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Oregon May Shutdown Boardman Coal Power Plant Early

Wednesday, December 8, 2010
boardman coal plant

Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), on December 2, 2010, recommended rule changes to the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) to allow Oregon’s only coal fired power plant to…

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Obama Tried To Persuade Saudis At Copenhagen, Wikileaks Reveals

Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Obama negotiates Saudis

ClimateWire has revealed that leading up to the UN meeting at Copenhagen last December, the Obama administration leaned hard on the Saudis to get them to agree to…

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Will The Cancun Climate Conference See Progress?

Sunday, November 28, 2010
cancun mexico climate change conference 2010

The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Cancún, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. The conference is officially referred to as the…

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Recycling Water

Saturday, October 16, 2010
recycling water

People often think about recycling in terms of putting your soda pop cans in a different bin and the aluminum is broken down and reused in other products….

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A World of Health: Connecting People, Place, and Planet

Monday, October 11, 2010
tranquil forest

Northwest Earth Institute, a Portland – based sustainability education and action nonprofit is excited to announce our new course, A World of Health: Connecting People, Place, and Planet!…

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Pictures From 350 Climate Day in Portland

Thursday, November 5, 2009
350 Climate Day Portland

In October of 2009 350.org coordinated 5200 simultaneous rallies and demonstrations in 181 countries, what CNN called the ‘most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history.’…

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International Day of Climate Action

Thursday, October 22, 2009
350 Climate Action Campaign

Where Will You Be On 10/24? Global Warming has already had a devastating effect on our planet. Rising tides, forest fires, drought, glacial melt and a variety of…

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Plant a Tree

Friday, July 17, 2009
plant a tree

Trees are beautiful and serve many purposes in this world. They provide shade when you are hot, and flourish with many edible fruits and nuts. When you plant…

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Global Warming Is Exaggerated?

Thursday, March 12, 2009
Maeslant

According to an on going Gallop polling survey conducted on the subject of global warming, new data suggests that in 2009, 41% of those surveyed (the most since…

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The Arctic Ice Melting

Sunday, March 8, 2009
Arctic Ice Melting

Scientists will warn this week that the projected sea level rise from IPCC’s most updated report in 2007 was underestimated. Scientists now feel that low lying areas including…

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