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1. Seattle Takes Food Scraps To the Next Level
Seattle will become the first city in King County to mandate food- and yard-waste service March 30. Unless they can prove they are composting food scraps, single-family homes will have to sign up for at least the smallest food-scrap bin – and add $3.60 to their monthly recycling bill. Seattle Times 03/05/2009
3. King County Debates Rural Land-Use
Rural property owners and environmentalists are debating how King County should protect streams after the state Supreme Court decided not to review an appellate ruling that struck down a companion law to the 2004 Critical Areas Ordinance. Seattle Times 03/05/2009
4. CA Delta Smelt Get New Protections
California fish and wildlife managers gave new protections Wednesday to two fish species that play a crucial ecological role in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. San Francisco Chronicle 03/05/2009
5. PGE Raising Cash for Wind Farm
If you can avoid it, you don’t go to the floundering equity markets right now to raise capital. But Portland General Electric Co. needs the cash to fund the expansion of a wind farm. Oregonian 03/05/2009
6. California Revisits Same-Sex Marriage
The status of California’s same-sex marriages has been in question since the November approval of Proposition 8, which reversed the May 2008 state Supreme Court decision to legalize such marriages. Today, that same court will begin hearing arguments seeking to overturn Proposition 8 on the grounds that such a constitutional change requires approval by the state Legislature. USA Today 03/05/2009
7. Stimulus Goes To Tribal Housing in Washington
Washington state’s American Indian tribes are expected to receive nearly $15 million in federal dollars to build new homes, renovate old ones and repair roads, according to a statement from Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office. Everett Herald 03/05/2009
9. Views: Pain At the Pump Helps Energy Research
What is clear is that without higher prices – through a carbon tax, a gas tax or some other mechanism – the nation is doomed to futuristic energy plants too expensive to operate and advanced cars that never become more than concepts. USA Today 03/05/2009
10. PSU: The Greenest of the Green?
State and city leaders are planning to construct the greenest building in the world near Portland State University – even though it may cost far more than the most environmentally friendly building ever built anywhere so far, at least in the short run. Portland Tribune 03/05/2009
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