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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)

Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair San Francisco named most sustainable city; Houston least		08 Jun 2005	Daily Grist
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair San Francisco named most sustainable city; Houston least San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Berkeley, Calif., and Seattle took the top four spots in a new ranking of 25 U.S. cities based on sustainability practices. Bay Area green group SustainLane created the list after scrutinizing the metropolises based on 12 criteria, ...
Topics: California, news, Oregon, placemaking, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Texas, Washington (all these topics)

They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries		12 May 2005	Daily Grist
They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries Conservationists, salmon enthusiasts, and fisheries managers along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest are wondering, Is it something we said? They've been stood up by thousands of chinook salmon that were expected to swim up the river to spawn this season, but n ...
Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, Idaho, news, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Washington (all these topics)

Guppy Love Young urban professionals hip to green-building scene		26 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Guppy Love Young urban professionals hip to green-building scene The trend now has a name. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Guppys: Green urban professionals who are young. (Yeah, we didn't say it was a clever name.) Portland, Ore., has become the epicenter of a movement by the storied "creative class" to find, build, or remodel eco-friendly houses. Guppys are seeking out solar panels, pas ...
Topics: green living, news, Oregon, Portland, water pollution (all these topics)

The Twilight of Zoning New Oregon law takes aim at smart-growth rules, excites developers		01 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
The Twilight of Zoning New Oregon law takes aim at smart-growth rules, excites developers Oregon's recently passed Measure 37 is threatening to sprawlify the state, even as it acts as a model for property-firsters across the nation who want to ease development restrictions. The measure mandates that the government compensate private landowners if zoning or land-use restrictions reduce the value of their property. Or, if cash-st ...
Topics: news, Oregon, placemaking (all these topics)

If not dead, then illin'	Lisa Hymas	04 Feb 2005	Gristmill
Michael Milstein of the Portland Oregonian delves into the sickly state of the environmental movement, focusing in on the Beaver State. It's the Death of Environmentalism quandary distilled down to the state level -- and it's a bummer. 'The environmental community seems to be at a new low for the amount of influence it has,' said Noah Greenwald, a biologist based in Portland for the Center for Biological Diversity. Not only is the strategy and messaging a mess ... [En ...
Topics: environmental movement, Oregon (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)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers readers' questions		02 Apr 2004	InterActivist
When Monsanto (the big guy) took on Oakhurst Dairy (the smaller guy) here in Maine, Oakhurst did a bit of hedging on their label language. How could things have happened differently? What should dairies do? ��-- Steve Hoad, Windsor, Maine Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food. For those not familiar with this story, Monsanto sued Oakhurst Dairy in Portland, Maine, in Jul ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

Rick North, of Oregon PSR's Campaign for Safe Food A safe-food crusader answers Grist's questions		29 Mar 2004	InterActivist
What environmental organization are you affiliated with? Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Chapter. What does it do? PSR is a nonprofit educational organization committed to the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, the achievement of a healthy and sustainable environment, and the reduction of violence and its causes. PSR has programs on the health effe ...
Topics: ag policy, Bill McKibben, food, food and agriculture, health, InterActivist, interview, Oregon (all these topics)

Stand-up Comity Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon Is Model of Green Economics		15 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Stand-up Comity Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon Is Model of Green Economics Oregon's Siuslaw National Forest has emerged as a model for the way timber companies, environmentalists, and local communities can cooperate to manage forests. It is one of the few national forests in the state exceeding U.S. Forest Service logging goals. It's also the site of substantial ecological restoration, with streams boasting seven times the levels of c ...
Topics: Oregon, wilderness (all these topics)

Biscuit Gets No Gravy Biscuit Fire Salvage-Logging Plan Knocked by EPA		26 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: logging, Oregon, US EPA, US Forest Service, water pollution, wilderness (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)

Driving a Hard Bargain Mileage-based car insurance could be a boon for the environment	Elisa Murray, Elm Street Writers Group	03 Nov 2003	Soapbox
Most of us don't think much about car insurance. We eyeball the policy every year, fiddle around with a few changes to bring down the premium, and then forget about it until the bills come. And come they do -- each exactly the same amount, no matter whether we've driven across the country or left the car in the garage. Counting the miles. Doesn't sound righ ...
Topics: business, Oregon, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

The Whole Shebang Fix Whole Ecosystem, Not Bits and Pieces, Klamath Water Report Says		22 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Whole Shebang Fix Whole Ecosystem, Not Bits and Pieces, Klamath Water Report Says Both environmentalists and farmers were vindicated by a report released yesterday by the National Research Council on the contested waters of Oregon's Klamath Basin. The report, the final and most comprehensive one in an ongoing battle over the region's water sources, recommended sweeping repairs to a damaged landsc ...
Topics: fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, 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)

Crime-iny!		03 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Read more about: Oregon Crime-iny! Environmental advocates in Oregon are worried that a bill intended to crack down on so-called ecoterrorism could punish activists who take part in peaceful protests and acts of civil disobedience. The Oregon Senate yesterday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would let "eco-sabotage" crimes be prosecuted under the state's racketeering laws and would allow prosecutors to seek triple damages against those convicted of such crimes. The bill's chief s ...
Topics: Oregon (all these topics)

A Kulongoski Time Coming		25 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Read more about: Oregon A Kulongoski Time Coming In his first major speech on the environment since taking office, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) promised yesterday that economic concerns would not undermine environmental protections in the state. In a speech to conservationists, the governor pledged to oppose efforts to roll back environmental regulations such as the state Endangered Species Act; to provide sufficient funding for the Department of Environmental Quality and other natural-resourc ...
Topics: Oregon (all these topics)

Greenocide?		24 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Greenocide? A new phrase is raising hackles and fueling environmental debate in the Western U.S.: "rural cleansing." Thought to have been coined by a Washington-state property-rights activist, rural cleansing is taking root as a catchphrase for those who argue that eco-activists are trying to drive rural citizens away from traditio ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, green living, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, West (all these topics)

Hi, Desert		24 Feb 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: education, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Board Stiffs		28 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Board Stiffs In what may be the most significant regulatory backdown in state history, the Oregon Board of Forestry yesterday sharply reduced its obligation to review private timber sales on landslide-prone land. In the past, the state forester was required to approve all such logging and could be held liable if an approved project later resulted in harm to a threatened or en ...
Topics: erosion, fishing, land degradation, logging, marine life, Oregon, wilderness (all these topics)

Job None		07 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Job None Following the collapse of the Northwest timber industry in the 1990s, thousands of workers lost their jobs. The conventional wisdom has been that these workers were absorbed by a boom in the region's high-tech industry -- but a new study of a decade's worth of employment records questions that conclusion. True, the region's economy as a whole grew during the '90s, ...
Topics: business, environmental non-government organizations, logging, Northwest, Oregon (all these topics)

Bright Lights on the Big City		04 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Bright Lights on the Big City Residents of New York, rejoice: Your city might be noisy, crowded, and crass, but it's also the most compact megalopolis in the U.S. That's right -- the Big Apple ranked number one on Smart Growth America's recently released list compar ...
Topics: ... California, Florida, Hawaii, health, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, placemaking, pollution and waste, Rhode Island (all these topics)

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