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Here Today, Oregon Tomorrow

Feds say local recovery plan is enough to save Oregon’s coastal coho Oregon coastal coho salmon will not be returned to the federal threatened species list. The National Marine Fisheries Service says there’s no need for federal protections, crediting improving fish numbers to the recovery plan developed by a coalition of local, state, and federal […]

Keeping Up With the Bushes

Conservative Canadian politico vows to back out of Kyoto agreement As Canada’s federal election looms — yes, Canada is having an election — Conservative leader Stephen Harper is campaigning on virtually abandoning the Kyoto accord on climate change. Harper, who proclaimed in 2004 that the treaty would never become international law (oops), says victorious Conservatives […]

Beaver Theodosakis, founder of prAna, answers questionsBeaver Theodosakis, founder of prAna, answers

Beaver Theodosakis. What work do you do? I’m founder and president of prAna. What does your business do? prAna’s core business is men’s and women’s lifestyle apparel and accessories. The brand — grown from deep roots in rock climbing and yoga — has always strived for positive change and is grounded in the ideas of […]

Plop, Plop, Biz, Biz

Dairy farmer earns bucks from herd’s manure Alert readers will note that we never pass up a chance to talk about cow poop. But cow poop that generates power? Pinch us! Minnesota dairy farmer Dennis Haubenschild uses an anaerobic digester to convert the methane-generating dookie of his 900-cow herd into electricity for a local utility, […]