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 [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 07/07/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Green jobs get boost in OR Oregon has been selected by the US Education Department to help develop a training curriculum for the new class of green jobs under a pilot program that could give a much-needed boost to the [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 07/06/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. A better bike share for Portland Once again Portland, Ore., is considering a bicycle sharing program, this time with user fees and better bikes. Think of it as a Zipcar with pedals. Oregonian 07/05/2009 2. Empty lot, anyone? The high-rise [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 05/12/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Did BC’s New Democrats pick wrong fight with carbon tax? In a move that left the environmental wing of the party gasping for air, the NDP decided to exploit rural anger and oppose BC’s carbon tax shift, even though it [...]

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 [...]

Green Building Initiative: saving energy for homes and businesses

REPOST from Seattle Climate Action Now We gathered this week at the home of Amy Ferlazzo to make an exciting announcement.  We’re going to help thousands of residents like Amy as well as local businesses reduce their energy usage and cut their utility bills. About a year ago, I convened a Green Building Task Force [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 04/21/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Indigenous peoples gather for climate summit On Monday morning, hundreds of delegates — some wearing traditional clothing with long underwear underneath — listened to Native leaders from Greenland, Russia, Scandinavia and Alaska talk about how global warming is changing their [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 04/20/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. In 2009, Earth Day is every day Earth Day is attracting a broad and growing fan base that includes music lovers, college students, community gardeners, moviegoers, corporate executives and others. Since 1970, environmental consciousness has become part of the economic [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 04/15/2009

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 [...]

Sightline Daily top picks 04/14/2009

photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Unemployed bet on green-collar jobs As the economy sheds jobs, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that offer training for “green-collar” jobs. Students are learning how to install solar panels, repair [...]