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Eastern Oregon's *DairyAir* Factor in Gorge Pollution

A recent report concludes that the Threemile Canyon Industrial Dairy complex - with its 55,000 cows and 5.6 million pounds of ammonia per year - is contributing to the degradation of the Columbia River Gorge. 

Ammonia from the dairy combines with particulates from the PGE Boardman coal-fired power plant and funnels into the Gorge when the winds blow from east to west in the winter. The result is acid rain and haze, some of the worst pollution found in the Pacific Northwest.   

And for the Gorge air, it doesn't appear to be getting any better anytime soon. 

Read the Oregonian story, Scientists see bad days ahead for gorge air. 

Beef in your tank??

Beef ain't just for dinner any more.

Biodiesel may be hip, funky and progressive....but Portland hipsters might be shocked to know that biodiesel's not necessarily veggie. 

Check out this article in Beef Magazine. To wet your appetite:

There's no reason why a co-op of U.S. beef producers can't put together a biodiesel plant like Argent's, just as corn growers put together co-ops for ethanol. So put a little beef in your tank.

Moooooooooo.