From Zipcar This Jason Powell with Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing service. I wanted to give you a heads up of a cool program that starts this Wednesday in Seattle as I thought you might find this interesting. Thirty Seattle residents will hand over their personal car keys and take part in a low-car lifestyle [...]
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From Bicycle Alliance of Washington Sound Transit’s Link Light Rail launches its operation on Saturday, July 18. You may board at any station between Westlake and Tukwila and ride for free during the inaugural weekend. Community activities are being organized at all stations along the route. The Bicycle Alliance of Washington will have an information [...]
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photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Smart, sustainable, stylish Seattle? In an attempt to make denser town houses blend in with Craftsman bungalows, Seattle codes created a hybrid – half house and half high-rise – that satisfies no one. Architects who see the result as a [...]
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From Sightline Institute New Sightline Report: Northwesterners Using Less Gasoline Last week, Sightline released a new analysis of gasoline consumption in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Read the report, Easing Off the Gas, on our website. Here are some of the findings: Gasoline consumption is down: Per-capita gasoline consumption has fallen eight out of the last [...]
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photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Nature’s success inspires sustainable living A small but growing number of architects, building engineers and scientists who design building products are looking to animals and plants for inspiration to address the challenge of being kind to the Earth while retooling [...]
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photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Spam: scourge of inboxes and the planet There are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They’re environmentally unfriendly. A new report estimating the carbon footprint of unwanted email — from the computational power of criminals [...]
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photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Oregon’s ‘New West’ economy goes bust Bend’s transformation from timber town to outdoor recreation mecca once defined the booming “New West” economy. Now, it’s one of Oregon’s hardest hit areas, with hundreds of empty homes and carpenters, masons, mortgage brokers, [...]
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photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Higher WA sales tax could fund health care Washington voters could be asked in November to raise the state sales tax by three-tenths or four-tenths of a percent to help pay for health programs, including the Basic Health Plan for [...]
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photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Oregon test drives vehicles of the future Oregon’s governor test drove electric cars on Monday and Tuesday. On Thursday, yet another company is expected to announce Oregon as a test market for its zero-emission vehicle. Oregon is enjoying a buzz [...]
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photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. WA, CA Governors Host Health Care Forum California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire co-hosted the White House-sponsored summit in Los Angeles, the fifth and final in a series of meetings around the country led by governors. The [...]
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