reuters
07/24/2009
The US Senate's failure to hold to its early August deadline to pass a major health-care bill could complicate another of President Barack Obama's top policy priorities: the fight against climate change.
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Study: Canadians happy with primary health care
Toronto Globe and Mail
07/24/2009
The largest survey on primary health care ever conducted in Canada found that most people have high praise for their family doctor. Residents -- except those living in Nunavut -- have excellent access to primary health care, according to a study released Thursday.
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Glowworms, but no fireflies, in Northwest
Wenatchee World
07/23/2009
There aren't fireflies in the Northwest like there are in the Midwest and the East. However, there are glowworms.
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