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Veterans to be trained for green jobs 1%

Los Angeles Times 07/01/2009 Seventeen groups nationwide, including the Long Beach office of United States Veterans Initiative -- which will receive $500,000 -- have been awarded grants to ...

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Protection sought again for giant, spitting worms 1%

Wenatchee World 07/01/2009 Fans of the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species that spits at predators. They filed a ...

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BC gets greener at the gas pump 1%

CBC BC 07/01/2009 British Columbia got a little greener on Wednesday: The province celebrated the first anniversary of its carbon tax with a price bump at the gas pumps. A ...

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Climate change from Europe to the Oregon Coast 1%

Oregon Public Broadcasting 07/01/2009 A majority of climate scientists agree -- the planet is warming. The question now is how climate change will change our lives, our landscapes, our economy, and ...

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Landfill gas to power homes in northern California 1%

Contra Costa Times 07/01/2009 The largest landfill gas-to-energy project in the Bay Area will produce 12 megawatts of power at a constant rate, drawing on a potentially bottomless source of ...

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One in 4 Oregon adults obese 1%

Oregonian 07/01/2009 One in four Oregonian adults is obese, putting Oregon smack in the national midriff bulge -- 28th among states -- according to a new report on America's weight ...

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New Oregon law will improve storage, water planning 1%

Oregonian 07/01/2009 A bill passed by Oregon lawmakers improves planning for water use and provides $2.5 million for the next phase of a project to create underground water storage ...

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Affordable-housing project gets national green award 1%

Oregonian 07/01/2009 A mixed-use, affordable-housing project, built on land in southwest Portland long considered environmentally unsound, has received a national award for ...

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Judge overturns Bush admin. logging rule 1%

Oregonian 07/01/2009 A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national ...

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Views: Solving obesity epidemic starts with kids 1%

Oregonian 07/01/2009 Deep in the new national obesity report is a small portion of hope: Oregon has one of the lowest rates of obese and overweight kids. That rate is 24.3 percent, ...

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Views: Affordability is key to real health care reform 1%

Oregonian 07/01/2009 While there's a good chance that Congress will enact some type of health care reform this year, all will be for naught if the new system leaves the cost of ...

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Farmers fear water loss, sue to stop feedlot plan 1%

Wenatchee World 07/01/2009 A group of farmers has joined two environmental groups in filing a lawsuit to block a feedlot proposed to be built near Pasco, Wash., from using a well that is ...

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Green triumphs muscle in car-choice survey 1%

Vancouver Sun 07/01/2009 Is green becoming mainstream? A new global survey shows nearly six in 10 people would choose an environment-friendly car over a petrol-powered one, even if ...

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EPA testing yards near former Spokane factory 1%

Seattle Times 07/01/2009 Crews are testing residential yards near W.R. Grace & Co.'s former insulation factory in Spokane for asbestos fibers that can cause cancer. The work was ...

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Northwest drivers using less gasoline 1%

Boise Idaho Statesman 07/01/2009 Idaho, Washington, and Oregon drivers cut back their per-capita gasoline consumption by 5 percent in 2008. Total gasoline consumption in the three states fell ...

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Shifting carbon taxes to fund BC transit? 1%

Vancouver Sun 07/01/2009 An unlikely group of environmentalists, business and labour leaders joined Metro Vancouver's mayors to lobby for directing an annual $450 million into funding ...

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Should Obama try to reset the planet's thermostat? 1%

Mother Jones Magazine 07/01/2009 The august National Academy of Sciences this month brought together leading scientists to discuss a crazy-sounding idea: Should the US consider geoengineering ...

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Cracks in Seattle's green-growth coalition 1%

Crosscut 07/01/2009 Seattle politicians like to jockey over who is more green than the other. But candidates need business support too, and the battle for endorsements reveals ...

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CA chains must fork over calorie counts 1%

Sacramento Bee 07/01/2009 Today California becomes the first state to require that chain restaurants supply calorie counts for virtually everything they serve. There will be no guessing ...

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Portland jobless jump outpaces the nation 1%

Oregonian 07/01/2009 Portland unemployment has jumped more in a year than in any other U.S. urban hub, outdoing even greater Detroit. Oregon and Michigan have a common trait that ...

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Abandoned fishing nets no more 1%

Seattle Times 07/01/2009 Nearly all of the abandoned fishing nets in Puget Sound that kill marine animals and damage habitat will be removed with the help of $4.6 million in federal ...

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Energy searchlight back on biomass 1%

Medford Mail-Tribune 07/01/2009 Born in response to spiking energy prices of the 1970s, a now maturing and green biomass industry finds itself positioned to play a leading role in the ...

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Cantwell hints she might back public health plan 1%

Seattle Times 07/01/2009 Sen. Maria Cantwell on Tuesday made her strongest statement to date supporting President Obama's idea to create a national public-health plan, but said she ...

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Water intakes at risk from toxic algae blooms 1%

BC Local News 07/01/2009 Fish may not live in the depths of Okanagan Lake, but there’s still lots happening down there, and some of it could be toxic to human health. In the case of a ...

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Views: The spill, 20 years later 1%

Fairbanks Daily News Miner 07/01/2009 It has been just more than 20 years since oil spilled from the Exxon Valdez and soiled the biology and economy of Prince William Sound, ruined lives, and ...