Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon Marine reserves increasing fish population in Cali & Mex. http://is.gd/4S8xZ. Oregon must continue creating MR network.

Source: www.oregonlive.com
In findings that may impact Oregon's interest in establishing marine reserves, studies in California and elsewhere indicate that fish produced in protected areas of the ocean can replenish the stocks of ...
Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon Colbert Formidable Opponent w/ Al Gore. http://is.gd/4RtH6. Not solving global warming is like putting your head in a water bucket & believing you'll grow gills.

Source: www.colbertnation.com
ColbertNation.com video - Al Gore explains to Stephen and Stephen and Al Gore that stopping global warming doesn't have to hurt the economy.
Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon Five Swirling Trash Gyres at Sea. http://is.gd/4RmwE. Pass a bag ban & join a styro strike!

Source: is.gd
The detritus of human life is collecting in a Pacific Ocean garbage patch that is believed to be twice the size of Texas.
Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon Don't gamble away the 10th Best Natural Treasure in the World. http://is.gd/4Rmtl. Preserve the Gorge.

Source: www.oregonlive.com
By Kevin GormanThis month, National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations ranked 133 international tourist destinations on environmental quality, social and cultural integrity, historic ...
Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon PowerShift West: Students from Los Angeles to Missoula here in Eugene, ready to Repower America.

Source: www.oregonlive.com
More than 500 student and youth organizers working for clean and sustainable energy practices are meeting this weekend at the University of Oregon to learn skills for building a grassroots movement.Power ...
Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon Metro & ClarkCOG need to lead indie study on I-5 bridge options, how to fit CRC w/in state reqs to meet climate goals.

Source: www.oregonlive.com
The Columbia River Crossing has ground to a halt over a wide range of opposition -- it costs too much, encourages more driving and proposes controversial tolls.But that impasse could become opportunity, ...
Doug Goodall
Doug Goodall
Why not drop the 12 lane part of the plan and just add an extra bridge or even a tunnel for buses and rail along side the existing I-5 freeway bridge. After that is completed, then decide if there's a need for more bridges for car traffic.
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Environment Oregon Clatsop County likes public transit, ridership up & new service coming. http://is.gd/4PF7T

Source: is.gd
The Daily Astorian online version of the daily newspaper for Clatsop County, Oregon. Packed with local news, sports, editorials and weather.
Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon With election of Leavitt as VanWA mayor, is CRC Proponents' Council's mega-bridge plans dead w/o tolls? http://is.gd/4MIx5

Source: is.gd
VANCOUVER -- City Councilman Tim Leavitt, a civil engineer who carved a niche as the anti-tolls candidate, unseated Mayor Royce E. Pollard by a surprisingly comfortable margin Tuesday night.With about ...
Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon "Baby's Toxic Bottle." Title of Clean Water Action's new report says it all. http://is.gd/4MzHc

Source: www.cleanwateraction.org
Executive Summary babystoxicbottle-cover.jpg PDF iconGet the full report (pdf, 364kb) Bisphenol A, a hormone-disrupting chemical that is the building block of polycarbonate plastic, has been found to leach out of six major brands of popular baby bottles
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Environment Oregon NBC Nightly News hits BPA hard. Time to ban BPA from baby bottles. http://is.gd/4MzzY

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
Nov. 3: The children from a Kabul orphanage featured in a recent report spent the weekend writing thank-you notes to the Nightly News viewers who reached out to help. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Environment Oregon
Source: www.oregonlive.com
With a fanciful name like "Devil's Staircase," it's hard to imagine that Congress wouldn't want to protect this amazing, almost mystical waterfall and surrounding forest in Oregon's rugged Coast Range.Indeed, ...
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Environment Oregon Remembered: Lawrence Halprin's contributions to OR's land use system in protecting working farms & building great cities http://is.gd/4LfL0

Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon Sen. Merkley boils down climate wonk: "But I don’t see it as complicated: We have a choice to either take on this critical challenge or continue with a status quo energy policy."

Source: wonkroom.thinkprogress.org
The Senate is hard at work crafting legislation to create clean energy jobs, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and fight climate change. I am very proud of what we’ve accomplished on the Kerry-Boxer ...
Environment Oregon
Source: www.naturaloregon.org
Allowing oil and natural gas drilling off the Oregon coast is not worth the risk, according to a new report from Environment Oregon. The environment...
Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon Rep Cannon announces bill to ban offshore drilling. EnvtOregon backs-up ban w/ the hard-nosed research of 2 new reports. http://is.gd/4HTq2

Source: is.gd
Portland, OR - Today, Representatives Ben Cannon (D-Portland) and Debora Boone (D-Cannon Beach) announced the sponsorship and support for a bill to permanently ban offshore oil drilling in Oregon’s waters. ...
Hart Ryan Noecker
Hart Ryan Noecker
I love all the different PIRG logos. Makes me proud of all the wilderness regions I work to protect.
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