The occasion of Earth Day always produces a rich mix of environmental news stories. The Sunday Oregonian offered a good package on how Portlanders’ habits are changing. Reporter Michael Milstein drew up a green report card for the city with some surprising findings. A companion piece by Gail Kinsey Hill reviews how different people define “sustainability”—“a six-syllable brain-teaser with meanings that stretch from the mundane to the audacious to the profound,” she quips.
In Seattle, it’s the same old angle: the dance of political leadership between Ron Sims and Greg Nickels. The P-I publishes a “who’s greener” piece. The paper also provides a good summary of the 2007 Legislature<!– D([“mb”,”u003c/a>, which ended yesterday.u003c/p>nu003cp>Onu003ca hrefu003d”http://www.tidepool.org” targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”> Tidepool's front pageu003c/a>,nMichael Pollan dissects the farm bill for the u003ca hrefu003d”http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/magazine/22wwlnlede.t.html?refu003dmagazine” targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>NewnYork Times Magazineu003c/a>.u003c/p>nu003chr>nu003cp>u003cspan>TODAY'S TOP TEN HEADLINES:u003cbr>nu003c/span> u003cb> 1. u003ca hrefu003d”http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1177048621264580.xml&collu003d7″ targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>Morenefficient usu003c/a>u003cbr>n2. u003ca hrefu003d”http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/04/23/news/local/news02.txt” targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>Billnwould designate vast wilderness u003c/a>u003cbr>n3. u003ca hrefu003d”http://select.nytimes.com/mem/tnt.html?emcu003dtnt&tntgetu003d2007/04/23/us/23dam.html” targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>Climatenchange adds twist to debate over Klamath damsu003c/a>u003cbr>n4. u003ca hrefu003d”http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/312583_maury21.html” targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>$8nbillion Puget Sound bill passes Wash. Legislatureu003c/a>u003cbr>n5. u003ca hrefu003d”http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/312559_oilleg21.html” targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>NeahnBay oil-spill tug left short of fundingu003c/a>u003cbr>n6. u003ca hrefu003d”http://www.idahostatesman.com/102/story/80678.html” targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>Idahoansnshare nation's green shiftu003c/a>u003cbr>n7. u003ca hrefu003d”http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/312740_legislature23.html” targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>Health,nenvironment win big in 2007u003c/a>u003cbr>n8. u003ca hrefu003d”http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/11772879144910.xml&collu003d7″ targetu003d”_blank” onclicku003d”return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)”>”,1] ); //–>, which ended yesterday.
