So, just what is the carbon footprint of a climate summit? I refer, of course, to the U.S. Conference of Mayors gathering in Seattle this past week. Over 120 city leaders from around the country came...
It's hard to upstage Bill Clinton and Al Gore when it comes to the topic of climate change. But Michael Bloomberg did just that this afternoon in Seattle.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors, which has...
An enthusiastic crowd welcomed former President Bill Clinton to Benaroya Hall in Seattle this afternoon. He was here to address the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
And he had them at hello. Acknowledging...
Come next week it will be very quiet in Portland's independent bookstores, coffee shops, and the free-sample lines at Trader Joe's. All the writers will be at Wordstock III.
Al Gore just finished his keynote speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors gathering in Seattle. He addressed the nearly 120 mayors via satellite about global warming. He didn't need a Nobel Prize to...
When you turn 50, the American Association of Retired Persons sends you a nice red-plastic card to show folks who might otherwise mistake you for, say, a well-preserved 49-year-old.
Beware of anything that adds more corporate zip and removes some of the people's flex.
Despite the companies' predictable spin – more cars for everyone! – it is hard for dedicated car-sharers to...
It isn't very sporting to point out that Portland had the foresight to plan miles of rail corridors in less time than it took Seattle to reach consensus on that all-important question, "Should Pine...
PR Newswire, that busy source of tips and announcements that fills our e-mail boxes just as press releases used to fill those wire in-baskets, has some highly relevant-to-blogging content.
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