Page 18 WIND Energy, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy, May 21. 1974 (No. 49). Available from U.S. Gov. Printing Office.... REVISED Willamette River Greenway plans are available from Robert K. Potter, Rm. 316, State Hwy. Bldg., Salem, Or. 97310.... WITH the 70s version of the 1930s WPA, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, the Seattle Arts Commission has created 60 parttime job openings for artists, including a film of the history of Seattle.... BETWEEN 1964 and 1970, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there was a 1.3 percent decrease in sunshine... : "THE Role of Small Scale and Rural Industry and Its Interaction with Agriculture and Large Scale Industry in China," jon Sigurdson, Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics, 1974, 167 pages. From: Grevgatan 8, 114 53, Stockholm, Sweden.... MRS. Betty Reynolds of Nampa, Idaho, earned about $1,800 last year by returning recyclable cans and bottles.... THE FEA has estimated that at maximum the barrel of oil replacement value of 1974 U.S. production of high temperature solar collectors was 56 bbl/day out of a total national consumption rate of 17 million bbl/day.... GOODWILL collections are down 50 percent since last September. ... THE state of Maine plans to have a methanol power plant in operation by the end of 1976.... STATE Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. is now offering reduced auto insurance rates for people participating in car pools or using public transportation. ... MATERIAL shortages, industry perceptions of shortages, report of study/survey done of 258 U.S. companies and their present, future perceptions of shortages. Permanent subcommittee on investigations of the committee on government operations, U.S. Senate, Aug. 74. U.S. Gov. Printing Rush Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, No. 5270-02468, 55i .. .. SENATOR Mike Gravel's report from Washington is now entitled "Energy Newsletter'' and is sent to 150,000 people.... THE design and construction of an alternative energy system for a rural college is an NSF grant awarded to Ms. Prudance Smith, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vt. 05344. ... IN a study of rats in 40 U.S. cities, biologists from Bowling Green University found that as many as 77 percent of the rats in most locations had developed immunity to anticoagulant rodent killers.... THE Netherlands Industrial Council for Oceanology is designing a major wind conversion plan for construction of 158 power plants on small islands in the North Sea.... SENATOR Hatfield's March 197 5 newsletter is a good summary of the world food problem.... MT. St. Helens may erupt again before the turn of the century and with very high likelihood within 100 years, according to an article in Science magazine (Feb. 7, 1975).... A STUDY of solar energy use for air conditioning two 56-story Manhattan buildings, $186,000 NSF grant administered by MIT's Energy Lab.... CITY of Seattle is accepting proposals for conversion of municipal solid waste to methanol or ammonia. Robert Sheehan, Seattle Solid Waste/Methanol/ Ammonia Project, 402 Municipal Bldg., Seattle, Wn. 98104, 583-5792.... THE Bureau of Outdoor Education's Land and Water Conservation Program is going to use some of its money for "acquisition and development of community recreational gardening lands and facilities.... SYLVESTER Graham, of graham cracker fame, claimed that excessive verbiage could be cured by eating whole wheat.... OREGON People magazine looks a lot like a statewide version of the Chamber of Commerce's Portland magazine, minus the industry update kind of thing. P.O. Box 10145, Portland, Or. 97210, 2275994.... IN England, the Dept. of Industry has set up a "waste materials exchange," project to link companies who will be able to use a variety of waste with the ers of the waste. I ... IN a recent ion, the Michigan Supreme Court upheld the state's 1970 Environmental Protection Act, which grants citizens the right to file suit to stop projects that may damage the environment.... OREGON Timber Taxation. If you want to know the various tax options available to both small and large timber land owners, write to: Forest Economy Council Report, Chamber of Commerce, 824 S.W. 5th, Portland, Or. 97204. Ask for No. 38. 2-28-75.... FOR the first time since 1952, U.S. energy use has declined, according to a preliminary report from the Bureau of Mines. U.S. energy use declined 2.2 percent in 1974. Energy use has risen at an annual rate of 4.1 percent since 1960.... THE Federal Energy Administration has decided to support "lifeline" utility pricing through funding local projects as models.... 40 MUSK oxen have been captured on Numivak Island, west of Alaska mainland, and airlifted by Soviet air transport to Siberia, as part of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Environmental Protection Agreement of 1972.... MAY 27-29, International Solar Exposition, Sheridan Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.... SELF sufficient forms of community living on the ocean? Ocean Living Institute, 23 River Rd., North Arlington, N.J. 07032.... TAX incentive for solar heating and cooling bill tentatively approved by House Ways and Means Committee, part of the energy conservation and conversion act of 1975. U.S. House Bill 5005.... IN Russia a "book premium" is offered for each 44 lbs. of old paper that citizens recycle; the books are chosen from a selected list.... MAY 17, Pacific Northwest Chapter Environmental Education meeting, Sispus Environmental Center, Randal, Washington. Contact Doris Cellarius, Environmental Education Committee, 2439 Crestline Dr., Olympia, Washington 98502 (943-687 5).
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