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Voters' Voices: Oregon II A chat with Portland's Charlie Stephens about petrodollars and oil wars	Melinda Henneberger	07 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This is part of a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. One thing I learned traveling around the country a couple of years ago, talking to voters for a political book I was working on, is that Americans tend to give their elected officials a super-size helping of benefit of the doubt. One night, I was in Suffolk, Va., having dinner with some active-duty ...
Topics: economy, energy, Iraq, oil, Oregon, politics, Voters Voices (all these topics)

Is that a pig in the sky? Republican Congressional candidate says main priority is energy reform	JMG	28 Jun 2008	Gristmill
While Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith (R.) tries to fuzz his ties to the GOP and his unswerving devotion to the Bush agenda (in between lurches to the center around election time), at least Oregon voters in the First District have a choice that's actually interesting: either Democrat David Wu, considered a huge disappointment and one of the least effective members of Congress (he's so lame that even the Oregonian, who typically only stops endorsing incumbents after they've been six fee ...
Topics: Oregon, elections, politics, energy (all these topics)

'Bipartisan leadership for energy independence' Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith touts work with Obama in new campaign ad	Kate Sheppard	25 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Republican Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon is touting his work with Barack Obama to improve automobile fuel efficiency and his 'bipartisan leadership for energy independence' in a new television ad. Smith, the sole GOP senator on the West Coast, is fighting to maintain his seat this year in what's expected to be a tightly contested race against Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley. Watch it: The Obama campaign issued a statement yesterday on their candidate's appear ...
Topics: Barack Obama, energy, fuel efficiency, Oregon, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Voters' Voices: Oregon Talking with voters in Portland about the environment and the election	Melinda Henneberger	25 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Photo: David Grant This is part of a series of dispatches from Melinda Henneberger, who's talking to voters around the U.S. about their views on the environment and the election. Portland, Ore. -- Oh, the indignity of tooling around environmentally aware Portland in a big-dog SUV, in between conversations about the environment. Even the guy at the rental-car counter was apologetic: 'I know,' he said, when I gulped at the news that my economy car ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, Oregon, politics, presidential race 08, Voters Voices (all these topics)

Moral obligation, patriotic duty State poll shows Oregonians ready and willing to do what it takes to halt climate change	Anna Fahey	17 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The National research firm Public Opinion Strategies recently conducted a survey of 500 likely Oregon voters to assess views on the issue of climate change and to gauge support for the basic principles of policy measures like the proposed cap-and-trade system in the Lieberman-Warner Act (a.k.a. the Climate Security Act -- legislation that was recently defeated last week in the U.S. Senate, but marked a step forward on national climate policy.) The survey, which presents ...
Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon trading, climate, economy, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, Nature Conservancy, Oregon, politics (all these topics)

Don't Count On It Budget office wants to reduce disaster funds for West Coast fisherfolk		13 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 10:14 AM on 13 Jun 2008 The federal government, having failed to support salmon to the point that California's fishing season was shut down altogether, may now yank support from fisherfolk. The Office of Management and Budget is requesting that the $170 million put aside as disaster funding for the West Coast salmon industry be reduced to $100 million to offset the increased cost of the 2010 census ...
Topics: California, fishing, news, Oregon, politics (all these topics)

Make it stop Oregon and Kentucky vote; nation yawns and rolls over	Kate Sheppard	20 May 2008	Gristmill
In case anyone's still paying attention, there were two more primaries today. Hillary Clinton scored a big win in Kentucky, with 65 percent of the vote to Obama's 30 percent. But Obama looks poised to win Oregon, and says he's reached the delegate threshold. Various media folks are reporting that he now has an 'insurmountable advantage' in the race for the Democratic nomination, much like they said ... back in February. It's the Groundhog Day primary! Clinton sa ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, Hillary Clinton, Kentucky, Muckraker, news, Oregon, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Getting Mr. Smith out of Washington Grist talks to underdog Oregon Senate contender Steve Novick	Kate Sheppard	19 May 2008	Gristmill
Steve Novick. Photo: novickforsenate.org Tomorrow is the presidential primary in both Oregon and Kentucky, but it's also a key Senate primary in Oregon, where two Democrats are facing off to see who will get to take a crack at unseating Gordon Smith, the sole GOP senator on the West Coast. When Oregon House Speaker Jeff Merkley announced his bid for the nomination in August, it looked like a win was inevitable. He was hand-picked by Democratic Senatorial ...
Topics: elections, interview, Muckraker, Oregon, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

