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In the beginning, Vancouver BC’s street food groupies went into border collie mode, chasing around and rounding up their favourite street food vendors. Now, for those impassioned folks, there’s an excellent app (Street Food Vancouver) that lists vendors, their locations, when they’re open, and the kind food they sell. Visitors to the city can book a street food tour in the name of...
Leah Treat, a 42-year-old rising talent in the national transportation circuit and a cyclist with big city credentials, has been named Portland’s new transportation director.
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A new survey finds support for coal export terminals has dropped over the past year among Northwest residents. It also finds support for a region-wide approach to measuring the environmental impact of exporting coal.
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The lead federal agency reviewing Northwest coal-export terminals has rejected an area-wide approach in its study and will examine the terminals on a case-by-case basis, the US Army Corps of Engineers said today. Opponents of the terminals have insisted that the cumulative impacts on rail traffic and climate change call for a unified study, and only the Corps can undertake a review that would...
Pregnant women exposed to heavy diesel pollution are twice as likely to have a child with autism as those living in areas with low pollution, according to a study published today. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that diesel, mercury, lead, manganese and methylene chloride in the air significantly increased the risk of having a child with autism.
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One man’s hilariously detailed analysis.
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Maybe he is a turncoat. A self-serving manipulator. Or, as the head of his own political party called him, “a lonely man who feels this need to be important.” But in the end, Rodney Tom won in Olympia.
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A photo essay on parking requirements and the ugly buildings they produce.
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The Obama administration is making a second attempt to systematically account for the dollar damage from greenhouse gas pollution, even with no consensus on how to forestall global warming or whether to do so. Supporters of the idea acknowledge the tremendous difficulties of trying to translate slippery estimates into a single mathematical factor.
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Canada is the country of choice for many immigrants searching for a better life. It also happens to be a popular destination for would-be entrepreneurs.
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