Posted on December 10, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Wind-Wind Project in Grays Harbor A community program in Grays Harbor includes the construction of four 1.5-megawatt wind turbines on 29 privately owned acres in the hills off County Line Road where Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties meet. The energy [...]
Filed under: Community News, National and World News | Tagged: bicycle licensing fee, bird habitat, climate change, development, economics, environment, EPA, forestry, mass transit, native fish, ocean health, renewable energy, salmon, Seattle, seattleDIRT, Sightline Daily, Sightline Institute, suburbs, sustainability, Translink, wind power | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 21, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Washington Economy Won’t Stop Massive Road Projects Legislative leaders may have a way to build support for replacing the deteriorating Alaskan Way Viaduct and Highway 520 bridge: Call it a jobs package. Seattle Times 11/21/2008 2. $1 Billion for Bay [...]
Filed under: Community News, National and World News | Tagged: agriculture, Alaskan Way Viaduct, alternative transportation, Barack Obama, climate change, development, economy, electric car station, environment, green, greenwashing, Highway 520 bridge, hydroponics, mairrage equality, seattleDIRT, Sightline Daily, Sightline Institute, species protection, species protection weakend, sustainability, transit, transition team appointments, urban farming, Yale First Nation | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 3, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. A Bounty Sprouts in San Francisco Urban Farm MyFarm, a “decentralized urban farm,” is turning San Francisco’s under-used, overgrown backyards into verdant plots of green that will provide organically grown food for the city’s residents. USA Today 11/03/2008 2. BC [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Pink Salmon in Sharp Decline Near BC Fish Farms A stunning collapse of pink salmon runs on the British Columbia central coast is reopening a charged debate about the looming extinction of wild salmon that breed near fish farms. Vancouver [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Change Blowing in the Wind in BC Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the carbon tax as a cudgel to beat the political life out of Stephane Dion in order to win reelection. Following the Liberal leader’s ignominious resignation on October [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Portland’s Bus, MAX Ridership Growing Strong MAX light rail and bus systems both showed strong growth in September, compared with the same month a year ago, even as gas prices have fallen from mid-summer records, the mass transit agency said [...]
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Posted on October 7, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. “Green-tech” Industry Could Create Local Jobs, Report Says Washington and Oregon stand poised to add tens of thousands of jobs in the clean-technology “green power” industry by 2025 if they take steps to encourage the kinds of companies that play [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Hot Houses in Portland: A Cohousing Facelift In the last few years, Portland has become a hotbed for architects driven by the design principles of cohousing — the idea that living spaces should be designed, funded, and built collaboratively, not [...]
Filed under: Community News, National and World News | Tagged: agriculture, Alaska migration, alternative transportation, basic food program, cohousing, development, employment, farming, food, food stamps, green building, green jobs, H4H program, light-rail, neighboorhood planning, public tranist, renewable energy, seattleDIRT, Sightline Daily, Sightline Institute, solar power, tax credit, transit, Washington Family-leave plan, wind power | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 30, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Feds Call for Halt on Development on Seattle Rivers To protect salmon and orcas, federal fisheries managers are calling for a moratorium on development near rivers in the Puget Sound region. In a potentially far-reaching decision for more than 270 [...]
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Posted on September 23, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Portland Tops Sustainable Cities, Seattle 3rd What’s the greenest American city? According to the latest annual report from SustainLane, it’s Portland. San Francisco comes in second, and Seattle ranked third. The Christian Science Monitor 09/22/2008 2. Puget Sounders Want Growth [...]
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