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 Oregon tree farmers are planting at least 20,000 coastal redwood trees a year in Lane and Douglas counties. They're driven less the awe the big trees inspire in many people, than by the best return on their investment in 30 or 40 years, when the trees are harvested. http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091119/NEWS02/911190312/-1/NEWS Forests Oregon 11/19/2009 Ashland Daily Tidings And at a hearing on Capitol Hill, forest officials and lawmakers discussed ways that federal forestland could help combat climate change on at least two fronts. http://news.opb.org/article/6244-officials-say-forests-fight-climate-change-two-fronts/ Climate Forests Oregon US Northwest 11/19/2009 Oregon Public Broadcasting They walk in single file -- black- and gray-coated wolves gliding through a snowy open forest in eastern Oregon. The remarkable video, captured last week by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, is further evidence that wolves are re-establishing themselves here. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/eastern_oregon_wolves_again_st.html Wildlife Oregon 11/20/2009 Oregonian A pastoral campground on the banks of the Columbia River has for decades provided about 60 low-income residents with a clean, cheap, and safe place to live in an Oregon county with a dearth of decent affordable housing. But regulators say it's operating illegally and the long-term tenants must go. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/a_mixed_thanksgiving_for_sauvi.html Economy Oregon 11/19/2009 Oregonian Many hope the Copenhagen summit will set up a global carbon trading market, along the lines of what's now being established in California. In Oregon, some entrepreneurs see a public good -- and private gain -- in these markets. http://news.opb.org/article/6237-oregon-boasts-first-carbon-quant/ Cap and Trade Climate Oregon 11/18/2009 Oregon Public Broadcasting December is the big season for Willamette River cruises on the Portland Spirit, but that's also the big season for heavy rains. The ship's owners worry that the deluge will be so sudden and so great -- courtesy of global warming -- that the river will rise too high for the Spirit to pass under bridges. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_spirit_sees_a_trimet.html Climate Oregon 11/19/2009 Oregonian A new report from the advocacy group Physicians for Social Responsibility concludes that pollutants from coal-fired power plants contribute to four of the five leading causes of mortality in the US: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. Coal plants still provide about 40 percent of the electricity used in OR and nearly 20 percent in WA. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/physicians_group_details_healt.html Climate Energy Human Health Pollution & Toxics Oregon Washington 11/18/2009 Oregonian It's no secret there are a number of Oregonians who enjoy smoking marijuana. And while that may be the case, there are millions in the West who don't enjoy having their water polluted to produce the plant. http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/marijuana_guns_and_oregon/C559/L559/ Water Oregon 11/17/2009 New West A smelly and potentially dangerous problem with failing septic systems in Jackson County, OR, soon could be resolved for up to 1,603 rural property owners, with a blanket exception to state planning goals that make it difficult to provide sewer service outside urban areas. http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091117/NEWS02/911170312 Environment Food & Farms Sprawl & Transportation Oregon 11/17/2009 Ashland Daily Tidings