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Josh P.

Started August 11, 2008

by Josh P.

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Weather, new rules boost Bottle Bill returns

(via www.oregonlive.com)

A string of bad weather and Jan. 1 changes to Oregon's Bottle Bill made for long lines and full recycling machines across Oregon for recyclers trying to return deposit bottles and cans this weekend. "Everybody around the state got slammed...

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on Jan 06, 2009 at 05:20 PM
Portland’s Safe Streets: Ho...

Portland’s Safe Streets: How Do They Do It?

(via la.streetsblog.org)

Last Sunday in New York, the Street Memorial Projectorganized a ride in memory of the 14 bicyclists and more than 100pedestrians killed by cars in the city in 2008. You can see the

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on Jan 06, 2009 at 09:21 AM

$140,000 settlement lodged in federal court over 2006 oil spill near Scottsburg, Oregon

(via yosemite.epa.gov)

(Seattle, Wash., January 5, 2009) On Wednesday, December 31, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lodged a Consent Decree in federal court to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act by Pacific Northern Environmental Corporation(PNE), of Longview, Washington

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on Jan 05, 2009 at 03:50 PM

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