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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)

Feed-in tariffs: feeding hope for survival Making a market for solar in Eugene, Oregon	JMG	15 May 2007	Gristmill
Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) offers to buy solar power produced by customers at 15 cents/kWh.
Topics: energy, Oregon, solar voltaic power (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)

The Log Days of Bummer GAO blames Bush administration for high cost of Biscuit timber salvage		06 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
The Log Days of Bummer GAO blames Bush administration for high cost of Biscuit timber salvage The Bush administration, not environmental lawsuits, is to blame for the nearly $11 million cost of a logging project that will salvage only $8.8 million worth of timber, says a new study from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. After the 2002 Biscuit fire burned almost 500,000 acres in Oregon a ...
Topics: California, logging, news, Oregon, US Forest Service (all these topics)

Keepin' It Real Estate Portland's real-estate database makes it easy to search for green homes		11 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Keepin' It Real Estate Portland's real-estate database makes it easy to search for green homes Realtors in and around Portland, Ore., will soon be able to search more easily for homes that have met national green-building standards. Starting in 2007, houses certified by LEED, Energy Star, and other such programs will be searchable in Portland's authoritative Regional Multiple Listing Service. Added amenities like on-site solar po ...
Topics: news, Oregon, placemaking (all these topics)

The Grass is Always Meaner on the Other Side Genetically modified grass found in the wild		16 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
The Grass is Always Meaner on the Other Side Genetically modified grass found in the wild In what could be the first confirmed instance of a genetically modified plant growing outside a farm in the U.S., EPA ecologists have found an unapproved type of GM grass in the wild in central Oregon. The EPA said the creeping bentgrass (could it sound more evil?), being developed by Scotts Miracle-Gro and Monsanto to be resistan ...
Topics: GMOs, Hawaii, news, Oregon, US EPA (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)

Reps Gone Wild House approves new wilderness areas in California, Oregon, and Idaho		25 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Reps Gone Wild House approves new wilderness areas in California, Oregon, and Idaho The U.S. House yesterday unanimously approved bills that would create over 1,000 square miles of new wilderness areas and protect 47 miles of rivers in California, Oregon, and Idaho. A bill to ban drilling in New Mexico's Valle Vidal also passed. All of the bills are compromises hammered out over several years, inv ...
Topics: California, Idaho, New Mexico, news, Oregon, wilderness (all these topics)

Biscuits 'n' Crazy Forest Service will auction off Oregon timber burned by Biscuit fire		09 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Biscuits 'n' Crazy Forest Service will auction off Oregon timber burned by Biscuit fire Enviros have lost a four-year legal battle to keep logging out of Oregon's Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, burned four years ago by the massive Biscuit fire. A federal appeals court has cleared the U.S. Forest Service to auction off rights today to about 400 acres of timber in the forest. The governors ...
Topics: logging, national forests, news, Oregon, US Forest Service (all these topics)

Sustain't Misbehavin' Portland, Ore., ranked as most sustainable city in U.S.		02 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Sustain't Misbehavin' Portland, Ore., ranked as most sustainable city in U.S. Portland, Ore., took top honors in SustainLane.com's 2006 ranking of the sustainability of America's 50 most populous cities. The rankings were based on a laundry list of the usual environmental factors: breathable air, clean drinking water, renewable energy, parks, green buildings, farmers' markets, affordable housing, recycling, walkable co ...
Topics: news, Oregon, placemaking, Portland (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)

Do You Reely Want to Hurt Me? Low salmon numbers provoke protests, legislation, and a state of emergency		26 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Do You Reely Want to Hurt Me? Low salmon numbers provoke protests, legislation, and a state of emergency Next week is supposed to kick off salmon season in Oregon and California, but the Bush administration is expected to severely restrict or completely bar commercial salmon fishing due to a critically low salmon count in the Klamath River. About 100 angry fisherfolk protested in San Francisco on ...
Topics: California, fishing, news, Oregon, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Going, Going, Oregon Oregon's sweeping property-rights law upheld by state Supreme Court		22 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Going, Going, Oregon Oregon's sweeping property-rights law upheld by state Supreme Court Will Oregon's famously tough urban-growth boundaries be breached in favor of McMansions and office parks? Seems so. After an expedited review, the state's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that a controversial 2004 property-rights ballot measure is legal. Measure 37 allows landowners seeking to develop their property to apply for wai ...
Topics: news, Oregon, placemaking (all these topics)

