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 Groups are urging WA and OR leaders to toss out the proposed massive $4 billion, 12-lane Columbia River Crossing bridge project and start over, using a new approach that starts with region's shared values of economic vitality, affordable transportation, safe and healthy neighborhoods and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=125749057683734200 Climate Sprawl & Transportation Oregon Washington 11/06/2009 Portland Tribune The odds of severe flooding in the Green River Valley have dropped substantially due to repairs on the Howard Hanson Dam. But that relief was followed by barely contained frustration that months of high anxiety have come at great psychic and financial expense - and that the wait for a permanent fix could sap the region further even if a flood never comes. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010213136_greenriver06m.html?syndication=rss Environment Water Washington 11/06/2009 Seattle Times When David Thyme was an even younger man, his fantasies of early adulthood did not include a 9:30 pm curfew and a bed in Covenant House, a shelter for homeless youth. They also didn't include a recession so severe that his financially strapped father would ask him to help with rent - or kick him out when he couldn't find an entry-level job to do so. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091123/ratner Economy Population United States 11/05/2009 The Nation Researchers believe the day is coming when the electricity you use will be your own. Instead of relying on large central generating stations - hydroelectric dams, coal plants and the like - scientists say we're moving toward an era of "personalized solar energy." http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/personalized_solar_units_could.html Climate Economy Energy Environment Solutions Sustainable Living Oregon United States 11/05/2009 Oregonian Sex education programs that encourage teens to delay sexual activity but also teach them how to reduce their chances of getting pregnant or a sexually transmitted disease cut risky sexual behavior, increase condom use and lower the chances of getting the AIDS virus and other infections, an independent expert panel concluded in a report released Friday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110601208.html?wprss=rss_health Human Health Population United States 11/06/2009 Washington Post An estimated two million wives are now the sole breadwinners in families across America as more men than women have been laid off in this recession. Experts say that unemployed husbands are probably taking on more of the housework and childcare duties - for now. But they don't expect that change to stick. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/men-who-lost-jobs-in-recession-help-at-home/article1352173/ Economy Population United States 11/05/2009 Toronto Globe and Mail Canada will stage a judicial inquiry into the collapse of sockeye salmon runs on the Fraser River, which have been in a two-decade decline and hit a 50-year low in summer 2009. It has prompted concerns that sockeye are heading for a population failure on the scale of the collapse of Atlantic cod. http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Ottawa+plans+inquiry+into+disappearance+sockeye/2188687/story.html Environment Food & Farms Salmon Water British Columbia 11/06/2009 Vancouver Sun Rural and disadvantaged communities in the Northwest could receive an economic boost thanks to $30 million in new markets tax credits allocated to Portland-based Ecotrust. The nonprofit organization plans to target former timber towns struggling to recover jobs and tribes working for economic benefits by improving the health of forests. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/ecotrust_lands_tax_credits_to.html Economy Forests Oregon 11/05/2009 Oregonian Three major retailers have agreed to pay nearly half a million dollars to settle a lawsuit stemming from the companies' sale of toys containing excessive amounts of lead, the California attorney general's office said Thursday. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-toys-settlement6-2009nov06,0,6735481.story Environment Pollution & Toxics California 11/06/2009 Los Angeles Times