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Washington governor expands same-sex partnerships 1%

Seattle Times 05/18/2009 Surrounded by about 300 people -- most of them gay and lesbians couples and their children -- Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday signed legislation giving ...

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Views: Time to scale up the new energy economy 1%

Seattle Times 05/18/2009 The Environmental Protection Agency's finding that climate pollution endangers public health and welfare is a welcome step. The Obama administration deserves ...

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Blue whales returning to former Alaska waters 1%

Seattle Times 05/18/2009 Blue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by ...

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Washington governor signs domestic partnership law 1%

Oregon Public Broadcasting 05/18/2009 A new law in Washington State will soon give gay and lesbian couples all the same rights and benefits as married couples, except marriage. Governor Chris ...

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Climate change poses threat to synchrony of shrimp and its food 1%

New York Times 05/18/2009 One concern about climate change is its potential for disrupting the delicate timing that exists within ecosystems. If warmer temperatures cause a bird to ...

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Oregon's unemployment rate steadies for April 1%

Oregon Public Broadcasting 05/18/2009 Since the economic crisis started last fall, Oregon’s employment rate has jumped an average of one percentage point every month. It reached 11.9 percent in ...

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Democratic support for climate bill broadens 1%

Sacramento Bee 05/18/2009 Several key Democrats from industrial and oil states threw their support behind a draft climate bill Monday as a House committee began work on massive ...

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Feds agree to deadline for review of walrus protections 1%

Fairbanks Daily News Miner 05/18/2009 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to make an initial determination within four months on whether the Pacific walrus merits additional protections ...

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Small-scale wind turbines catching on in Oregon 1%

Coos Bay World 05/18/2009 It's not gale-force yet, but small-scale wind energy development is gathering momentum on Oregon's north coast.

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Obama officials tout 'smart' electricity grid 1%

San Francisco Chronicle 05/18/2009 Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke say the Obama administration plans to move aggressively to establish technology standards needed ...

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Congress considering cap and trade bill 1%

Oregon Public Broadcasting 05/18/2009 The Waxman-Markey bill proposes a cap and trade system, offering carbon allowances that could be used, traded, or sold by electric utilities and other ...

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Beavers building prime salmon habitat in Skagit Delta 1%

Seattle Times 05/18/2009 Beavers in Washington's Skagit River Delta are, well, busily creating nearly ideal rearing habitat for Puget Sound chinook, a threatened species.

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Views: Portland's new traffic jam: the bike jam 1%

Portland Oregonian 05/18/2009 There are now so many people riding bicycles in Portland that we have bike traffic jams on the city's bridges. And statistics suggest that the ...

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OR students build up a sweat -- and electricity -- at the gym 1%

Seattle Times 05/18/2009 The University of Oregon is the latest in a growing number of college campuses and exercise clubs where workouts produce watts.

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American brains are Canada's gain 1%

Toronto Globe and Mail 05/18/2009 At a time when many US families are finding they have fewer dollars than they expected to spend on higher education, the price of a Canadian undergraduate ...

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Sewage carries the sweet smell of valuable phosphorus 1%

Toronto Globe and Mail 05/18/2009 What brought the 200 delegates to Vancouver for a conference last week is a looming global shortage of phosphorus and a groundbreaking nutrient recovery system ...

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BC's Squamish First Nation forms partnership with organic food grower 1%

Indian Country Today 05/18/2009 BC's Squamish First Nation has joined forces with TerraSphere Systems, LLC, who is revolutionizing the way fresh organic produce is grown. The company, which ...

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Green-jobs evangelist sells Obama's ambitious plans 1%

San Jose Mercury News 05/18/2009 Obama has lured the 40-year-old Van Jones into his administration to work on clean-energy issues and become a major spokesman for the president's energy ...

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Most voters support the fight against global warming 1%

U.S. News & World Report 05/18/2009 As House Democratic leaders try to cobble together a coalition on climate change legislation, a recent poll suggests that most voters support their general ...