en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Solutions headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 Is the economic, social and physical deterioration that has caused so much misery in the Motor City a sign of what's in store for larger and larger segments of the United States? Or are there new industries waiting in the wings with new jobs and bright new prospects for whole new generations of American dreamers? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/opinion/24herbert.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Climate Economy Energy Green Jobs Solutions United States 11/24/2009 New York Times Frozen salmon is better for the planet than fresh, because it takes so much less energy to make it to your dinner plate than catching fish and flying them to markets around the world. The findings of a study by Portland-based EcoTrust may fly against conventional assumptions that fresh is always better. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/frozen_salmon_over_fresh_why_i.html Climate Environment Food & Farms Salmon Solutions Sustainable Living Alaska British Columbia US Northwest 11/22/2009 Oregonian For three years now, families and churches - including many in Portland - have given more than 300 communities clean drinking water in an attempt to take back Christmas by worshiping fully, spending less, giving more and loving all. http://www.oregonlive.com/hovde/index.ssf/2009/11/try_spending_less_giving_more.html Economy Environment Pollution & Toxics Solutions Sustainable Living Water Oregon United States 11/22/2009 Oregonian Occasionally, truth be told, Al Gore's book Our Choice verges on the nerdy. Taken as a whole, however, this is the most comprehensive and well-informed survey anyone has ever done of what we need to do to get off fossil fuel, writes Bill McKibben. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091207/mckibben?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNationEdPicks+%28The+Nation%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Cap and Trade Climate Economy Efficiency Energy Environment Green Jobs Green Taxes Pollution & Toxics Solutions United States 11/22/2009 The Nation Ranchers along the Idaho's Pahsimeroir River area have long pointed fingers at the mind-numbing red tape federal agencies required to eliminate barriers that blocked spawning streams and to provide more water for fish. But today, 10 miles of cold, spring-fed creek habitat that had been lost for up to a century are home to salmon http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/983340.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IdahostatesmancomLocalNews+%28IdahoStatesman.com+Local+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Environment Salmon Solutions Water Idaho 11/23/2009 Boise Idaho Statesman The US Environmental Protection Agency has a new "Green Homes" Web site that aims to guide homeowners and renters toward environmentally friendly home improvement and yard care. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/epa_has_new_green_homes_web_si.html Efficiency Energy Solutions Sustainable Living United States 11/17/2009 Oregonian Although the recession has emptied shopping malls and filled jobless centers, the call has only gotten louder for renewable energy, environmentally gentle products and eco-friendly practices - and for people to make all of that happen. The giant push has even created job opportunities for those with little or no experience. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover-greenjobs15-2009nov15,0,4846377.story Climate Efficiency Energy Environment Green Jobs Solutions California United States 11/15/2009 Los Angeles Times The call for local food is loud and growing. At the same time in Missoula, some of the land that produces those vegetables, that meat, is more valuable once it's been developed. Now three local forces are at work on that problem that's led to the incremental loss of agricultural lands. http://www.missoulian.com/news/local/article_11784b96-d1b0-11de-8901-001cc4c002e0.html Economy Environment Food & Farms Solutions Sprawl & Transportation Montana 11/15/2009 Missoulian For many Portlanders, and increasingly others across the nation, fruit picking parties are a way to incorporate the bounty of our city into their diets. The idea behind this type of urban foraging is to use food that's all around us but often overlooked. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_project_forages_for_u.html Economy Environment Food & Farms Solutions Sustainable Living Oregon 11/15/2009 Oregonian