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Canada's boreal forest top-rated carbon warehouse

11/12/2009

The boreal forest stores more carbon than any land-based ecosystem on the planet, according to a new report that says the Amazon is no match for Canada's boggy bush.

Native elder to drilling proponents: 'Chill, baby, chill'

11/12/2009

Call her "the other Sarah" from Alaska. Like former Gov. Sarah Palin, Sarah James, of tiny Arctic Village, is outspoken about oil and gas development in Alaska. But while Palin calls drilling an answer to the nation's energy needs, James calls it an affront.

Brown pelicans are endangered no longer

11/11/2009

Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction. Interior Department officials on Wednesday announced that they were taking the bird off the endangered species list.

Geothermal power -- just add water

11/12/2009

With a $25 million influx of federal stimulus money, two companies are planning to try a different way of generating geothermal power just west of Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Oregon.

Projected Portland carbon emissions skyrocket

11/12/2009

The Portland area's $20 billion transportation wish list and its pledge to reduce greenhouse gases are on a collision course.

UBC floats sustainable-building sciences program

11/12/2009

Professors and students at the University of British Columbia are hoping the federal government will fund a sustainable-building-sciences program to help solve urban problems.

In downturn's wake, women hold half of US jobs

11/11/2009

Thanks to steep layoffs and soaring unemployment among men, more women are returning to the work force.

New solar panel promises cheaper power

11/12/2009

The roof of a North Sacramento plastics factory will host the biggest West Coast installation of a new type of solar panel that uses cells shaped like long fluorescent light tubes so they can harvest sunlight from any angle.

Largest Portland-based firm mum on sustainability

11/12/2009

Portland prides itself as a green Mecca, but the largest company based in the city -- Precision Castparts Corp. -- isn't exactly jumping on the sustainability bandwagon, ranking near the bottom in a recent US sustainability scorecard.

Going all the way on a bus

11/11/2009

Though Portland is applauded for its groundbreaking light rail system and heralded for bike riding, more Portlanders ride buses on an average weekday than those two modes of transit combined. So the Portland Mercury rides the city's most popular bus lines from start to finish and tells the tales.