Do Bike Lanes Cause Pollution?

One-man band brings San Francisco bike plan to a halt.

Wall Street Journal Article http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121919354756955249.html

Shipping Costs Crimp Globalization

The New York Times reports some US manufacturers are moving production lines home to reduce shipping costs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/business/worldbusiness/03global.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Manitowoc Mending

Article from The Wall Street Journal

Export Boom Fuels Factory Town’s Revival - Plants thrive, Reopen in Manitowoc; Building cranes, school desks, saucepans.
by Timothy Aepel
http://www.truthabouttrade.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=12091

A Bipartisan Fix for the Oil Crisis

The president of Gulf Oil tells Democrats and Republicans to cut the BS and get serious about energy policies that correspond to 21^st Century realities.

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121564783168740955.html

Easy Oil in Kurdistan

The Wall Street Journal reports on the promising but perilous oil prospects of Iraq’s northern province, Kurdistan, where surface pools of black gold entice wildcatters.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121554950187436783.html

Well Duh…

Blame for gas price lands in your back yard
Bridget Johnson, guest columnist: As we climb toward five bucks a gallon, we should ask ourselves how much the “not in my backyard” syndrome brought us to where we are now: completely over a barrel.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/366512_johnson11.html

Get Rational

At $4, Everybody Gets Rational
When gas hits the $4.00 dollars a gallon mark, Americans become rational creatures.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503434.html

Back to Basics

The Seattle Times ran a major story documeting the robust good health of many US industrial sectors. Click the link to read the complete story. 

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004438575_economy26.html

Washington Made

Puget sound Business Journal has a special report called “Washington Made” this week, April 11-17, 2008. It’s running in conjunction with the Washington Manufacturing Appreciation celebrations. There are several articles that are linked here.

Inside the Industrial Economy, by Steve Wilhelm- Some manufacturing sectors in Washington get walloped; sinking dollar provides others with bright spot. Link: http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/14/focus1.html

Manufacturing Industry Gains on Weak Dollar, by Steve Wilhelm- Purchasing power of overseas companies strengthens, giving Northwest plants plenty of work. Link:  http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/14/focus2.html

A Paccar Economy, by Barbara Clements - More than 75 companies in Washington supply the truck-maker Paccar. Link:  http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/14/focus3.html

Worker Shortage Threat to Manufacturing Industry, by Brad Broberg. Link:  http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/14/focus4.html

Don’t Write Manufacturing Industry’s Eulogy Yet, by Paul Freeman - Certain manufacturing sectors take major hits while durable goods manufacturers continue to thrive. Link:  http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/04/14/focus5.html

The Northwest Industrial Index and the Manufacturing  Industrial Council are both mentioned severeal times in these articles.

Land Grab

Should the city’s industrial land be shared with retail stores and condos?

Intriging question asked by Dan Catchpole in article for the March 2008 issue of the Seattle Magazine, .

Our own Manufacturing Industrial Council Executive Committee Member Johnny Bianchi is interviewed for this story.

Link:  http://www.seattlemag.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=3E1DA341B2834604B64A1EB3BA74CCFB&tier=4&id=B4D78E117405432686AC1203132C2EB1&AudID=42BFF54AF0444B8F92E1C3E1A324650E