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Climate emerges as hot issue in Columbia River Treaty talks with Canada
2013-03-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: When President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Columbia River Treaty with Canada as one of his last official acts in January of 1961, global warming did not rank as a public concern. Fifty-two years later, it's a far different story: Scientific models predict that rising temperatures will reduce the snowpack and glacier mass in nearby mountains, resulting in less water during seasonal runoffs for the 1,243-mile-long Columbia River, the longest in the Pacific Northwest. The treaty created a massive...
Higgins urges Congress to protect Great Lakes restoration, Buffalo River funding
2013-03-16 10:20:50| Chemicals - Topix.net
Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, spoke on the House Floor Friday to urge his colleagues in Congress to repeal the sequester by highlighting the importance of continued Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding for projects like the cleanup of the Buffalo River.
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Lots of uknowns as petroleum coke piles up along Detroit River
2013-03-15 21:34:00| Waste Management - Topix.net
The "petcoke" is a byproduct of the crude oil refinement process. This petcoke comes from the nearby Marathon oil refinery.
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River District Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Bonds, 2012 Series A/B/C
2013-03-15 19:17:07| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 2,418kbCategory: Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Bonds
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04.18: Powell's City College: People of the River: Ethnohistory of the Native Cultures of the Lower Columbia
2013-03-15 18:36:48| Powells Books Events Calendar
Powell's is proud to offer a second semester of Powell's City College, a series of classes on the arts and culture of Portland taught by members of the community with expertise in a particular field. All classes are limited to 10 students. Classes will be held at Powell's City of Books. Browse all upcoming Powell's City College courses here. Or call Powell's at 503-228-4651 for information and registration. People of the River: Ethnohistory of the Native Cultures of the Lower Columbia Lewis and Clark reported the Native Americans to be "as numerous on the Columbia River as the whites in any part of the United States." The people the explorers encountered thrived in the rich environment along the river and had important traditions involving art, architecture, and folklore. Narratives and accounts from the ethnographic literature will bring into focus a picture of these people and their rich, complex societies. Tuition: $195. Instructor: Melissa Darby, archaeologist, historian, and principal investigator, Lower Columbia Research & Archaeology. Thursdays, April 18 - May 9, 1 - 3pm Register for this class.
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