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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 12:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Downtown-Roseburg-rail-yard-redevelopment-could/x8OEqTzh90Wfpnuwlmqmmg.cspx&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e8:p8:t1286921362:&cd=Su8Fx6vPIOk&usg=AFQjCNFSueaYdyjbWvKneimhjulPcimkRA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Downtown
Roseburg rail yard redevelopment could possibly help Umpqua Dairy</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KMTR NewsSource 16)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">(KMTR) – Central </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> & Pacific Railroad's (CORP) planned abandonment of its old downtown Roseburg rail switching
yard could spell future redevelopment </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">DOE OFFERS LOAN GUARANTEE TO MASSIVE ORE. WIND TURBINE PROJECT (New York Times) </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The Department of Energy plans to provide a loan guarantee to the world's largest wind farm, increasing the agency's total loan guarantees or conditional commitments to almost $16 billion. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-utility-tariff-20101012,0,4581782.story%3Ftrack%3Drss&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e13:p13:t1286921362:&cd=Su8Fx6vPIOk&usg=AFQjCNEvd_YdoC72_cfqJl2_iKxAVBGrGw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Solar
energy proponents push California to adopt 'feed-in tariff' for </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u><b>...</b></u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Los Angeles Times)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Despite being barely one-20th the size of the U.S. and more often overcast,</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> </font><a href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/germany-PLGEO000003.topic"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666">Germany</font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
still manages to produce four times as much solar-generated power.</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> . .</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Slots for program participants in <b>Oregon</b> sold out 15 minutes after they were first offered in July. Such programs are responsible for sparking about 75% of <b>...</b></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D23%26SubSectionID%3D392%26ArticleID%3D74024&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e9:p9:t1286921362:&cd=Su8Fx6vPIOk&usg=AFQjCNHYwoQkurwTf6Q0s1NTzs7MmRW5tw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Renew
our </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u><b>land</b></u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u> and water legacy</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (The Daily Astorian)<br>
</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Both </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> and Washington benefit enormously from the LWCF and related state programs. Wildlife refuges on Columbia
estuary islands and Willapa Bay are </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/google_jumps_into_wind_industr.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>Google Jumps into Wind Industry</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
(</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">OregonLive.com)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#444E5C">NEW YORK — Google and a group of technology and investment firms have set aside $1.8 billion to build a network of deep water transmission lines for future wind farms off the East Coast. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 11:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newsregister.com/article/45734-stern%2Bstudy%2Bmotion&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v0:d1:i0:lt:e5:p5:t1286841241:&cd=cP6y7slCOs8&usg=AFQjCNH4NROrJdUChsN7B8SGwsrSEuZlxw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Stern
a study in motion</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (McMinnville News-Register)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Addressing fellow members of the state Farm Activities Task Force, Linn County Commissioner John Lindsey gets wound up, really wound up, on one of his favorites subjects - how lawyers are ruining Oregon's land use
process with their legal minutiae. . .</font></div>
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<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101011/UPDATE/101011023/-1/update&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v0:d1:i0:lt:e9:p9:t1286841241:&cd=cP6y7slCOs8&usg=AFQjCNGPo09i1vhzbTaDlK7xi12VbLlFBA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Pipeline
project facing hurdles</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Statesman-Journal)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">To read the headlines, September was a bad month for supporters of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay and a pipeline from there to the Southeastern Oregon town of Malin: . . .<br>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">MISLEADING PUBLICITY HURTS OREGON PLANNING -- GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian) <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/misleading_publicity_hurts_ore.html"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/misleading_publicity_hurts_ore.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Recently, Oregon State University sent out a press release to highlight the work of some of its academics. If the point of the release was to draw attention to the work of these academics, it succeeded, but perhaps
at the cost of accuracy. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 9:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/local/1302644/Deschutes-County-Reviews-Whether-To-Allow-Commercial-Events-In-Farm-Zones.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v0:d1:i0:lt:e6:p6:t1286668450:&cd=_dWpq87Vrrg&usg=AFQjCNEPilNBWDXYOjpvf82RnXuiSy9xMA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Deschutes
County Reviews Whether To Allow Commercial Events In Farm Zones</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (myCentralOregon.com)<br>
