From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Oct 12 15:57:39 2010 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:57:39 -0700 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917017979DC50@dlcdsxch01> Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list! Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. 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Solar energy proponents push California to adopt 'feed-in tariff' for ... (Los Angeles Times) Despite being barely one-20th the size of the U.S. and more often overcast, Germany still manages to produce four times as much solar-generated power. . . Slots for program participants in Oregon sold out 15 minutes after they were first offered in July. Such programs are responsible for sparking about 75% of ... Renew our land and water legacy (The Daily Astorian) Both Oregon and Washington benefit enormously from the LWCF and related state programs. Wildlife refuges on Columbia estuary islands and Willapa Bay are ... Google Jumps into Wind Industry (OregonLive.com) NEW YORK - Google and a group of technology and investment firms have set aside $1.8 billion to build a network of deep water transmission lines for future wind farms off the East Coast. . . Oct 11: Stern a study in motion (McMinnville News-Register) Addressing fellow members of the state Farm Activities Task Force, Linn County Commissioner John Lindsey gets wound up, really wound up, on one of his favorites subjects - how lawyers are ruining Oregon's land use process with their legal minutiae. . . Pipeline project facing hurdles (Statesman-Journal) To read the headlines, September was a bad month for supporters of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay and a pipeline from there to the Southeastern Oregon town of Malin: . . . Oct 10: MISLEADING PUBLICITY HURTS OREGON PLANNING -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/misleading_publicity_hurts_ore.html Recently, Oregon State University sent out a press release to highlight the work of some of its academics. If the point of the release was to draw attention to the work of these academics, it succeeded, but perhaps at the cost of accuracy. Oct 9: Deschutes County Reviews Whether To Allow Commercial Events In Farm Zones (myCentralOregon.com) Although the discussion is not a land use action and is not covered by procedural land use rules, the Board has decided to permit public testimony at the ... Planner plans to plan no more (Dalles Chronicle) "Land use planning is always going to be challenging and controversial, especially in the gorge with its multijurisdictional and it's never an easy job but ... Oct 8: Hot stuff: UW part of national effort to study global warming (Seattle Post Intelligencer) In an arrangement that could mean many more millions of dollars in research funding in years to come, the University of Washington, Oregon State University, ... Oct 7: Proposed Solar Farm in Central Washington Gets County Permit (KUOW News) http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=21569&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20KUOWNews%20(KUOW%20News)&utm_content=Google%20Reader The biggest solar power plant proposed in the Northwest now has the green light from the Kittitas County Commission in central Washington. But an appeal from unhappy neighbors remains a stumbling block for the private developer. . . Study: Raleigh has fifth longest commuting times in the nation (Examiner.com Raleigh) Over the past two decades, for example, Portland, Oregon, which has smart land use planning and has invested in alternative transportation, ... Business park likely to lose land-use lawsuit (West Linn Tidings) 23 by the Oregon Supreme Court in a case brought against the city by West Linn Corporate Park. The case has bounced between jurisdictions for years, ... NUMBER OF CARS PLYING 99W INCREASING (Newberg Graphic) http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/October/05/Local.News/number.of.cars.plying.99w.increasing/news.aspx -ODOT counts more than 41,600 cars traveling through Newberg on an average day- . . . Oct 6: Florida's Amendment 4 Puts Land-Use Issues on the Ballot (Governing) http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/Floridas-amendment-4-puts-land-use-issues-ballot.html The most controversial vote Floridians cast this fall may not be for governor or senator, but rather for Amendment 4, a ballot initiative dealing with the normally esoteric issue of local land-use plans. . . Land-plan ballot question splits electorate (KeysNet) If approved by 60 percent of voters, the proposed change to the Florida Constitution would require that changes to a county or municipal land-use plan be ... The unlikely alliance for the future of clean energy jobs (Sustainable Industries) In 1973, Governor Tom McCall, and Senator Hector McPherson, both Republicans, teamed up with Democrats to pass SB 100 and create Oregon's land use planning ... Industrial revitalization is a key part of sustainability (Sustainable Business Oregon blog) It is the heart of the region's industrial land base. The Oregon Business Development Department describes the site as "one of the most important industrial ... Interior Dept. approves first solar projects on federal lands (Washington Post) One applicant that has been awaiting approval for nine months is the 905-megawatt Caithness Shepherds Flat wind power project in Oregon, the largest under ... FOREST DEBRIS AS 'GOLD' -- UNLESS THE U.S. SAYS NO (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/forest_debris_as_gold_--_unles.html A promising fraction of Oregon's energy now comes from burning wood debris: slash piles on the forest floor from logging or thinning, naturally fallen and decaying trees within uncut forests, wood shavings and bark and trimmings from mill operations. The wood debris, called biomass, produces heat for buildings or electricity for lights and toasters. . . A REPORT ON OREGONS ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE (The Daily Journal of Commerce) http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/10/04/a-report-on-oregons-roadway-infrastructure/ Oregon's economic health is tied to its roadway infrastructure. As decisions are made, Oregonians, especially recent arrivals, need to appreciate the scope of this. . . Oct 5 Monitoring the Geothermal Market (Alternative Power Construction) Geothermal energy also has one of the smallest land use footprints out of energy production techniques and the smallest among the renewables. ... Cabela's gets at the heart of land-use debate (Wilsonville Spokesman) The debate over a possible Cabela's in Wilsonville gets at the heart of all local land use issues. Who, ultimately, has the control? ... Bend Prepares For Its Next 20 Years Of Growth (OPB News) Hardy isn't alone in critiquing Bend's land use plans. In January, the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, the body that governs the UGB ... Would tidal turbines' electromagnetic fields affect sea life? Sequim lab wants ... (Peninsula Daily) Researchers from Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University are also studying the potential electromagnetic effects on ... 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