Energy policy: a good opening hook? Senate candidate shows energy policy promise; rocks at parties	Corey McKrill	19 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Oregonian candidate for U.S. Senate Steve Novick seems refreshingly up on energy issues: But is he electable? Well, they say Bush got votes because people perceived him as a guy they could relax and have a beer with: I'd say he's got it in the bag.
Topics: politics, Oregon (all these topics)

All Pact and Ready to Go Six Western states, two Canadian provinces agree to regional climate pact		23 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
All Pact and Ready to Go Six Western states, two Canadian provinces agree to regional climate pact Yesterday, the leaders of six Western states and two Canadian provinces agreed to their own regional climate pact, aiming to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The Western Climate Initiative ...
Topics: Arizona, British Columbia, California, Canada, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, Utah, Washington (all these topics)

The most powerful force in nature Johnny jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge ... must ... jump ...	JMG	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The most powerful force in nature isn't the nuclear force, or anything wimpy like that; it's the force of a bad idea whose moment has arrived. Whenever I wanted to do something stupid and argued that my friends had done it, Mom would always say, 'If Johnny jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do that too?' From The Oregonian:A bill backed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski to give a big boost to biofuels use and production in Oregon passed the Senate Revenue Committee unanimously ...
Topics: biofuels, energy, legislation, Oregon, politics (all these topics)

25x25 Oregon Gov. signs tough new renewable standard	David Roberts	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Kudos to Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who this week signed one of the nation's toughest renewable portfolio standards: the state's biggest utilities must deliver 25% of their power from renewable sources by 2025.
Topics: energy, Oregon, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

Some good news for a change, albeit with an albeit Oregon blazes a trail again, mostly	JMG	24 May 2007	Gristmill
The Oregon House passed an aggressive renewable electricity supply standard that requires the biggest utilities in the state to get 25 percent of their capacity from renewables (not including existing hydro) by 2025. The state Senate already passed the companion bill, and the Oregon governor, Ted Kulongoski, has been pushing these all year, so they are widely expected to pass after the two bills are reconciled into one. But ...The downside to these bills are that the "25 ...
Topics: energy, Oregon, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics)

If At First You Don't Secede Five western states form regional climate-change partnership		27 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
If At First You Don't Secede Five western states form regional climate-change partnership Citing a federal leadership void, the governors of five western U.S. states have formed a regional partnership to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change. The Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, which inc ...
Topics: Arizona, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, state politics, Washington (all these topics)

When Guvs Try Enviros hope to make gains with gubernatorial races in key states	Amanda Griscom Little	19 Oct 2006	Muckraker
With Election Day just over two weeks away, Muckraker brings you part two of our roundup of gubernatorial races with important green angles. Last week, in part one, we chronicled the hottest campaigns along the Eastern seaboard. This week, we're briefing you on a few of the must-watch races in the Midwest and Pacific regions. Michigan: Jennifer Granholm (D) vs. Dick DeVos (R) Jenn ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, Colorado, elections, Michigan, Muckraker, Ohio, Oregon, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Going to jail for the environment	Corey McKrill	11 Aug 2006	Gristmill
Today I received an email from my friend Kate, with whom I studied environmental politics and geology in college, and who now works for the Cascadia Wildlands Project in Eugene, Oregon. On Monday, she was arrested in Medford, Oregon, during a protest against the roadless-area logging recently approved by the Bush Administration. Below the fold is her letter describing her experience and explaining why she chose to participate in an act of civil disobedience. I've added ...
Topics: grassroots activism, logging, Oregon, politics (all these topics)

