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Oregonian moving out of landmark building, will sell it Portland Tribune (Today) - The Oregonian has announced that it will move out of its landmark building at 1320 S.W. Broadway by this summer. The newspaper has been published from that building for around 60 years. But in a story posted on its website Friday morning, N. Christian Anderson...
Scientists Predict California May be Headed for a 100-Year Megadrought Inhabitat (Today) - Scientists predict that California’s current drought may be just the beginning of a serious 100-year megadrought. Scientist Lynn Ingram has studied the history of drought in the western United States dating back 3,000 years, and records indicate that California is now in one of...
Oregonian moving out of landmark downtown Portland building, will sell it Portland Tribune (Today) - The Oregonian has announced that it will move out of its landmark building at 1320 S.W. Broadway by this summer. The newspaper has been published from that building for around 60 years. But in a story posted on its website Friday morning, N. Christian Anderson...
Suspect arrested in SE Portland shooting Portland Tribune (Today) - A suspect has been arrested in a Friday morning shooting in Southeast Portland that left one man wounded. The names of the suspect and victim were not immediately released. The condition of the victim was not immediately released, either. According to police, at 11:15 a.m....
Spring Cleaning Tips for the Garden [Spring Cleaning Week] Sustainablog (Today) - Our friends over at Crafting a Green World are hosting Spring Cleaning Week this week… and, like many other sites in the Important Media network, we wanted to join in. Sure, we’ve published numerous posts in the past about greening up your house cleaning...
Three New Species Of Amphibians Discovered AboutMyPlanet (Today) - In August, scientists begun expeditions to nineteen countries around the world to try and find one hundred amphibians thought to be extinct. The rediscovery project was coordinated by Conservation International and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The point of the expeditions was...
Scientists Predict California May be Headed for a 100 Year Megadrought Inhabitat (Today) - Scientists predict that California’s current drought trouble may be just the beginning of a serious 100 year megadrought. Scientist Lynn Ingram has studied the history of drought in the western United States dating back 3,000 years, and the record indicates that California is now...
Ship Propellers Kill Another Whale AboutMyPlanet (Today) - A young North Atlantic right whale was found dead along the Georgia Coast with 20 propeller lacerations on its body. There are only about 400 of this endangered whale in the world and last year alone, four of the six right whales found dead were...
NRDC Report: U.S. Nuclear Safety Regulators Ignore Severe Accident Hydrogen Explosion Risks Despite Fukushima Tragedy NRDC (Today) - WASHINGTON, DC (March 7, 2014)—Three years after hydrogen explosions wreaked havoc in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is still not adequately protecting American nuclear reactors from the risk of similar hydrogen blasts in a severe accident, according to a new...
Half a million reasons for P&G to protect forests! Greenpeace (Today) - Today is a milestone in the movement to Protect Paradise.Half a million of you have joined the call demanding forest-friendly products – and we're just getting started!In the last two weeks, you have been part of something big. From aerial acrobats, to street petitions, and...
'Grand bargain' gets green light in Salem Portland Tribune (Today) - On Feb. 27, when the House Committee on Rules voted 8-0 to send House Bill 4078 to the full House with a Do Pass recommendation, the mood in the hearing room at the state capitol building was almost giddy. State Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Eugene), House...
Science Says Your Soul Is Like a Traffic Jam Mother Jones (Today) - Who are you? The question may seem simple to answer: You are the citizen of a country, the resident of a city, the child of particular parents, the sibling (or not) of brothers and sisters, the parent (or not) of children, and so on....
What the Ukraine Crisis Means for the Energy Industry Mother Jones (Today) - This is how it was in the lead up to Ukraine's revolution: Cheap natural gas and massive loans from Russia; crooks and oligarchs in both Ukraine and Russia skimming money from the energy sector; and understandably squeamish foreign investors balking at having skin in the game. On top of all that,...
EGGERS: PCC team comes home with a title Portland Tribune (Today) - Tony Broadous is a coach who believes in preparation. At the start of the season, the second-year Portland Community College basketball coach went through a visualization exercise with his players. "We talked about cutting the nets down after winning the (Northwest Athletic Association of Community...
Watch Out For One Endangered Species A Day at the IUCN Website in 2010 AboutMyPlanet (Today) - A lot of mediocre talents (or no talents at all) get their 15 minutes of fame in our all encompassing media these days. With the coming of 2010, more deserving candidates also will get a shot at fame. They are more deserving because their...
