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Oregon woodland owners consider selling carbon credits

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  • Peter Hayes is among Oregon forest owners considering selling carbon credits to generate extra revenue from their land
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School lunch crunch

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  • Local foodies push Salem for lunch money
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MLPA economic study to be shown

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  • Economic study reiterates the huge gap between fishing and environmental groups over marine protected areas and the wide range of potential economic impacts
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Yuroks seek $20 million state loan for land

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  • The Yurok Tribe has applied for a $20 million no-interest loan from the state that could secure the first part of a two-stage land deal
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At your (green) service

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  • 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
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Your climate-friendly kitchen

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  • Take some simple steps toward a low-carbon diet
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Earth Day: Investing in nature to invest in ourselves

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  • Does the downturn finally present the opportunity to restore our economy based on new principles
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Oregon’s plate is full of sustainable food

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  • What’s on the horizon for sustainable food? Plenty
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Green is their color

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  • Umpqua Bank opens an Eco-banking division. Will it work?
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The cost of climate change inaction

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

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  • Bill would provide subsidy to help more districts buy from Oregon farms
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Economics for dummies

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  • Ecotrust non-profit has partnered with Economics for Equity and the Enviroment ( the E3 Network) to form a new website: RealClimateEconomics.org
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Economists launch website on the effects of climate change

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  • A group of economists today launched RealClimateEconomics.org to support public policy and business responses to climate crisis
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New web site reports greenhouse gas emissions

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  • Economists on Thursday launched RealClimateEconomics.org and issued a new report on national household greenhouse gas emissions
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Everybody talks about climate change, but what can we do about it?

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

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  • Andrew Revkin discusses climate policy
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Climate bill too critical to water down

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  • 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
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Can the US afford cap-and-trade?

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  • U.S. states vary only modestly in average incomes, but have widely differing per capita emissions
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Climate change: Answering the economic challenge

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

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  • 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