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“Do the Math” on climate change

November 16, 2012 - 5:20pm — Grant Lynn Neely
Last Thursday, self-proclaimed “professional bummer-outer” Bill McKibben was at Portland State via a livestream broadcast for the second stop in his 21-city “Do the Math” tour. McKibben is leading a nationwide tour to inspire universities and organizations to divest from the fossil fuel industry.

Sustainable farming innovations

June 15, 2012 - 10:35am — Laura Gleim
Would a cow be the first image to pop into your mind when you think of sustainable farming? Not likely. But what if that cow wasn’t the normal feedlot cow, but instead represented the grassland cattle that are raised by ranchers like Corey Carman from Carman Ranch?

New conservation frontiers in the rural West

May 29, 2012 - 10:58am — Laura Gleim
They may disagree about politics or religion, but the one thing people in rural communities can agree on is their love of the land.

The Klamath water wars—a possible treaty?

May 8, 2012 - 3:54pm — Laura Gleim
In the aftermath of more than a decade characterized by disaster and conflict, stakeholders from the Klamath Basin have proposed an agreement for water allocation and natural resource restoration.

Emerging renewable energy in Oregon

May 1, 2012 - 3:55pm — Laura Gleim
On the same day Governor Kitzhaber called for an extensive federal review of coal export proposals in the Northwest, Oregon’s First Lady Cylvia Hayes joined a panel of clean energy advocates for a discussion on emerging renewable energy possibilities in Oregon.

What toxins lurk in your cell phone?

April 18, 2012 - 3:41pm — Laura Gleim
Ten years ago, Willamette Riverkeeper asked environmental writer Elizabeth Grossman to research and author a report on Willamette water quality. What she found came as a huge surprise: toxins from our everyday high-tech devises, like computers and cell phones, had become a major source of local water pollution.

Obama’s conservation agenda

April 17, 2012 - 2:39pm — Laura Gleim
With jobs and the economy at the forefront of political dialog, conversations about the environment are often pushed to the back burner. But current efforts, from the grassroots up to the federal government, are underway to show that environment and economy are not at ends with one another. Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), discussed such efforts at last week’s Solutions Seminar.

Taking the car out of carbon

April 12, 2012 - 12:55pm — Jenny DuVander
If mass transit can get credit for the greenhouse gas emissions it saves, it could revolutionize the way we fund public transportation, according to the sustainability chief for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, who visited Portland State Thursday.

Valuing nature, measuring well-being

March 21, 2012 - 4:39pm — Laura Gleim
Since the 1940s, we have been measuring economic progress from a single, narrow viewpoint: gross domestic product. But what does this actually mean for people and communities?

Rainforest: use it or lose it

March 14, 2012 - 12:00am — Jenny DuVander
Years ago, “save the rainforest” was a slogan that entrenched the man-versus-nature mindset. Today, conservationists increasingly understand that preserving the rainforests must go hand in hand with promoting the rural livelihoods of the people who live there.

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