en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 San Francisco did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program -- seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford. http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_health_overhaul_san_francisco.html?source=rss Human Health California 11/20/2009 Seattle Post-Intelligencer 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 A gigantic landslide that buried a highway, uprooted homes and rerouted a river in Washington state's Cascade Range left hundreds of smaller victims: fish. Fisheries biologists from 10 government agencies and private groups are working shifts to try to save the salmon and trout. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010313642_apuslandslidefish.html?syndication=rss Salmon Washington 11/20/2009 Seattle Times The trend of people no longer being able to afford health insurance has been getting worse, Washington officials say. A new state study predicts the number of people here without insurance will hit 1 million by the end of 2011. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1580243/KPLU.Local.News/%E2%80%99Under-Uninsured%E2%80%99.Growing.as.Fast.as.Uninsured Human Health Washington 11/19/2009 KPLU A survey of 90 big US companies found that most were addressing climate change, either by cutting energy use, measuring greenhouse gas emissions, adopting policies to cut emissions, or pushing for federal legislation to do the same. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/19/BU2S1AMM81.DTL&feed=rss.news Climate Green Business United States 11/19/2009 San Francisco Chronicle 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 Why is it broadly accepted that elderly Americans should have universal health care, while it's immensely controversial to seek universal coverage for children? What's the difference, asks Nicholas Kristof, except that health care for children is far cheaper? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010311913_kristof201.html?syndication=rss Human Health United States 11/19/2009 Seattle Times Washington's home-weatherization efforts have fallen at least two months behind goals set under the federal stimulus aid, the result of a mix-up over conflicting wage requirements under federal and state laws. http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1041764.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theolympian-News+%28The+Olympian+-+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Efficiency Washington 11/19/2009 Olympian 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