Editor's Take: November 13, 2009
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Wild Things Stage Comeback
There's good news for Northwest wildlife with reports of a baby orca spotted in the waters of Puget Sound (or soon to be a.k.a. Salish Sea). The local killer whales are by no means recovered, but the birth is hopeful news. And Oregon population numbers are up for snowy plovers, a small, threatened shorebird, which follows this week's announcement that brown pelicans have come soaring back.
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Baby orca buoys hopes
Kitsap Sun
11/13/2009
A new killer whale calf has been born in J Pod, one of the three pods that frequent the Salish Sea, which includes Puget Sound and the waters off British Columbia.
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Proposal for smaller, cheaper I-5 Columbia bridge
Vancouver Columbian
11/12/2009
Transportation planners are proposing to trim about $650 million from the proposed Columbia River Crossing, including narrowing the new Interstate 5 bridge from 12 lanes to 10.
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Sen. Murray praises Hanford stimulus jobs
Tri-City Herald
11/13/2009
Since $1.96 billion in stimulus money was designated for environmental cleanup at the Hanford nuclear reservation, more than 35,000 people have applied for the jobs, according to the Department of Energy.
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A different kind of fish toss: Planting dead salmon
Oregonian
11/12/2009
Thousands of salmon carcasses from the Sandy Fish Hatchery on Cedar Creek are being "planted" this fall in and along tributaries of Oregon's Sandy River to put needed nutrients back into the ecosystem.
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Pedestrians, bicyclists want harsher penalties
Real Change
11/13/2009
When one person's actions kill another, even if unintentionally, the public generally expects serious consequences. In Washington, however, when a driver hits and seriously injures or kills a pedestrian or bicyclist, he or she can expect only a traffic ticket.
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Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up
The Nation
11/12/2009
There is certainly a Seattle quality to the mobilization of activists for the international climate meetings in Copenhagen. Except the movement converging on Copenhagen is about a single issue -- climate change -- that weaves a coherent narrative about its cause, and its cures, that incorporates virtually every issue on the planet.
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Numbers of threatened snowy plovers up
Oregonian
11/12/2009
The small shorebird, listed as threatened on state and federal endangered species acts, appears to be responding to recovery efforts, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Women face tough choices on abortion coverage
Seattle Times
11/12/2009
Millions of American women will face tough choices about abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law, both sides in the abortion debate agree.
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Views: Cooling the planet without chilling trade
Washington Post
11/12/2009
There is a real danger that a collision between climate policy and trade agreements could derail two critical goals: controlling climate change and expanding trade. But this danger is avoidable.
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Fun theory: One way to woo commuters
Portland Oregonian
11/12/2009
As Portland transportation officials try to figure out how to get more people out of their cars, they might want to take a gander at this social-experiment video from the Odenplan in Stockholm. The message: A sure fire way to change transportation behavior is to make the infrastructure as much fun as functional.
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