en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Oregon headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 A Portland nonprofit agency that builds and sells new homes is showing how cheap, green homes can be done. HOST Development Inc. is finishing work on the first homes in its Helensview Homes development -- the first traditional single-family neighborhood project in town to receive LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development) certification. http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=121078405352033000 Environment Green Business Sustainable Living Oregon 05/15/2008 Portland Tribune This state is known for many things -- good wine, the imperial branding of the Nike swoosh, a political culture that produces contrarians of both parties -- but ethnic diversity is not one of them. This state has an African-American population of less than 2 percent. And yet on May 20, when voters here could finally end the Democratic presidential marathon by giving Senator Barack Obama an outright majority of pledged delegates, don't expect to hear much about how a black man has broadened the playing field for his party by winning a heavily white state. http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/ Policy Population Oregon United States 05/15/2008 New York Times Members of the Oregon health board are traveling across the state to hear what people actually want in the health plan concept approved by the Legislature in 2007. People will gather in small groups to discuss how to create a health- care system that's "sustainable and serves the needs of as many Oregonians as possible." http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS/805140318 Human Health Oregon 05/14/2008 Medford Mail-Tribune 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. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1210649122191280.xml&coll=7 Climate Energy Environment Policy Oregon 05/13/2008 Portland Oregonian 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. http://www.dailyastorian.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=51271&TM=1296.253 Energy Environment Oregon 05/12/2008 Astoria Daily Astorian 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. http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2008/05/12/news/doc48287ff726b86986743547.txt Energy Environment Oregon 05/12/2008 Coos Bay World McCain has made the environment one of the key elements of his presidential bid. He speaks passionately about the issue of climate change on the campaign trail, and he plans to outline his vision for combating global warming in a major speech today in Portland, Ore. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/11/AR2008051101964.html Environment Policy Oregon United States 05/12/2008 Washington Post The Illinois Democrat said he would put a higher tax on companies that pollute and use the money to invest in wind, solar, geothermal and other alternatives to oil. He said he wouldn't rule out nuclear energy as a future source of power, if problems of waste storage and safety can be resolved. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1210474514111150.xml&coll=7 Economy Energy Environment Green Taxes Policy Pollution & Toxics Oregon 05/11/2008 Portland Oregonian Clinton told a crowd of about 250 people that he believes the region, with the right infrastructure and government support, could do more to harness wind energy and other alternative fuel sources. Sen. Hillary Clinton, he said, would use her presidency to help set up the necessary systems to get more use out of renewable energy. http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/NEWS0107/805120366/1041&nav_category= Energy Environment Policy Oregon 05/12/2008 Bend Bulletin