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Brown adviser traveling Unemployment in northwest
Oregon edges downward
to Paris climate talks
Greenhouse gas offset registry picking up the tab
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Gov. Kate
Brown’s energy policy ad-
viser, Ruchi Sadhir, will
travel to Paris next week
as part of a delegation
from California, Oregon,
Washington state, Illinois
and Tennessee at the in-
ternational climate talks in
Paris.
The trip is being paid
for by a California-based
environmental organiza-
tion that operates the larg-
est accredited greenhouse
gas offset registry for the
California cap-and-trade
program.
The focus of the United
Nations summit is to work
on a new international
agreement between nations
to address climate change.
Individual states are not in-
volved in the talks. Sadhir
did not respond to a request
for comment Tuesday af-
ternoon about what she
hopes to achieve during the
trip. However, Chris Pair,
Brown’s press secretary,
said it is important for Or-
egon to have a “seat at the
table” during the talks.
“Gov. Brown believes
Oregon’s unique and spe-
cial way of life is being
threatened by climate
change,” Pair wrote in an
email. “Oregon is already
experiencing the impacts
of increased drought, dev-
astating forest fires, fish
die-offs from increased
water temperature, and less
snowpack that leads to less
water supply. Future gen-
erations will rightly judge
the morality and leadership
of this generation not by
the fact of climate change,
but how we responded. Ru-
chi’s participation in the
world climate conference
in Paris is essential to en-
suring that Oregonians
have a seat at the table as
the world decides how to
mitigate climate change
and adapt to the challenges
climate change brings.”
Nonprofit to pay tab
Oregon taxpayers will
not pick up the tab for the
trip. Rather, the Los An-
geles-based nonprofit Cli-
mate Action Reserve will
pay for Sadhir’s travel, just
as the group did for Cali-
fornia Gov. Jerry Brown
and other members of the
delegation.
Climate Action Reserve
advocates “market-based
polices and solutions” to re-
duce greenhouse gas emis-
sions, and the group is in-
volved in registering carbon
offset projects through Cal-
ifornia’s cap-and-trade pro-
gram. In California, Gov.
Jerry Brown has been pro-
moting non-binding agree-
ments between cities, states
and provinces to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
Oregon
Gov.
Kate
Brown appointed Sadhir
in September to replace
energy policy adviser Mar-
gi Hoffman, who had also
served as former Gov. John
Kitzhaber’s energy adviser.
Sadhir previously worked
as a senior policy adviser
at the Oregon Public Util-
ity Commission.
Sadhir is the only mem-
ber of the delegation from
Oregon, according to Jen-
nifer Weiss, a spokeswom-
an for Climate Action Re-
serve. Weiss wrote in an
email that the delegation
“is largely California state
legislators and government
officials but also includes
officials from a few other
states, environmental non-
profit representatives and
sponsors.”
Billionaire
environmental
activist
The Los Angeles Times
has reported that billion-
aire environmental activist
Tom Steyer will be part
of the group traveling to
Paris, as well as former
California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
Weiss declined to reveal
on Tuesday how much the
group will pay for Sadhir’s
trip to Paris, but wrote in
email that “we will also
be providing gift reporting
letters to the government
officials that we are pay-
ing for and those will be
reported in their (Califor-
nia Fair Political Practices
Commission) filings.”
Weiss also wrote that
the group annually disclos-
es all of its funding sources
to the IRS in tax filings.
Oregon’s government
ethics law allows non-
profits to pay for public
officials’ expenses “for at-
tendance at a convention,
fact-finding mission or
trip, conference or other
meeting if the public offi-
cial is scheduled to deliver
a speech, make a presenta-
tion, participate on a panel
or represent state govern-
ment,” according to the
statute.
The Paris conference
begins Monday and runs
through Dec. 11. Sadhir
will depart for Paris on
Dec. 5, Pair said.
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ditional 50 jobs to the growth.
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Seasonally adjusted unem-
ployment rates edged down-
ward in October in northwest
Oregon, after months of slight
increases as the summer busy
season wound down, according
to data released Tuesday by the
Oregon Employment Depart-
ment.
Clatsop County employers
cut 470 jobs in October, 90 few-
er than expected. The changes
left total nonfarm payroll em-
ployment at 17,540, 380 more
than the same point last year, for
a growth rate of 2.2 percent.
The county had a seasonally
adjusted unemployment rate of
5.9 percent in October, down
one-¿fth of a percent from the
previous month and down three-
¿fths of a percent from a year
ago. Clatsop has the ninth-low-
est unemployment rate of Ore-
gon’s 36 counties.
In October, the private sector
dropped 630 jobs, while gov-
ernments added 160. The coun-
ty shed 360 jobs in leisure and
hospitality, 90 in retail trade and
80 in food manufacturing. Lo-
cal government education add-
ed 210 jobs as the school year
ramped up, and state govern-
ment cut 40 as part of seasonal
reductions.
