MPAC discussion shows climate project starting to come together
Three years after the Oregon Legislature told the Metro region to curb its per capita vehicle emissions, an effort to figure out how to curb those emissions is starting to make sense.
At no point has that been more clear than at Wednesday night's meeting of the Metro Policy Advisory Committee, where representatives of governments from around the Portland region asked specific questions about the project and how it would apply to their communities.


To create jobs and save money, several European metropolitan areas are building public-private partnerships that create innovative clean energy solutions the Portland area can learn from, says Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder.
Philip Fensterer, a marine-life keeper at the Oregon Zoo, is northward bound this weekend to participate in the annual Zoo Keeper Leadership Camp organized by Polar Bears International. Fensterer will travel to Churchill, Canada, to learn more about climate change and its effects on polar bears as they congregate on the shores of Hudson Bay to await the return of their icy hunting platform.