Editor's Take: November 02, 2009
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Green's the Color of Money
Businesses are going green not only to appease their eco-consciences, but because it benefits their bottom lines. In Oregon, businesses doing dam removal and environmental restoration, wind power construction, and improving energy efficiency are growing. In Portland, smaller, efficient homes are bigger sellers. Check out all the great stories that didn't make the top 10 (there were lots today!) in the Daily News tab.
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Going for the green in Oregon
Corvallis Gazette-Times
11/01/2009
Environmental and economic concerns increasingly converge to create a new class of Earth-friendly employment opportunities in Oregon, from dam removal to boosting energy efficiency in homes.
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Farmers growing electricity along with their crops
Corvallis Gazette-Times
11/02/2009
More Oregon farms are generating renewable energy with solar panels and micro turbines. Just how many remains unclear, but the motivation seems to be a desire to be green more than the bottom line, despite an increasing array of financial incentives.
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Seattle could lead electric car "revolution"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
11/02/2009
Seattle could be a leader in the electric car "revolution" when next year it becomes one of five cities to get 2,500 charging stations under a $100 million federal grant.
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Portland-area builders shift to small, efficient homes
Oregonian
11/01/2009
For the Portland home buyers that remain after the market's collapse, the evidence points to stronger demand for modest, energy-efficient homes.
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Where's the birth control?
The Nation
11/01/2009
Just as the prognosis for our health-care system is beginning to look sunnier, another complication emerges: so far, reform legislation has failed to require insurers to cover some basic services for womens' health, including birth control.
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Millions without sick leave fear swine flu
Seattle Times
11/01/2009
For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don't come to work, you don't get paid. That idea drives an untold numbers of carpenters, day care workers, servers, and small-business owners to their jobs each day. Sniffles or not.
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Rare BC abalone easy pickings for poachers
Victoria Times Colonist
11/01/2009
Northern abalone can spend their entire lives within a pond-sized patch of BC coastline. And that is where their problems begin.
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Streetcars on the ballot amid trolley revival
Seattle Times
11/02/2009
A streetcar revival in American cities isn't just kicking up sparks from the tracks, they're flying down at city hall, too. In Idaho's capital, a proposed $60 million trolley plan has become a major theme of local elections Nov. 3.
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Vancouver bike-lane trial a success so far
Vancouver Sun
11/02/2009
The Burrard Bridge bicycle-lane trial in Vancouver, BC, is a success with cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers, according to a survey. That means the bike lane could remain well past this February's Winter Olympics.
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Climate change ethics explored in Oregon
Eugene Register Guard
11/02/2009
As people continue to debate the science behind climate change, a two-year program at the University of Oregon is moving beyond data to explore the moral and ethical implications of a warming planet.
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