2014 Audi A6 quattro Premium Plus: Near perfect midsize sport sedan Portland Tribune (Today) - I was a little surprised when I picked up the 2014 Audi A6 for a driving test. Manufacturers usually provide their top-of-the-line models to automative reviewers, and the most expensive A6 now features a 3.0-liter turbocharged diesel V6 that Audi is promoting its next big...
City Club report against water district, for more oversight Portland Tribune (Today) - A study committee of the Portland City Club is recommending a "no" vote on the proposed Portland Public Water District measure on the May 20 Primary Election ballot. But the committee is also calling for changes in the way the city's water and sewer systems...
Man held for abuse of toddler faces more charges after child dies Portland Tribune (Today) - A 28-year-old former Astoria man arrested Wednesday could face more serious charges after an injured 2-year-old boy died Thursday. The boy was found seriously injured in a Southeast Portland motel. Joshua Howard was booked into the Multnomah County Jail March 5 on a charge of...
Crusaders take first step toward state tourney Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - Jesuit puts together a big finish to beat Barlow in its playoff opener The Barlow Bruins went three-and-a-half quarters without letting Jesuit pull away from them in the first round of the 6A boys basketball playoffs on Wednesday. It was only a matter of time...
Warriors punch ticket into 5A hoops bracket Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - On of the last qualifiers, Cleveland downs Sandy 67-58 in Tuesdays play-in game The Cleveland Warriors barely snuck into a 5A play-in game as the 23rd seed, but they proved to Sandy and the rest of the state that they are a team to watch...
Earth Day festival returning to Portland Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - A new coalition has emerged to revive Portlands Earth Day tradition. The Portland Earth Day Coalition, formed early this year, is being coordinated by Bob New, who helped coordinate the 2006, 2007, and 2007 Earth Day events in Portland sponsored by The City Repair Project....
Bridge seems on verge of collapsing into Clackamas River Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - Rising waters have lent some urgency to efforts to determine whether to save or scrap the old trolley bridge at the end of Portland Avenue in Gladstone. Nature, by destroying the bridge during this late-winter storm, may make the decision for several groups who havent...
PREP WATCH: Central Catholic fights off Tualatin Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - The Rams will host Tigard Saturday in a second-round tilt PORTLAND The Central Catholic High boys basketball team is moving on. But earning that trip to the second round of the Class 6A playoffs sure didn't seem to be easy. The Rams had to...
NRDC: House Bill Would Gut Environmental Safeguards on Major Projects NRDC (Yesterday) - WASHINGTON (March 6, 2014)—The House of Representatives Thursday approved the RAPID Act, a bill that would gut environmental safeguards on major development projects, handing the review and decision process over to developers and limiting the public’s participation on these large projects. The bill threatens to...
Here Are 5 Infuriating Examples of Facts Making People Dumber Mother Jones (Yesterday) - On Monday, I reported on the latest study to take a bite out of the idea of human rationality. In a paper just published in Pediatrics, Brendan Nyhan of Dartmouth University and his colleagues showed that presenting people with information confirming the safety of...
Why Preppers Garden: Different Reasons for Growing Your Own Food Sustainablog (Yesterday) - As I’ve pointed out before, I think we greenies have a lot in common with preppers/survivalists. Even if the ideologies underlying our actions are completely different, both groups value self-sufficiency, take a hands-on approach to health and well-being, and distrust large institutions (of certain kinds,...
City Club report against water district, for new utility oversight Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - A study committee of the Portland City Club is recommending a "no" vote on the proposed Portland Public Water District measure on the May 20 Primary Election ballot. But the committee is also calling for changes in the way the city's water and sewer systems...
House Votes to Block Historic Safeguards Against Carbon Pollution NRDC (Yesterday) - WASHINGTON (March 6, 2014) – The House today passed a destructive bill to block the first-ever national safeguards against carbon pollution, which would represent a major weakening of the Clean Air Act, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. ...
Motorcycle officer hurt during traffic stop Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - A Portland police motorcycle officer was slightly hurt when the truck he was stopping backed into him on Wednesday. Traffic Division Officer Michael Close, an 11-year-veteran of the Portland Police Bureau, received a minor knee injury during the crash. The driver of the truck, Robert...
Lashing winds topple tree in North Park Blocks Portland Tribune (Yesterday) - Heavy winds blasting through the Portland area early Thursday morning toppled a large tree in the North Park Blocks, sending it crashing onto a nearby business. The tree fell at about 5 a.m. March 6, at West Burnside Street and Northwest Park Avenue. It...

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