EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What would you consider to be the key areas we need to improve to make our food safer for our health and easier on our environment? — Billy A., Oakland, CA Although we have come a long way in recent years with regard […]
Tigard awarded for urban forestry planning Earlier this year, the City of Tigard received the national planning excellence award from the American Planning Association for the city’s innovative planning efforts. Awards Chair Ann C. Bagley said Tigard’s urban forestry code revisions project “implements Tigard’s goals of achieving 40 percent citywide tree canopy by 2047 and […]
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Apple just put out a big PR campaign about its sustainability initiatives. Has the company made real progress in this regard or is this just more corporate “greenwashing?” And how are the other big tech companies addressing their carbon footprints? — Billy A., Oakland, CA […]
(Portland, OR) –The City of Portland recently acquired 85 acres of natural area and the Colwood Golf Course. The land will be acquired and managed through a partnership with the Bureau of Environmental Services and Portland Parks & Recreation. The property includes the golf course, along with open parkland and forested and wetland areas that […]
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What are “dirty fuels” and why are they so called?— Bill Green, Seattle, WA The term “dirty fuels” refers to fuels derived from tar sands, oil shale or liquid coal. Just like their more conventional fossil fuel counterparts such as petroleum and coal, they can be turned […]
(Portland, OR) –A new survey released in June shows Portland residents strongly support a possible parks replacement bond. Parks Commissioner Amanda Fritz and Portland Parks & Recreation commissioned DHM Research to conduct a representative telephone survey of Portlanders. The survey shows that, once Portlanders find out that a replacement bond would not increase tax rates […]
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What is the latest prognosis for wind energy to command a larger piece of the renewable energy pie?— Peter M., Akron, OH Hydroelectric sources of power dwarf other forms of renewable energy, but wind power has been a dominant second for years, and continues to show “hockey […]
The Jesuit Novitiate in Sheridan, Ore recently agreed to conserve more than 100 acres of “stunning” coastal landscape overlooking Nestucca Bay. The Nature Conservancy in Oregon and the Pacific Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worked with the Jesuits to conserve the 102.53-acre property located on Cannery Hill overlooking Nestucca Bay. Ownership of […]
EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I thought Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown would have sealed nuclear power’s fate, but I keep hearing otherwise. Can you enlighten? — Jacob Allen, New York, NY The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster did cause many nations to reconsider their nuclear committments, though many European countries—Switzerland, Belgium, […]
A new and improved Hoyt Arboretum (Portland, OR) –Hoyt Arboretum Friends and Portland Parks & Recreation recently announced the completion of a multi-year, $115,000 signage project in PP&R’s Hoyt Arboretum. Visitors now enjoy 269 new way-finding signs, 11 map panels, 20 interpretive panels and 10,000 complimentary maps to take with them. The improved way-finding signs […]
