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November 9, 2009  
 
 
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NATIONAL NEWS
Urban Forestry Included in Portland Climate Action Plan
(Portland, OR)- City Council convened yesterday to adopt the comprehensive Climate Action Plan. City and County staff have revised the draft 2009 Climate Action Plan to address key findings from the public comment process. The adoption of this plan means that we set in place our community's ambitious sustainability roadmap to cut our local carbon emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050, Mayor Sam Adams said.

 

   
 


LOCAL STORY
Executive Director, DC Greenworks
(Washington, DC)- DC Greenworks is a social-environmental enterprise, which provides training and advocacy in environmentally beneficial building technologies, with an emphasis on vegetated green roofing. They focus on local environmental advocacy, as well as the implementation of low impact development projects that benefit communities across the national capital region.

 
     
 
   
 
 

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