Although the discussion is not a </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>land use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> action and is not covered by procedural </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>land use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
rules, the Board has decided to permit public testimony at the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2010/10/10-10-10-01.shtml&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e7:p7:t1286662167:&cd=jpDZgq39ePI&usg=AFQjCNGmbXS9qpS79xXRTIBDHKflXq_FCQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Planner
plans to plan no more</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Dalles Chronicle)<br>
“</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Land use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> planning is always going to be challenging and controversial, especially in the gorge with its multijurisdictional and it's never an easy job but
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 8:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/428044_warming08.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e1:p1:t1286575803:&cd=5XqHXJrApds&usg=AFQjCNGE9MMU9TkrkuBXS1zasKUDbB9kzQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Hot
stuff: UW part of national effort to study global warming</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Seattle Post Intelligencer)<br>
In an arrangement that could mean many more millions of dollars in research funding in years to come, the University of Washington, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> State University,
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 7:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Proposed Solar Farm in Central Washington Gets County Permit (KUOW News)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The biggest solar power plant proposed in the Northwest now has the green light from the Kittitas County Commission in central Washington. But an appeal from unhappy neighbors remains a stumbling block for the private
developer. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.examiner.com/city-buzz-in-raleigh/study-raleigh-has-fifth-longest-commuting-times-the-nation&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e10:p10:t1286489375:&cd=T3GI6B2W5Vk&usg=AFQjCNEq-MDvIfYdBya1YXVCrpQUwj_UXQ"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Study:
Raleigh has fifth longest commuting times in the nation</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Examiner.com Raleigh)<br>
Over the past two decades, for example, Portland, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, which has smart </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>land use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
planning and has invested in alternative transportation, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/story.php%3Fstory_id%3D128639356150722200&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e17:p17:t1286489375:&cd=T3GI6B2W5Vk&usg=AFQjCNFvxRV3vONYavZfLpVNvYyfNWGuhw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Business
park likely to lose </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u><b>land</b></u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>-</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u><b>use</b></u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>
lawsuit</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (West Linn Tidings)<br>
23 by the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> Supreme Court in a case brought against the city by West Linn Corporate Park. The case has bounced between jurisdictions for years, </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">NUMBER OF CARS PLYING 99W INCREASING (Newberg Graphic) <a href="http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/October/05/Local.News/number.of.cars.plying.99w.increasing/news.aspx"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/October/05/Local.News/number.of.cars.plying.99w.increasing/news.aspx</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">-ODOT counts more than 41,600 cars traveling through Newberg on an average day- . . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 6:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Florida's Amendment 4 Puts Land-Use Issues on the Ballot (Governing)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">The most controversial vote Floridians cast this fall may not be for governor or senator, but rather for Amendment 4, a ballot initiative dealing with the normally esoteric issue of local land-use plans. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.keysnet.com/2010/10/06/265585/land-plan-ballot-question-splits.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v0:d1:i0:lt:e3:p3:t1286409240:&cd=LCPXzqSbzNA&usg=AFQjCNF2fb5kKgBd4Dktq41HoD68942uwg"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Land-plan
ballot question splits electorate</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (KeysNet)<br>
If approved by 60 percent of voters, the proposed change to the Florida Constitution would require that changes to a county or municipal </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>land-use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> plan be </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sustainableindustries.com/articles/2010/09/unlikely-alliance-future-clean-energy-jobs&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e1:p1:t1286402963:&cd=r_iu_cTD3YQ&usg=AFQjCNEjXaiYxc0s8BETZ4LDNLdk9xbBuA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>The
unlikely alliance for the future of clean energy jobs</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Sustainable Industries)<br>
In 1973, Governor Tom McCall, and Senator Hector McPherson, both Republicans, teamed up with Democrats to pass SB 100 and create </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon's land use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> planning
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/columns/2010/10/industrial_revitalization_is_a_key_part_of_sustainability.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e2:p2:t1286402963:&cd=r_iu_cTD3YQ&usg=AFQjCNGDhpqJFBlX4wcKN8QOwJErTQKq_A"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Industrial
