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Saturday | January 8, 2011
Motorists No Longer Drive On Columbia River's Surface
Automobile traffic is a constant menace. It's a source of relentless slaughter of pedestrians, bicyclists, wildlife and even other drivers. In order to acquire fuel supplies, infidels must meddle in faraway lands; evil doers respond by flying jetliners into buildings. But there's at least one thing we can all heave a sigh of relief over: motorists no longer drive across the surface of the Columbia River.
- Go to story: It just doesn’t snow like it used to
Friday | January 7, 2011
Getting Elected: It's a dirty job. Can voter-owned elections make it a little cleaner?
Portland's publicly funded campaign system was turned down by voters (50.3 percent to 49.7 percent, according to the Oregonian) in the last election cycle. Perhaps the "nay" 50.3 percent of the vote contained folks who still have faith in corporate-owned elections. Lucky for us, Portlandians may get another chance to choose again. Spencer Burton, a former city council candidate, is leading the effort to put voter-owned elections back on the ballot.
- Go to story: Effort to revive publicly funded campaigns launched by former Portland City Council candidate
Thursday | January 6, 2011
Now You Can Learn To Deal With Your Share Of The Root Of All Evil!
Are you one of those folks who just can't handle your "filthy lucre"? Cheer up! No need to feel ashamed. Both Wall Street and the Pentagon have "money issues" too! Their problem is handling too much...of ours. Now there's hope, at least for you. Portland has someone willing to offer you "a series of workshops about managing money."
- Go to blog: Good ¢ents Series, Money Management Workshops
- Go to story: Is money the root of all evil?
Wednesday | January 5, 2011
Lease Solar For $20 A Month
"Oregonians put off by the high price of renewable energy can now go solar on the cheap, installing panels for no money down. Contractors in a handful of states are starting to offer solar to the masses with lease deals that eliminate upfront costs. Oregon is joining the trend..."
Tuesday | January 4, 2011
Portland's Manufacturing Employment Edges Up; Continues To Drop Statewide
Portland ranks No. 21 in total manufacturing employment, though the number of manufacturing plants and industrial jobs statewide declined in 2010. According to Manufacturers News, Portland had 46,787 industrial jobs as of December 2010. Overall, the nation's top ten industrial cities have lost 95,805 manufacturing jobs, or 8.4 percent, since 2008.
- Go to story: Ore. manufacturing jobs down 3.3%
- Go to top 50 list: TOP 50 U.S. CITIES BY NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL JOBS
Monday | January 3, 2011
University Of Portland's Green Transportation Initiatives Take Root
At University of Portland more students, faculty and staff are using "greener" transportation modes. Discounted TriMet passes, a University to MAX line shuttle, carpool programs, Zipcars and increased bicycle ridership are all part of the mix. Fifty-seven percent of the University's 3,810 students live on campus.
- Go to story: North Portland: University of Portland's green transportation programs breaking records
- Go to Public Data Explorer: Google Public Data Explorer
Sunday | January 2, 2011
"Future Is Black" Asserts Triumphant Will
In a recent op-ed, Washington Post columnist George F. Will found the opportunity give a big "thumbs up" to big coal while offering a backhanded "complement" to Portland ("a green reproach to the rest of us"). Will also pointed out the apparent irony that Oregon and Washington are phasing out coal-fired electrical generation even as Cowlitz County, Washington (just up the road from Portland) has "approved construction of a coal export terminal from which millions of tons of U.S. coal could be shipped to Asia annually." Taking another dig at the presumed eco-poseurs he imagines, Will smirks that "the future looks to greens as black as coal." In that case, the future is also more mountains with their tops savagely ripped off of them, more acid rain, more lung disease, more runaway climate change, more resource wars. Indeed, the future looks as bleak as coal.
- Go to story: China has seen the future, and it is coal
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