Sightline Daily top picks 07/14/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Oregon’s job loss levels off After steep increases, Oregon’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate — initially reported as 12.4 percent for May — leveled out at a revised 12.2 percent for that month and June. A separate employment survey also released [...]

Seattle Event: Climate Rally, May 21

From 1Sky Stopping global warming isn’t just a challenge, it’s a huge opportunity.  It’s an opportunity for us to be at our best – Americans have proven time and again that given a chance, we’ve got the ingenuity and grit to tackle just about anything. On May 21st Seattle will host one of only two [...]

Seattle Event: Rally for the Climate, Green Jobs and Clean Air, May 21st

From 1Sky Rally for the Climate, Green Jobs and Clean Air Thursday, May 21st at noon Downtown Seattle (exact location soon!) Support the Obama Administration’s Powerful New Stance on Global Warming! YES WE CAN  reverse global warming to protect our families and communities and create millions of new green jobs!  And, finally, the federal government [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 04/28/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Mayor pushes to make Vancouver world’s greenest city A green advisory team launched by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson earlier this year has proposed a number of measures – such as encouraging people to drink tap water and grow local food [...]

Newt King Coal & Other Big Oil Buffoons

REPOST from Sierra Club [photo credit] Issue #283 April 24, 2009 Newt King Coal & Other Big Oil Buffoons Josh Dorner This week, the defenders of dirty energy really, really outdid themselves in their efforts to try and derail the clean energy jobs plan currently starting to wend its way through the House of Representatives. [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 04/22/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. OR landfills emptier in economic downturn A funny thing happened on the way to financial collapse: Oregon landfills started receiving less and less garbage. The economic downturn has had a curious “green” effect, but there are downsides too. Financial worries [...]

Cleaner Cars are Within Your Reach

REPOST from Sierra Club: Cleaner cars are within reach. The EPA is now considering whether to reverse the Bush administration’s decision to block California and more than a dozen other states from implementing landmark standards to cut global warming emissions from our vehicles — and the EPA is asking us what we think. As a [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 03/06/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. WA May Ban Bisphenol-A From Plastic Bottles An estrogen-mimicking chemical that some believe can harm babies and children is getting closer to being banned in baby bottles, sippy cups and sports water bottles in Washington. Seattle Post-Intelligencer 03/06/2009 2. Invasive [...]

Take a Picture of Your Friend Today!

REPOST from Sierra Club In the past few days, over 700 Sierra Club supporters have sent their pictures to tell the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that Americans want cleaner cars! We need your help to reach 1,000 photos by Thursday, when we’ll hand-deliver your photos to President Obama’s EPA. The EPA is holding a hearing this [...]

Your Camera Can Create Clean Cars

REPOST from Sierra Club President Obama is listening. One of the first things his new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lisa Jackson, did was to acknowledge that Americans want cleaner cars: cars that go farther on a gallon of gas and emit less global warming pollution. The EPA is now considering whether to reverse the [...]