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"Oregon Regulators Drop Support for Cement Plant Rule" [1]

"Oregon regulators say they will not support an exemption from federal pollution rules for a cement plant in Eastern Oregon that is one of the largest sources of mercury emissions in the nation."
Pollution [2]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: AP [5], 09/07/2009
October 6, 2009 to October 7, 2009

The Natural Step: Strategic Sustainability for Leaders - Level 1 Course [6]

Companies and communities can thrive within naturally sustainable systems. The workshops focus on The Natural Step Framework, a proven, science-based method for achieving strategic sustainability. “Green initiatives are a good start, but not enough,” according to TNS-USA Executive Director, Regina Hauser. “We use a comprehensive framework that helps people develop a vision and strategies for long term sustainability, building on short term successes.” Learn More: http://www.naturalstepusa.org/SSFL [7]
Workshops and Fellowships [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [9]
People & Population [10]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [4]

"Restoring the Skagit" [11]

Tidelands in Skagit County are being flooded to help restore the estuary.
Biodiversity [12]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: KOUW [13], 08/28/2009

"DEQ To Help Polluter Seek Federal Break on Mercury Emission" [14]

"Oregon's top environmental agency plans to side with one of the state's biggest polluters in its effort to seek an exemption from tough new federal rules controlling the release of toxic mercury."
Chemicals [15]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: Portland Oregonian [16], 08/20/2009

"Seattle Voters Don't Buy Shopping-Bag Charge" [17]

"Seattle voters have turned down Referendum 1, which aimed to reduce throwaway bag use in Seattle by charging shoppers 20 cents for each disposable plastic or paper shopping bag provided by stores."
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: Seattle Times [19], 08/20/2009

"Clash Over Rebirth of Mt. St. Helens" [20]

Should Mt. St. Helens, which erupted almosty 30 years ago, be a National Park? There is a debate over whether the land should be used for recreation or to study how landscapes recover from violent disturbance.
Natural Resources [21]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: NYTimes [22], 08/18/2009

Plastic Industry Tackles Seattle Bag Fee [23]

"SEATTLE - Leaders of this famously green city last year passed the nation's first grocery-bag fee, and other cities around the nation quickly followed. But the plastics industry has been fighting back, bringing lawsuits, aggressively lobbying lawmakers, and bankrolling a referendum in Seattle that aims to overturn the 20-cent charge. The measure goes before voters Tuesday."
Environmental Politics [18]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: AP [24], 08/17/2009

"Revival or Dam-nation?" [25]

"The push for green power could spawn a rush for small hydropower projects in the Northwest."
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: High Country News [27], 08/03/2009

Puget Sound Enviros Slam WA Industrial Stormwater Permit [28]

"A coalition of three nonprofit water protection groups are jointly requesting that the Washington Department of Ecology 'abandon its plans to weaken industrial stormwater protections.'"
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: ENS [29], 07/23/2009

"Fuel Barges Running Afoul on the Columbia River" [30]

Fuel barges on the Columbia River are having more accidents, although none so far has resulted in a known spill. The Coast Guard refuses to disclose information about the incidents, citing investigations which it has not completed in periods of up to 16 months.
Transportation [31]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: Portland Oregonian [32], 07/23/2009

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