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| === Tuesday | December 7, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Celltower.jpg|thumb|Brain meltdowns. Courtesy the cell tower near you?]]
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| '''Will Cell Phone Microwaves Really Fry Your Brain?'''<br />
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| Find out for yourself. You can participate in a cell tower follow-up meeting today:<br />
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| :Tuesday, December 7th from 7 to 8 at [[SE Uplift]].<br />
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| :Location: 3534 SE Main St. ([[SE Main Street]], between [[SE 35th Avenue]] & [[SE 36th Avenue]]), Portland, OR 97214.<br />
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| This meeting will focus on getting organized and creating working groups around the many issues facing us when cell towers are placed in neighborhoods.<br />
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| :''Go to stories'':<br />
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| *[http://www.southeastuplift.org/content/cell-town-followup-meeting-tomorrow Cell Tower Follow-up Meeting Tuesday, December 7th from, 7pm to 8pm at SE Uplift.]
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| *[[Old_news#Friday_.7C_November_12.2C_2010|Clearcut Cell Towers; Leave The Trees]]
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| === Monday | December 6, 2010 ===
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| [[File:Streetcar-to-nw-23rd.jpg|thumb|Portland Streetcar to NW 23rd Ave.]]
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| '''Fuel Tax For Public Transit: Fund Robust Public Transit & Reduce Motor Vehicle Use'''<br />
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| Unlike current funding schemes for public transportation, funding for road construction and maintenance doesn't rely on payroll taxes and high fares (the equivalent to road tolls). "Instead, the funding mechanisms for these come primarily from general fund sources (city/county property taxes), fees (construction assessments, license/registration fees), and fuel taxes--a kindasorta user fee..." Is there a better way? How would Portland benefit if riders had access to quality, frequent and fare-free public transportation?<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://portlandtransport.com/archives/2010/12/rethinking_tran.html Rethinking transit: Funding and equity]
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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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