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Cascade Policy Institute
4850 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.
Suite #103
Portland, OR 97225
 
phone: (503) 242-0900
fax: (503) 242-3822
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February 13, 2008

Global Warming Skeptics Prepare for International Conference

Filed under: — Cascade Policy Institute

International Conference on Climate Change - New York, March 2-4, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: James M. Taylor
E-mail: taylor@heartland.org

Hundreds of the world’s leading “skeptics” of the theory of man-made global warming will meet in New York City March 2-4, 2008 to present their case and discuss the latest scientific, economic and political research on climate change. . . . Read more!

 

December 11, 2007

Triple Failure: New Report Examines the Effects of Portland’s 18-Year-Old Polystyrene Foam Ban

Filed under: — Cascade Policy Institute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: John A. Charles, Jr.
Tel.: 503-242-0900
Fax: 503-242-3822
E-mail: john@cascadepolicy.org

This week Cascade Policy Institute released a report analyzing Portland’s eighteen-year-old polystyrene foam ban. Sustainable Failure: Why Portland’s Polystyrene Foam Ban Should Be Repealed details why the ban clearly fails the “triple bottom-line” test . . . Read more!

 

September 19, 2007

New Pilot Study Initiative Aims to Increase the Mobility of Low-Income Workers in Portland through Auto Ownership

Filed under: — Cascade Policy Institute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Sreya Sarkar
Tel.: 503-242-0900
Fax: 503-242-3822
E-mail: Sreya Sarkar

Cascade Policy Institute has released a report unveiling a pilot project to examine the feasibility of promoting low-income auto ownership as a transit strategy. . . . Read more!

 

March 19, 2007

New Study Shows that Selling the Elliott State Forest Could Double the Common School Fund

Filed under: — Cascade Policy Institute

For immediate release, March 19, 2007

Cascade Policy Institute released a report today calling for a new management strategy on the Elliott State Forest, including the possible sale to private parties. The study, entitled “Another Option for School Funding: Selling the Elliott State Forest,” was authored by Cascade President John A. Charles, Jr. . . . Read more!

 

April 25, 2006

Report Details Decades of Failure at Jefferson High School

Filed under: — Cascade Policy Institute

Critics Charge Portland Public Schools with Sub-Standard Education

This report was recently covered by both the Oregonian and the Portland Tribune.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Portland, OR) — Low test scores and a shocking lack of academic progress in the Jefferson Cluster (Portland’s Jefferson High School and the middle schools and elementary schools that feed into Jefferson) point to necessary educational reforms, according to a report released today by Portland members of the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) and the Cascade Policy Institute. . . . Read more!

 

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