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| === Sunday | December 5, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Carboncycle.jpg|thumb|Carbon cycle.]]
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| '''A New Low For Portland, But It's A Good One!'''<br />
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| In 1993 the [[City of Portland]] became the first local government in the United States to adopt a plan to reduce carbon emissions. Last week [[Portland City Council]] received Year One Progress Report from the City of Portland's [[Bureau of Planning and Sustainability]] for Portland and [[Multnomah County]]'s [[Climate Action Plan]].
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| <blockquote>The report finds that Portland and Multnomah County have made substantial progress in carrying out the actions identified in the plan. Local emissions have dropped 15 percent since 2000, sharply countering the national trend. Despite rapid population growth, local greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 were two percent below 1990 levels, the baseline year referenced in the Kyoto Protocol. On a per-capita basis, emissions in Multnomah County have fallen by 20 percent since 1990.</blockquote>
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| :''Go to story'': [http://theportlander.com/2010/12/01/portland-reduces-carbon-emissions-bucking-the-national-trend/ Portland Reduces Carbon Emissions, Bucking the National Trend]
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| :''Go to Climate Action Plan'': [http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=41896 Portland Climate Action Plan "Portland Climate Action Now!"]
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| === Saturday | December 4, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Clean-coal.jpg|thumb|Clean Coal]]
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| '''Boardman Buys Itself Another Decade'''<br />
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| Oregon regulators are endorsing [[Portland General Electric]]'s plan to close its coal-fired power plant at [[Boardman]] by Dec. 31, 2020. The state Department of Environmental Quality says Boardman's guaranteed "early closure date" lets it off the hook for investing in expensive new pollution controls. The Boardman plant opened in 1977.<br />
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| :''Go to stories'':<br />
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| *[http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/12/12-03-10-02.shtml DEQ backs coal plant plan]
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| *[http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local_news/article_72ecf2e4-ff10-11df-8195-001cc4c002e0.html DEQ gives coal-fired plant until 2020]
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| === Friday | December 3, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Uncle sam gonna get you.jpg|thumb|"Think Big, Publish Widely"]]
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| '''Memo To Confidential Document Writers: "Think Big"'''<br />
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| WikiLeaks, the publisher of "leaked documents alleging government and corporate misconduct," continues to help confidential document writers find wider audiences. PortlandWiki contributor and wiki inventor, [[User:WardCunningham|Ward Cunningham]], observes that "the authors of diplomatic dispatches thought that they were talking to a small audience, not the world." Cunningham adds "I'm proud of the fact that wiki has given a voice to new authors."<br />
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| :''Go to stories'':<br />
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| * [http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2010/12/the_inventor_of_the_wiki_portl.html The inventor of the wiki, Portland's Ward Cunningham, reflects on WikiLeaks]
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| * [http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/3/is_wikileaks_julian_assange_a_hero Is WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange A Hero? Glenn Greenwald Debates Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News]
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| * [http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/one_day_well_all_be_terrorists_20091228/ One Day We’ll All Be Terrorists]
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| === Thursday | December 2, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Bubble-house.jpg|thumb|Bursting the bubble house.]]
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| '''Blowing Bubbles'''<br />
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| PortlandWikiNews is ''shocked! just shocked!'' to discover that communities--like Portland and Las Vegas--which supposedly "benefited" in the (now disgraced and deflated) housing bubble have taken some of the worst economic hits after the bubble's inevitable burst. According to [[University of Oregon]] economics professor [[Tim Duy]], "in late 1980s and early 1990s, manufacturing was really important, particularly high-tech manufacturing. But in this last decade, it was all about housing." Ironically, in this most recent economic crash, "rust belt" manufacturing hubs like Detroit have fared relatively well compared to cities like Portland or Las Vegas, which experienced real estate speculation and were thus deeply affected by the bursting housing bubble.<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.job.com/career-advice/local-job-news/las-vegas-portland-among-cities-hardest-hit-by-recession-$438031524-970.html Las Vegas, Portland among cities hardest hit by recession]
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| === Wednesday | December 1, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Mt Angel Brewing Company Root Beer.jpg|thumb|[[Mt. Angel Brewing Company]] Root Beer]]
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| '''We've All Gotta Die Someday'''<br />
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| Yup. Even you. But before ''you'' die, [http://www.portlandoctopus.com/ Portland Octopus] urges you to try [http://mtangelbrewingcompany.com/ Mt. Angel Brewing Company]'s root beer.<br />
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| ''Go to story'': [http://www.portlandoctopus.com/you-must-try-this-root-beer/ Before you die: You Must Try this Root Beer!]
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| === Tuesday | November 30, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Rainbow animals.jpg|thumb|Breathe deeply and tune in to your "inner criminal."]]
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| '''Rainbow Coalition Of Crime'''<br />
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| "This is the first time Adams has ever been so curt toward Oregon's would-be white bigots, saying, basically, 'Chill out white people, because if we're pointing fingers, we're not so great.' Adams is white himself, so presumably he'll be less vulnerable to the manufactured outrage to be leveled at him.... In the meantime, try and think of a time any other white politician was so bracingly direct when speaking to his mostly white constituency about anti-Muslim hysteria."<br />
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| :''Go to stories'':<br />
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| *[http://samadamspdxor.tumblr.com/post/1704627246/i-trust-in-portlanders-sense-of-fairness Just Call Me Sam]
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| *[http://www.theroot.com/blogs/blogs/portland-mayor-rebukes-racism-his-blog Portland Mayor Rebukes Racism on His Blog]
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| *[http://newsone.com/nation/newsonestaff2/white-portland-mayor-white-people-produce-many-crimes-daily/ Portland Mayor: "White People Produce Many Crimes Daily"]
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| === Monday | November 29, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Atlas-shrugs-girl-with-globe.jpg|thumb|Bereft of soul, the Atlas Shrugs Girl bares her body instead.]]
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| '''The Truth Revealed! Now We Know Why "They Hate Us"!'''<br />
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| A tireless PortlandWikiLeaks investigation has uncovered the ''honest to Allah'' truthful answer to "why they hate us." Winds Of Jihad<ref>[http://sheikyermami.com/ Winds Of Jihad]</ref> comment contributor, <span class="plainlinks">[http://sheikyermami.com/2010/11/29/like-clockwork-muslim-leaders-fear-backlash-over-portland-bomb-plot/ aussiegirl]</span>, informs us that "Once again Islam has to make out ITS the victim!!! when in reality they are all taught to hate us at their mosques." But wait, there's more! "Hate monger and anti-mosque queen bee"<ref>[http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/37019_Pamela_Geller_and_Robert_Spencer_Stand_With_The_English_Defense_League Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer Stand With The English Defense League]</ref> Pamela Geller is kind enough, despite standing accused as a "geriatric Paris Hilton knock-off with...too-oft-seen cleavage,"<ref>[http://americanactionreport.blogspot.com/2010/10/pamela-geller-ground-zero-harpy.html Pamela Geller: Ground Zero Harpy]</ref> to bare her <s>soul</s>, uh, <span class="plainlinks">[http://paduanjawa.blogspot.com/2010/08/guess-zionist-boobies-reprise.html breasts]</span> in order to tip off unsuspecting [[Portlandia|Portlandians]] with the latest diabolical intrigues perpetrated by Portland's "communist elected officials."<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/11/portland-mayor-tom-potter-and-city-council-assisted-muslim-teen-terrorist-in-plot-to-blow-up-25000-a.html Portland Mayor Tom Potter and City Council Assisted Muslim Teen Terrorist in Plot to Blow up 25,000 Americans]
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