From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Nov 30 09:38:48 2010 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:38:48 -0800 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <2D371CBB27C746488A630F87111B5917017CFC4030@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. Past Land Use News weekly e-mails can be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone can subscribe to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news ____________________________________________________________ Nov 29: Open letter to Oregon's new chief: Continue to lead on green (Sustainable Business Oregon) The Business Energy Tax Credit, Oregon's Renewable Energy Standard, the Feed-In Tariff pilot, our land-use planning system, and Clean Energy Works Oregon, ... UO needs a strong case: ORI's research park project at stake (The Eugene Register-Guard) The central point of contention was whether the research park needed a new master plan, a dispute that city of Eugene officials and the Land Use Board of ... Cowlitz County Dilemma: What's the Point of Closing Coal-Fired Power Plants in ... (Cunningham Report) Reverberations from that decision are being felt throughout the states of Washington and Oregon where environmentalists - who are trying to shut down ... Salazar Announces Completion of Sage-Grouse Habitat Map in the West (Telluride Watch) "The final map will give Interior a strong foundation to identify land uses that do not compromise areas that are so critical to the greater sage-grouse. ... Lewis & Clark College sets out to redefine sustainability (Daily Journal of Commerce) http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/11/24/lewis-clark-college-sets-out-to-redefine-sustainability/ Some at Lewis & Clark College feel that environmentally focused ranking systems - one of which recently gave the university a C in sustainability - neglect many other important aspects related to sustainability like the learning environment, student projects and research. . . No UGB expansion in Metro area this year http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/11/23/no-ugb-expansion-in-metro-area-this-year/ The Metro Council will not expand the Portland-area urban growth boundary this year. In a memo from Metro Council President Carlotta Collette released on Monday, the council will instead amend existing policies to make the current urban growth boundary more efficient. . . Nov 28: Truck stop runs into roadblock (East Oregonian) The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals last week agreed with Devin Oil Company, the would-be competitor fighting Love's, that the county erred when it zoned ... Medusahead: An Inedible Grass Threatens Western Rangeland (Daily Finance) "The second thing is that you will have to use more land to raise the same number of cattle because your cattle will go elsewhere to try and feed. ... Nov 27: PHIL MOTE, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CLIMATE SCIENTIST, WEATHERS THE STORM GROWING AROUND GLOBAL WARMING (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/11/phil_mote_oregon_state_univers.html In a moment of self-defense, climate scientist Phil Mote springs up in his office at Oregon State University and grabs a 2008 shot of himself beside John McCain. . . LEAVE ROOM FOR WAVE ENERGY -- OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/leave_room_for_wave_energy.html Could one of Oregon's fishing-free marine reserves double as a wave energy site? . . . USDA LEADER SEES SMALL-TOWN OPPORTUNITY IN OREGON (mycentraloregon.com) http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/state/ap/395036/USDA-leader-sees-smalltown-opportunity-in-Oregon.html Four months into serving on the Oregon Parole Board, former state Sen. Vicki Walker received a call from the Obama administration asking her to become state director of USDA's Rural Development. . . Nov 25: OPERATING OUR GOVERNMENTS ON A VALUE PRINCIPLE -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/operating_our_governments_on_a.html "Government should run like a business" is an oft-repeated mantra I've never fully understood. Business is about profit. If you don't make a profit, you don't stay in business. A business strives to produce its products at the lowest possible cost and successfully sell them at the highest prices allowed by the competitive market. The profit differential allows the business to grow, compensate its employees and pay dividends to stockholders. How would we apply this model to government? . . . Hillsboro, Port of Portland lose appeal on airport ordinance (OregonLive.com) The court of appeals upheld the Land Use Board of Appeals' July decision that said Hillsboro acted unconstitutionally when it enacted an ordinance that ... Opponents appeal Clatsop County's LNG pipeline decision (OregonLive.com) Opponents of liquefied natural gas projects on Wednesday appealed Clatsop County's approval of an LNG pipeline to the state Land Use Board of Appeals. ... Firms see tidal energy as wave of future (Montreal Gazette) Pilot projects or studies are under way in Washington's Puget Sound, in Alaska's Cook Inlet, off the coasts of Florida, California, Oregon and Hawaii, ... Nov 24: OWYHEE CANYONLANDS: THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO PROTECT AN OREGON GEM -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/11/owyhee_canyonlands_theres_no_b.html The Owyhee Canyonlands are a desert gem. Herds of pronghorn antelope roam along the rims of spectacular canyons. Desert big horn sheep stand in relief along sheer cliffs, and golden eagles cruise above sparkling waters. . . Green Economy, Climate Change Debate Could Turn Out Differently This Time (IBTimes) There will be enough charging stations for EVs to travel the 276 miles from the Canadian border to the Oregon state line. General Electric is introducing ... Nov 23: Metro delays decision on growth boundary (Bizjournals.com) Metro, the regional government that oversees land use and other planning matters, acknowledged it won't make final decisions regarding the area's urban ... Lisa Howard | Assistant to the Director Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518 lisa.howard at state.or.us | www.oregon.gov/LCD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: