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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120813/UPDATE/120813041/Oregon-Court-Appeals-decide-next-step-LNG-project%3Fodyssey%3Dtab%257Ctopnews%257Ctext%257CNews&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA3q6rgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=F5ZTbNeSlnA&usg=AFQjCNE5_GMQvkTqtPTy8qHq-Z1rboNsew"><b><span style="color:#1111CC">Oregon</span></b><span style="color:#1111CC">
Court of Appeals to decide next step in LNG project</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">Statesman Journal</span></span><br>
The county now argues that the new commissioners had authority to reconsider the previous approval – and that any appeal of the commissioners' 2011 rejection must go to the state
<b>Land Use</b> Board of Appeals, not the circuit court. “The reconsideration <b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.opb.org/article/lng_factions_clash_over_pipeline/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA0IumgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=k7x1NWZ3vfk&usg=AFQjCNENRwulRteZ-sQrCcUWQcSbZy5KsA"><span style="color:#1111CC">LNG
Factions Clash Over Pipeline</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">OPB News</span></span><br>
Michael Connors, an attorney for <b>Oregon</b> Pipeline, said the board's vote to remand a previous
<b>land</b>-<b>use</b> decision invalidated any action because the board did not readdress the issue in the mandated time frame. “It's no longer a final decision, so it's no
<b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.seasidesignal.com/news/article_f9817dfe-e238-11e1-a5a1-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA1P-QgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=tPe7GLyGfyc&usg=AFQjCNEIUCEMteOseE8c7tTbQCqH0URP3g"><span style="color:#1111CC">Clatsop
gas pipeline issue before the <b>Oregon</b> Court of Aopeals</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">Seaside Signal</span></span><br>
November 2010. Board of Commissioners approves <b>Oregon</b> Pipeline LLC's consolidated
<b>land use</b> application for 41 miles of pipeline. Project opponents including Columbia Riverkeeper appeal decision to
<b>Oregon Land Use</b> Board of Appeals. January 2011 <b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://oregonmetro.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=707171d47c98afea9b6439cf9&id=9c6c1ecde7&e=8f1016c555">Future of the Portland region shaped by diversity, says Pastor</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Diversity and economics. A presentation to the Metro Council.<o:p></o:p></p>
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nears on major <b>Oregon</b> water <b>use</b> report</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">Oregon Natural Resources Report</span></span><br>
<b>Oregon's</b> Statewide Planning Goals are one of the foundations of <b>Oregon's land use</b> system. The Planning Goals set the state's
<b>land use</b> principles and provide instructions to local governments on how to fulfill the Goals. The December 2011 draft of the IWRS
<b>...</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/08/oregon-lands-grant-for-wood-energy.html&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAz63xgAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=asiMMgg62uw&usg=AFQjCNGJoAUvuxT59kicmOS-h7nT3cEMXA"><b><span style="color:#1111CC">Oregon
lands</span></b><span style="color:#1111CC"> grant for wood energy cluster</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:#777777;text-decoration:none">Sustainable Business Oregon</span></span><br>
The $168000 Forest Service grant will support a pilot project focused on developing biomass energy projects that will
<b>use</b> waste from forest-thinning efforts to provide heat and power at schools, commercial buildings and mills. The grant comes on the heels of the
<b>...</b> The <b>Oregon</b> Department of Energy, Sustainable Northwest, the Bureau of
<b>Land</b> Management, <b>Oregon</b> Department of Forestry, <b>Oregon's</b> economic development department and other groups will help administer the grant.
<b>Oregon</b> is the first state tapped by <b>...<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/08/oregon-lands-grant-for-wood-energy.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoBjAAOABAz63xgAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=asiMMgg62uw&usg=AFQjCNGUO6l7XvWvQsHKw5gGN5Rb7guzeQ" title="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2012/08/oregon-lands-grant-for-wood-energy.html&hl=en&geo=us"><span style="color:#228822">See
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Council to reconsider historic barn <b>use</b> dsecision</span></a><br>
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1 the council met in executive session to discuss an appeal to the <b>Oregon Land Use</b> Board of Appeals (LUBA) made by the barn owner, Shannon Smith, over use of the facility. Following the executive session, the council reconvened in open public session
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