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| This page is where stuff on the [[PortlandWiki|main page]]'s [[PortlandWiki#News|news section]] goes when it changes from ''news'' to ''olds''. Observe forgotten current events and primitive human societies from the dawn of time! | | This page is where stuff on the [[PortlandWiki|main page]]'s [[PortlandWiki#News|news section]] goes when it changes from ''news'' to ''olds''. Observe forgotten current events, humorous behavior and other hijinks of primitive human societies from the dawn of time! |
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| === Wednesday | January 5, 2011 === | | ==Earlier Months== |
| [[File:Lease-solar-panels.jpg|thumb|A new lease on light.]]
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| '''Lease Solar For $20 A Month'''<br />
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| "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..."
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/01/oregon_homeowners_can_now_go_s.html Oregon homeowners can now go solar with no upfront costs]
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| === Tuesday | January 4, 2011 ===
| | * [[Old news/April 2011|April 2011]] |
| [[File:Large wind turbines.jpg|thumb|Large wind turbines.]]
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| '''Portland's Manufacturing Employment Edges Up; Continues To Drop Statewide'''<br />
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| 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.
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/01/03/ore-manufacturing-jobs-down-33.html Ore. manufacturing jobs down 3.3%]
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| :''Go to top 50 list'': [http://manufacturersnews.com/news/charts/Top50CitiesJobsDec2010.pdf TOP 50 U.S. CITIES BY NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL JOBS]
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| === Monday | January 3, 2011 ===
| | * [[Old news/March 2011|March 2011]] |
| [[File:Energy use per capita usa uk iran iraq world.png|thumb|Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita). Graph: [http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=eg_use_pcap_kg_oe&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country&idim=country:USA:IRQ:IRN:AFG:GBR&tdim=true&tstart=-315619200000&tunit=Y&tlen=47&hl=en&dl=en&iconSize=0.5&uniSize=0.035 Google Stats]]]
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| '''University Of Portland's Green Transportation Initiatives Take Root'''<br />
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| 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, [[Zipcar|Zipcars]] and increased bicycle ridership are all part of the mix. Fifty-seven percent of the University's 3,810 students live on campus.<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/12/north_portland_university_of_p.html North Portland: University of Portland's green transportation programs breaking records]
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| :''Go to Public Data Explorer'': [http://www.google.com/publicdata/home Google Public Data Explorer]
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| === Sunday | January 2, 2011 ===
| | * [[Old news/February 2011|February 2011]] |
| [[File:World primary energy demand by fuel.jpg|thumb|World primary energy demand by fuel.]] | |
| '''"Future Is Black" Asserts Triumphant Will'''<br />
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| 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.<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR2010122902899.html China has seen the future, and it is coal]
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| === New Year's Day | Saturday | January 1, 2011 ===
| | * [[Old news/January 2011|January 2011]] |
| [[File:Bicycle Girl.png|thumb|Joyrider]]
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| '''Happy New Year & Joyride To The World!'''<br />
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| From time-to-time, Portlandians may find themselves feeling a teensy bit smug over the breathless accolades routinely laid at the pearly gates of our greenily fragrant Rosebudtown. Portland is frequently praised as the "greenest" or "most sustainable" or even the "most bicycle friendly" city in the United States.<ref>[http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-02/americas-50-greenest-cities America's 50 Greenest Cities]</ref><ref>[http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/ SustainLane Presents: The 2008 US City Rankings]</ref><ref>[http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/04/bicycling-magazine-50-bike-friendliest-cities/ Minneapolis Dethrones Portland As Bike-Friendliest City]</ref> Portland is also widely celebrated for having the foresight to establish an effective [[Urban Growth Boundary]] to try and control urban sprawl long before anyone else thought Urban Growth Boundaries were cool.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1s0URQ6sYyIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Urban+sprawl:+causes,+consequences,+%26+policy+responses&hl=en&ei=7pofTZnxCoG6sQPTr9XlAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Planning a Sustainable City The Promise and Performance of Portland's Urban Growth Boundary Carl Abbott The Moral Origins of Metropolitan Planning]</ref> But it took lots more work than merely drawing up urban growth boundaries for Portland to establish its "green cred." And [[Mia Birk]] is one of the many who're doing the hard work. For the past twenty years, Birk has helped lead a "crusade to integrate bicycling into daily life."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLAdFoLyyww Mia Birk's Joyride: Pedaling Towards a Healthier Planet]</ref> But the fight for "sustainable living" is far from over. For instance, China--once considered "bicycle kingdom"--is now known for sixty mile traffic jams that last for weeks.<ref>[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/11/content_390685.htm China ends 'bicycle kingdom' as embracing cars]</ref><ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704125604575449173989748704.html China Traffic Jam Could Last Weeks]</ref> Obviously, there's a lot more work to do. If you need a little inspiration, or just want to know where to start, you can come hear Birk talk about her experiences as she pitches her book at [[Powell's Books]] on Burnside this coming [http://www.powells.com/events/#3831 Tuesday, January 4th @ 7:30PM].<br />
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| :''Go to story'': [http://www.portlandonline.com/fish/index.cfm?a=331714 Joyride]
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| :''Go to Powell's preview'': [http://www.powells.com/biblio/9780615384115 Joyride: Pedaling toward a Healthier Planet]
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