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At your (green) service

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March 18, 2014

Especially since Earth Day 1990, it’s become good business to help people live greener lives. Here are a few Northwest services promising just that

The Seattle Times

Your climate-friendly kitchen

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March 18, 2014

Take some simple steps toward a low-carbon diet

Oregonian

Earth Day: Investing in nature to invest in ourselves

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March 18, 2014

Does the downturn finally present the opportunity to restore our economy based on new principles

Oregonian

Oregon’s plate is full of sustainable food

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March 18, 2014

What’s on the horizon for sustainable food? Plenty

Oregonian

Green is their color

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March 18, 2014

Umpqua Bank opens an Eco-banking division. Will it work?

Willamette Week

The cost of climate change inaction

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March 18, 2014

Robert J. Samuelson’s April 27 op-ed, “Selling the Green Economy,” was way off the mark on the economics of tackling climate change

The Washington Post

Schools try local, fresher food

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March 18, 2014

Bill would provide subsidy to help more districts buy from Oregon farms

Statesman Journal

Economics for dummies

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March 18, 2014

Ecotrust non-profit has partnered with Economics for Equity and the Enviroment ( the E3 Network) to form a new website: RealClimateEconomics.org

Willamette Week

Economists launch website on the effects of climate change

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March 18, 2014

A group of economists today launched RealClimateEconomics.org to support public policy and business responses to climate crisis

Oregonian

New web site reports greenhouse gas emissions

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March 18, 2014

Economists on Thursday launched RealClimateEconomics.org and issued a new report on national household greenhouse gas emissions

Portland Business Journal

Everybody talks about climate change, but what can we do about it?

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March 18, 2014

Rob Manning reports on a new study from the Economics for Equity and the Environment Network, a team of Oregon-led scientists

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Navigating the fog of climate policy

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March 18, 2014

Andrew Revkin discusses climate policy

The New York Times

Climate bill too critical to water down

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March 18, 2014

Moving to a new, low-carbon society will be good for business, create more jobs, spur the kind of innovation that made American industry great

Columbia Daily Tribune

Can the US afford cap-and-trade?

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March 18, 2014

U.S. states vary only modestly in average incomes, but have widely differing per capita emissions

Renewable Energy World

Climate change: Answering the economic challenge

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March 18, 2014

RealClimateEconomics.org makes a powerful case that “there is rigorous economic support for immediate, large-scale policy responses to the climate crisis”

Oregonian

Add fresh food to school lunches

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March 18, 2014

While most school cafeterias are closed for summer break, House Bill 2800, Oregon’s Farm to School and School Garden bill, is still cooking in Salem

Oregonian

Legislature should add fresh food to school lunches

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March 18, 2014

While most school cafeterias are closed for summer break, House Bill 2800, Oregon’s farm-to-school and school garden bill, is still cooking in Salem

Mail Tribune

Work begins to remove dam in Washington’s Wind River Watershed

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March 18, 2014

The Hemlock Dam on Trout Creek will be removed this summer, restoring the stream’s natural flow and improving habitat for native fish

Oregonian

School lunch brings home the bacon

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March 18, 2014

An experiment in subsidizing school lunches to use locally raised commodities pays off both in the cafeteria and in the regional economy, one study finds

Miller-McCune

Carbon offsets a wild card as environmental markets converge

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March 18, 2014

A voluntary market for carbon offsets is even taking root in the absence of a national emissions cap

The New York Times