Fighting Fire with Ire How one group is keeping communities safe from wildfire	Jeff Nachtigal	15 Feb 2006	Main Dish
Hayfork, Calif., is a one-highway town. A small collection of storefronts and a post office hug Highway 3, a two-lane strip that curls through the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. A decade ago, this was a major route for logging trucks. These days, a few trucks still rumble through, but the road is mostly quiet, mirroring the decline this Northern California outpost has gone through since ...
Topics: California, environmental justice, national forests, Oregon, Poverty and the Environment, US Forest Service (all these topics)

In the Line of Wildfire Could a Western wildfire be the country's next Katrina?	Jeff Nachtigal	15 Feb 2006	Main Dish
At the end of summer in southern Oregon's Cascade foothills, when trees and brush have turned tinder dry and thunderstorms regularly roll overhead, Millie Chatterton and her neighbors start thinking about the lightning strike that could touch off disaster. The Biscuit burns in 2002. Photo: USFWS. Chatterton can't forget the afternoon in 1987 when she walked out of a grocery store in her ...
Topics: California, environmental justice, national forests, Oregon, Poverty and the Environment, US Forest Service (all these topics)

Well, They Had to Chop Something BLM suspends funding for forestry research that contradicts Bush policy		07 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Well, They Had to Chop Something BLM suspends funding for forestry research that contradicts Bush policy The Bureau of Land Management has abruptly suspended funding for a team of scientists who published findings undercutting a Bush administration timber policy. The Oregon State University researchers' report, published last month in the journal Science, suggested that forests scorched in southwest Oregon ...
Topics: Bureau of Land Management, logging, news, Oregon (all these topics)

Here Today, Oregon Tomorrow Feds say local recovery plan is enough to save Oregon's coastal coho		18 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Here Today, Oregon Tomorrow Feds say local recovery plan is enough to save Oregon's coastal coho Oregon coastal coho salmon will not be returned to the federal threatened species list. The National Marine Fisheries Service says there's no need for federal protections, crediting improving fish numbers to the recovery plan developed by a coalition of local, state, and federal players, including the t ...
Topics: fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon (all these topics)

Arrested Development FBI arrests six from around the country for green-themed crimes		09 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Arrested Development FBI arrests six from around the country for green-themed crimes It's one of the biggest-ever busts for "ecoterrorism" (we'll take the scare quotes off when someone gets hurt, thank you very much): On Wednesday, federal agents arrested six people in five states and indicted them on charges related to a string of property crimes in Washington a ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, Federal Bureau of Investigation, news, Oregon, Washington (all these topics)

Character Building Sierra Club celebrates eco-friendly building projects in new report		01 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Character Building Sierra Club celebrates eco-friendly building projects in new report The Sierra Club has often gone to court to stop bad development schemes, but now the venerable green group is trying the carrot instead of the stick. The group has released its first "Guide to America's Best New Development Projects," which gives kudos to builders putting up environmentally sound mixed-use projects aroun ...
Topics: news, Oregon, placemaking, Sierra Club (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)

Gorge Push Northwest's Columbia River Gorge challenged by smog, acid fog		26 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Gorge Push Northwest's Columbia River Gorge challenged by smog, acid fog Hundreds of miles north of California's cow-poot-clogged San Joaquin Valley (yes, that was just an excuse to mention cow poots), the Columbia River Gorge along the border between Oregon and Washington is facing its own battle of the haze, with views of nearby Mount Hood often obscured by smog. Acid rain and fog have become problem ...
Topics: air pollution, news, Oregon, Washington, wilderness (all these topics)

The 0.7 Percent Absolution Portland retracts claim that its CO2 emissions dropped below 1990 levels		19 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
The 0.7 Percent Absolution Portland retracts claim that its CO2 emissions dropped below 1990 levels Breaking the hearts of factoid-citers everywhere, the city of Portland, Ore., has issued a correction to its widely hailed announcement that last year its carbon-dioxide emissions dipped below 1990 levels. Thanks to a subtle data-entry mistake, the figures were miscalculated, and 2004 levels were actually 0.7 percent above 1990 levels ...
Topics: news, Oregon, Portland (all these topics)

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