A Cure for What Jails Ya An interview with jailed 'eco-terrorist' Jeffrey Luers	Gregory Dicum	04 May 2006	Main Dish
An interview with jailed "eco-terrorist" Jeffrey Luers By Gregory Dicum 04 May 2006 In 2000, 21-year-old Jeff Luers and an accomplice set fire to three pickup trucks at a dealership in Eugene, Ore., to bring attention to gas-guzzlers' contribution to global warming. They were promptly arrested. Luers, who refused to plea bargain, was sentenced to 22 years, eight months in prison. It is the longest term ever handed down for environmentally motivated sabotage in ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, eco-terrorism, environmental justice, interview, Oregon, politics (all these topics)

And the Land Played On Judge rules Oregon's Measure 37 unconstitutional		17 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
And the Land Played On Judge rules Oregon's Measure 37 unconstitutional Oregon's voter-approved Measure 37, which would mandate that private landowners be compensated for changes in their property value brought about by state land-use decisions, has been ruled unconstitutional by Marion County Circuit Judge Mary James. Oregon was widely seen as a national model in land-use planning, pushing new development into already-de ...
Topics: news, Oregon, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Welcome to the Measure Dome Oregon voters lash out against land-use planning		15 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Welcome to the Measure Dome Oregon voters lash out against land-use planning For more than three decades, Oregon's comprehensive anti-sprawl land-use planning rules have funneled development into urban cores and preserved vast swaths of land covered by farms and forests. Sixty percent of Oregon voters apparently found this state of affairs intolerable. On Nov. 2, despite opposition from current and former govern ...
Topics: elections, Oregon, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Savage Salvage Federal agencies at odds over salvage-logging proposal in Oregon	Amanda Griscom	26 Feb 2004	Muckraker
Siskiyou-hoo! Photo: BLM. A U.S. Forest Service proposal to conduct a massive salvage-logging operation in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest has come up against a surprising critic -- the U.S. EPA. While the Bush administration has advertised the plan as a necessary measure to protect the future health of the forest -- which was hit by the Biscuit fire, the largest wildfire in the nation ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, logging, Muckraker, national forests, Oregon, politics, US EPA, US Forest Service (all these topics)

Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off The Bush administration has finally admitted to its role in last year's die-off of more than 34,000 chinook and coho salmon in the Klamath River basin, which straddles the Oregon-California border: The massive fish kill was caused a ...
Topics: California, dams, energy, fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, politics, rivers and watersheds, US Fish and Wildlife Service, water conflicts (all these topics)

Wolf at the Door Enviros Sue Feds for Loosening Wolf Protections		02 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Wolf at the Door Enviros Sue Feds for Loosening Wolf Protections In an effort to make the western U.S. safe for gray wolves, 17 conservation groups teamed up yesterday to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for downgrading the species' status from endangered to threatened in April. The coalition argued that the Bush administration was wrong to remove federal protections from the wolves be ...
Topics: Oregon, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, West, wildlife (all these topics)

West Side Story West Coast Governors Step Up to Tackle Climate Change		23 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
West Side Story West Coast Governors Step Up to Tackle Climate Change Accusing the Bush administration of "foot-dragging" in the fight against climate change, the governors of California, Oregon, and Washington teamed up yesterday to unveil a joint strategy for cutting emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. Governors Gray Davis (Calif.), Ted Kulongoski (Ore.), and Gary Locke (Wash.), Demo ...
Topics: California, climate, Oregon, politics, Washington (all these topics)

Knock the Vote		08 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Knock the Vote In addition to suffering a loss at the federal level, the environmental movement came up short in several statewide and local votes on Tuesday. A huge majority of Oregonians voted down an initiative that would have made Oregon the first state to require labeling of genetically modified foods. The Grocery Manu ...
Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, GMOs, nuclear power, Oregon, politics, pollution and waste, Utah, wilderness (all these topics)

Whistle While You Work		29 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Whistle While You Work In a new twist to the Klamath River controversy, Michael Kelly, a biologist with the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, is blowing the whistle on the Bush administration for drafting and approving a water plan that he says provides inadequate protections for endangered salmon. The accusations come after the U.S. Bureau of Rec ...
Topics: fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, Oregon, politics, rivers and watersheds, water conflicts (all these topics)

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