This hit my mailbox yesterday: What: “Global Warming in the Pacific Northwest” Seminar When: June 8 & 9, 2006 Where: Grand Hyatt Seattle– Seattle, WA Global Warming will have a particular meaning for the Pacific Northwest, dependent as the region’s economy and way of life are on the water cycle, on electricity generation technology and…

Oil and water are increasingly scarce, crucial to Oregon’s economy, and are looming yet solvable issues. Illahee and partners from government, business and the community have put together a daylong symposium on Friday June 2nd, on Oil, Water and Oregon. http://www.illahee.org/symposium Our goal is to help businesses, policy makers and citizen leaders expand their understanding…

For those of us concerned that transportation is a major factor in climate change, over at News for Neighbors, their online candidates debate is focusing on Global Warming at the moment.

Sigh. A special section in this morning’s Wall Street Journal predicts that by 2020 there will be 1 Billion cars in service worldwide. While the section has articles on hybrids, alternative fuels, congestion management, and recycling of vehicles, I did not see any prominent discussion of either peak oil or global warming (in fairness, I…

City Club’s Friday Forum this week (April 21st) will feature Jane Lubchenco, Distinguished Professor of Zoology and Wayne & Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology at Oregon State University on “Climate Change and its Implications for Oregon”. During 2005 and the first three months of 2006, a striking sequence of new scientific findings were made…