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Climate change: addressing a problem we can afford to solve

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  • News on the climate front
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Groups serving low-income and developing communities receive $130M in tax credits

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  • Two Portland institutions and a SW Washington bank have been allocated $130 million to spur investments in low-income and developing communities
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Political “climate” must change to achieve a climate treaty

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  • YES, the international negotiating climate must change dramatically if the Copenhagen Summit has to achieve a comprehensive climate change treaty
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Northwest US receives $30m to innovate economic, social and environmental change

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  • US Treasury has selected Ecotrust to allocate $30m in federal tax credits to innovative initiatives
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Ecotrust lands tax credits to benefit jobs and environment in Northwest’s rural, struggling communities

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  • Rural and disadvantaged communities in the NW could receive economic boost thanks to $30 million in new markets tax credits allocated to Ecotrust
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B.Y.O.G.

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  • What we do need is myriad more ways to forge links between the growers and the eaters
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Ecotrust studies salmon as a food commodity

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  • We’re going to talk next about the problem of feeding a growing population
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Frozen salmon over fresh? Why, it’s better for the planet that way

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  • Frozen salmon is better for the planet than fresh, because it takes so much less energy to make it safely to your dinner plate
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Frozen salmon better for environment, study says

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  • Eating frozen fish instead of fresh is better for the environment. That’s according to a new Portland based study
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InvestigateWest: frozen salmon have smaller carbon footprint than fresh

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  • Eat your frozen salmon. Preferably wild, frozen salmon
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New report takes aim at food ‘sustainability myths’

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  • Preliminary results from a new study co-authored by Dalhousie University flip the idea of sustainable food on its head
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Debunking our ‘fetish of the fresh’

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  • You choose the fresh filets because buying local adds up to a bigger environmental and sustainable bang for your buck, right?
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Fish sticks for everyone?

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  • Why carbon pricing is easier than grocery shopping
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Eat frozen food and avoid line-caught fish, says eco study

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  • Enviro-profs studying the ecological impact of food production have come out with some counter-intuitive results
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New report debunks the fresh fish fetish

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  • The most important thing to know about that salmon on your plate is whether it’s fresh or was frozen out at sea
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Wallace recognized for tribal leadership

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  • Brian Wallace of the Washoe tribe was recognized by Ecotrust as one of the West’s most innovative indigenous leaders
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New global study: not all salmon are created equal

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  • Food production, in aggregate, is considered to be the single largest source of environmental degradation globally
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Catch of the freezer

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  • If the motivation is to truly make our diets more earth-friendly, then perhaps we need a new mantra: buy frozen
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Ecotrust launches site that links food buyers and farmers

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  • Ecotrust rolled out a long-awaited program that will hook up Oregon farmers, fishermen or food manufacturers with commercial buyers
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Capitalists outline investment options for ‘catch shares’

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  • Investment capital is almost certain to find role in conversion of fisheries from essentially common resources to privately managed fishermen’s cooperatives