Posted on July 14, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. World’s largest solar plant may be built in Cle Elum The sunny, Central Washington town of Cle Elum could be the site of the world’s largest solar power plant, if a Washington company makes good on plans announced Thursday. The [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. What one stimulus buck could do What if there were a way to simultaneously revive the flagging construction industry, slash energy use, and reduce carbon emissions using federal stimulus cash? Instead of green building showcases, one architect is turning to [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. For MT Tribes, Economic Needs Collide with Tradition For decades, many members of the tribe have resisted coal mining. Now, increased demand for coal is reigniting debate over energy development among one reservation’s 4,500 residents. It’s a conflict between tribal [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Fixing the Crazy Cost of Housing in BC Ordinary families can no longer afford to buy or rent ordinary homes in British Columbia. Vancouver is the fourth most expensive place in the world in which to buy a house, according [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Population Growth: The Forgotten Worry Participants of a “population growth speakout” in Oregon say it’s time to talk population again. They’re worried we won’t make adequate progress on the most crucial environmental goals – reducing carbon emissions, preventing overfishing and [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Kulongoski Hopes History Will Color His Legacy Green As Oregon’s Gov. Kulongoski enters his last regular legislative session, it’s not whether he’ll be remembered, but how. Despite the fiscal pummeling the state is taking, he says, he promises to be [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Obama Signals Sea Change in Climate Policy Obama is quickly fulfilling his pledge to make energy and global warming two of his top priorities. His economic stimulus plan is jammed with $54 billion in incentives for renewable energy and efficiency [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Out of Mud, Olympic Village a Showcase of Ecology Vancouver’s future Olympic Village is the largest residential development under way in North America and the first Olympic athletes village ever built that is largely market housing. It’s a miniature European-style [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Bush to Protect Vast New Pacific Tracts President Bush will designate vast tracts of American-controlled Pacific Ocean islands, reefs, surface waters and sea floor as marine national monuments on Tuesday, limiting fishing, mining, oil exploration or other commercial activity, White [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2008 by brandibratrude
photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Congratulation and a Concession for Alaska’s Senator-Elect Irascible will be out. Approachable will be in. That oil drilling and federal earmarks? They will still be a go. “What you have here is a state in transformation,” said Mr. Begich, who [...]
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