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An email from the city of Eugene today announced that the planned City Council vote on the coal trains resolution has been postponed until September. The Eugene City Council goes on summer break from July 26 until Sept. 6. Continue reading
We've been compiling exclusion zone requests. Here are the last few to come in: Continue reading
Legendary folksinger and storyteller Larry Penn is in town. He performed at Reality Kitchen Tuesday night (seen here with Jim Evangelista) and will be performing again at 7:30 this evening, July 12, at Reality Kitchen on Van Buren, across from Ninkasi. Continue reading
An email alert from Oregon Wild tonight warns that 1.5 million acres of public lands logging might get pushed through the Farm Bill by Rep. Kurt Scrader tonight. The email is below: Continue reading
This just in from the Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative folks. Two pot-related initiatives were gathering signatures for the November ballot, but the OMPI effort failed. The Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative (OMPI) today filed suit in Oregon Circuit Court against Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown in response to her office’s disqualification of tens of thousands of valid signatures on petitions for Initiative Petition 24. IP-24 is a constitutional amendment to end marijuana prohibition for adults. Continue reading
How hot has it been? According to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has just confirmed what you already suspected: Americans are enduring the hottest weather in our recorded history. The following was sent out his week by the EDF: Continue reading
“Our Streets Eugene” installs in public Continue reading
Jim Evangelista is organizing an ambitious event in the Whiteaker Tuesday, July 10, and needs some help. Continue reading
Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson is holding a town hall meeting this week to discuss Lane County’s future and the tough issue of taxes. The meeting will run from 6:30 to 8 pm Tuesday, July 10, at Harris Hall, 125 E. 8th Ave. in Eugene. Sorenson has asked a panel of speakers to address issues related to Lane County and taxation: Anette Spickard, Lane County tax assessor; Jason Gettel, policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy; and Dave Rosenfeld, executive director of the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG). Continue reading
PCRM reports that new, reportedly healthy kids meals that fast food joints are rolling out are just … not so healthy. Click through to see the other worst offenders. Continue reading