revitalization is a key part of sustainability</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Sustainable Business Oregon blog)<br>
It is the heart of the region's industrial </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>land</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> base. The </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
Business Development Department describes the site as “one of the most important industrial </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/05/AR2010100505984.html&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e8:p8:t1286402963:&cd=r_iu_cTD3YQ&usg=AFQjCNEFqWTfKekAh-6fQMgRu7Qq1n6j_g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Interior
Dept. approves first solar projects on federal lands</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Washington Post)<br>
One applicant that has been awaiting approval for nine months is the 905-megawatt Caithness Shepherds Flat wind power project in </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">, the largest under </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">FOREST DEBRIS AS 'GOLD' -- UNLESS THE U.S. SAYS NO (Portland Oregonian) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/forest_debris_as_gold_--_unles.html"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/10/forest_debris_as_gold_--_unles.html</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A promising fraction of Oregon's energy now comes from burning wood debris: slash piles on the forest floor from logging or thinning, naturally fallen and decaying trees within uncut forests, wood shavings and bark
and trimmings from mill operations. The wood debris, called biomass, produces heat for buildings or electricity for lights and toasters. . .</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">A REPORT ON OREGONS ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE (The Daily Journal of Commerce) </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/10/04/a-report-on-oregons-roadway-infrastructure/"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#0000FF"><u>http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/10/04/a-report-on-oregons-roadway-infrastructure/</u></font></a></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon’s economic health is tied to its roadway infrastructure. As decisions are made, Oregonians, especially recent arrivals, need to appreciate the scope of this. . . </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oct 5</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://altpowerconstruction.com/index/webapp-stories-action%3Fid%3D368&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e3:p3:t1286316566:&cd=dQzqWApAJgE&usg=AFQjCNEKBNexcbMyfzAdNh1unKg7GoMo5w"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Monitoring
the Geothermal Market</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Alternative Power Construction)<br>
Geothermal energy also has one of the smallest </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>land use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> footprints out of energy production techniques and the smallest among the renewables. </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...<br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.wilsonvillespokesman.com/news/2010/October/05/Dialogue/cabelas.gets.at.the.heart.of.landuse.debate/news.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e0:p0:t1286316566:&cd=dQzqWApAJgE&usg=AFQjCNF9RoRA4uaa_U2-PGBuyFAdJpuKlw"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Cabela's
gets at the heart of </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u><b>land</b></u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>-</u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u><b>use</b></u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>
debate</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Wilsonville Spokesman)<br>
The debate over a possible Cabela's in Wilsonville gets at the heart of all local </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>land use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> issues. Who, ultimately, has the control? </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.opb.org/article/14866-bend-prepares-its-next-20-years-growth/&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e5:p5:t1286316566:&cd=dQzqWApAJgE&usg=AFQjCNFVAWM6i9YIdVrv80YHt4cSJlaQ-g"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Bend
Prepares For Its Next 20 Years Of Growth</u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (OPB News)<br>
Hardy isn't alone in critiquing Bend's </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>land use</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> plans. In January, the </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">
Department of Land Conservation and Development, the body that governs the UGB </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101005/NEWS/310059995/would-tidal-turbines-electromagnetic-fields-affect-sea-life-sequim&ct=ga&cad=:s1:f2:v1:d1:i0:lt:e13:p13:t1286316566:&cd=dQzqWApAJgE&usg=AFQjCNGSyVnR8Cy2-LUeTG2l-t5on_zyYA"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u>Would
tidal turbines' electromagnetic fields affect sea life? Sequim lab wants </u></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2" color="#1111CC"><u><b>...</b></u></font></a><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> (Peninsula Daily)<br>
Researchers from Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Oregon</b></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"> State University are also studying the potential electromagnetic effects on </font><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><b>...</b></font></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><b>Lisa Howard</b> | Assistant to the Director</font></div>
<div><font size="2">Director's Office<br>
Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development<br>
635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540<br>
Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 271 | Cell: (503) 383-8911 | Fax: (503) 378-5518<br>
<a href="mailto:lisa.howard@state.or.us"><font color="#0000FF"><u>lisa.howard@state.or.us</u></font></a> | <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.oregon.gov/LCD</u></font></a> </font></div>
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