Several industries experi-
enced growth over the past year,
including 110 jobs in leisure and
hospitality, 110 in retail trade
and 90 in educational and health
services. Local governments
shed 50 jobs over the past year.
Tillamook County
rate in the state.
In October, the private sector
shed 20 jobs, and governments
added 80. Leisure and hospital-
ity cut 30 jobs, and other indus-
tries had smaller changes.
Over the past year, sever-
al industries added signi¿cant
numbers of jobs, including 150
in durable goods manufacturing,
90 in professional and business
services, 70 in leisure and hos-
pitality and 50 in retail. Local
governments chipped in an ad-
Columbia County
Columbia County employ-
ers added 60 jobs in October,
30 fewer than forecasted. Total
nonfarm payroll employment
was 10,310, up 360 from last
year for a growth rate of 3.6 per-
cent.
The county had a 7.4 per-
cent seasonally adjusted em-
ployment rate in October, down
one-¿fth of a percent from the
previous month and nearly 1
percent down from a year ago.
Columbia is tied with Harney
County in Eastern Oregon for
the 24th-lowest unemployment
In October, Tillamook Coun-
ty employers lost 160 jobs, 50
fewer than expected. Total non-
farm payroll employment was
at 9,000 jobs by the end of the
month, 390 more than last year
for a growth rate of 4.5 percent.
The county had a seasonal-
ly adjusted unemployment rate
of 6.1 percent, down one-¿fth
of a percent from the previous
month and four-¿fths of a per-
cent from a year ago. Tillamook
is tied with Lane County for the
11th-lowest
unemployment
rate in the state.
In October, the private sector
cut 210 jobs, while governments
added 50. The leisure and hospi-
tality industry lost 170 jobs, and
retail dropped another 30. Local
government education added 70
jobs.
Over the past year, manufac-
turing has added 210 jobs, edu-
cational and health services 40
and leisure and hospitality 70.
The employment department
will release November’s sea-
sonally adjusted employment
data Dec. 15. For more in-depth
data on employment, visit www.
qualityinfo.org
Ben & Carrie Brown
thank you
The generosity and thoughtfulness we have
experienced from our family, friends, co workers
and fellow community members following the
loss of our home has been overwhelming. We
wish we could personally thank everyone for
their compassion, but circumstances have made it
difficult. Therefore we would like to express our
deepest appreciation and thanks to all who have
made this trying time easier to bare.
We would also like to extend our tremendous
gratitude to all the fire fighters that dedicated
their time and put themselves in harm’s way on
our behalf. Solely due to their labors we were
able to recover a few precious family belongings
and heirlooms. Words can not express our
gratitude for their efforts.
Thank you,
Ben, Carrie, Kai & Kleary Brown
Mike Cahill
1943 - 2015
I b elieve tha t a n yo n e w ho rea lly kn ew M ike w a s cha n ged b y him .
He d id n ’t try to cha n ge p eo p le — I’m s u re he w a s n ’t even a w a re o f it;
it’s ju s t s o m ethin g tha t ha p p en ed b eca u s e he w a s s u ch a u n iq u e m a n ...
a co m p lex m a n .
M ike w a s a b le to rela te to a n yo n e o n a n y level a t a n ytim e. F ro m the ja n ito r to
the CE O, he co u ld fin d a co m m o n gro u n d — he “ go t a kick o u t o f it.”
He n ever w a n ted to s to p ha vin g id ea s a n d crea tin g n ew b u s in es s es . On e o f o u r fa vo rite even in g a ctivi ties w a s
“ the b o ttle o f w in e id ea .” W e ca m e u p w ith s o m e d o o zies , b u t a lw a ys excitin g a n d a grea t fu el fo r la u ghter!
He w a s a lw a ys u p fo r a n ythin g — I lo ved tha t a b o u t him . He w a s fea rles s ... a tru e en trep ren eu r.
He to o k o n res to rin g a 110-yea r-o ld Cra fts m a n ho m e w hile b ein g s o s ick he co u ld ha rd ly get o u t o f b e d s o m e
d a ys . It n ever s to p p ed him .
If I ha d to d es crib e m y hu s b a n d in o n e w o rd it w o u ld b e “ givin g” ... to a n yo n e, to everyo n e. If he o n ly ha d
a tw en ty-d o lla r b ill in his p o cket a n d he tho u ght s o m eo n e els e n eed ed it m o re tha n him , he w o u ld giv e it to
them , w itho u t hes ita tio n .
No o n e els e co u ld ever ta ke M ike Ca hill’s p la ce in this w o rld o r a n y o ther — he w a s u n iq u e.
He left this w o rld w ith his b lu e eyes w id e o p en a n d w a tchin g in a w e a s he en tered his n ext p la ce.
A p a rt o f m e left w ith him .
Ba b y, yo u ta u ght m e s o m u ch. I s till lo o k fo r yo u a ro u n d every co rn er.
I w ill fin is h tha t ho u s e a n d m a ke yo u p ro u d !
Y o u r w ife, frien d a n d s o u l m a te, Judi
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