Editor's Take: September 17, 2009
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Cities Still the Carbon Crusaders
The future is uncertain for a US proposal to cap greenhouse gas emissions. In the meantime, the cities and states that took the lead in trying to curb their planet-warming pollution when federal leadership was lacking are still plugging along, though it's tough going. Portland, Eugene, and cities in BC, among others, set great carbon goals, but can they meet them?
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Population growth makes carbon goals elusive
Portland Tribune
09/17/2009
Population growth poses the greatest obstacle to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon and the Portland region, according to two recent plans to meet future electricity demand.
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Growing Western glaciers buck global trend
Oregon Public Broadcasting
09/16/2009
Shrinking glaciers have turned out to be one of the clearest harbingers of global warming. But while most of the world's glaciers recede, a few in the American West are bucking the trend.
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College students protest coal use on campuses
Corvallis Gazette-Times
09/16/2009
College students from Missouri to Oregon are urging their schools to stop using coal-based electricity in favor of cleaner energy sources ranging from wood chips to geothermal power.
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Save Puget Sound: clean dog poop and oil leaks
Seattle Post Globe
09/17/2009
Dog doo is killing Puget Sound, as are oil leaks, chemical fertilizers, and do-it-yourself car washes in the driveway. A coalition of more than 300 cities, counties, businesses, universities, and others launched an ad campaign to get the message out.
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McGinn wants to expand Seattle's light-rail
Seattle Times
09/17/2009
Seattle mayoral candidate Mike McGinn promises to seek a public vote by 2011 on a new light-rail line for the western side of the city -- Ballard, Interbay, Queen Anne, Belltown, downtown, West Seattle, maybe Fremont, too.
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First Nations seek wine, wind power, ecotourism
Indian Country Today
09/17/2009
First Nations are asserting aboriginal and treaty rights, paving the road to self-determination, and realizing the potential of their lands and resources through renewable power, wineries, and ecotourism.
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US cruise ships graded on pollution
Fairbanks Daily News Miner
09/16/2009
An environmental group released its report card Wednesday on how well cruise ship companies operating in American waters are doing to reduce pollution, and not one received an overall grade of "A."
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Toxic chemicals found in consumer products
New York Times
09/17/2009
Some tennis balls for dogs, chew toys for cats, and women's plastic handbags were among the common household items found to contain lead and other toxic chemicals, a nonprofit environmental group reported Wednesday.
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Canadian driving rate on downward trend
CBC BC
09/16/2009
Canadians drove their cars and trucks less in the first quarter of 2009 than they did in the same period last year, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday, reversing the trend from the end of 2008.
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Gregoire, Obama ink $40.5 million salmon deal
Vancouver Columbian
09/17/2009
A day after endorsing a Bush-era plan to operate federal hydropower dams, the Obama administration finalized a deal Wednesday with Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire to spend an additional $40.5 million improving salmon habitat on the north side of the Columbia River.
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