Pacific Northwest
By Steve Dwyer
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 The Pacific Northwest has long been viewed as a pioneering region in adopting sustainable development practices. Back in the early to mid-1990’s, these principles were carried out by fledgling coalitions such as Sustainable Northwest, established in 1994 within a charter that “envisions an economy and society where people, communities and businesses refuse to sacrifice the good of the land for the good of the people, or the good of the people for the good of the land—finding a new path which honors both. We are committed to a human community working together—able to think beyond itself to embrace the entire biological community and from one generation to many.”
These precepts continue to prevail to this day in the Pacific Northwest and, in fact, have become even more urgent and resolute—not only through the efforts of Oregon-based Sustainable Northwest but other coalitions in the region. One of the centerpieces of Sustainable Northwest is the creation of a “vibrant community” that fosters and celebrates healthy people and biodiversity, and the linkages between them.
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  28 percent approximate amount of all energy used in the Unites States for transporting people and goods from one place to another.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 200-300 estimated number of hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the United States today
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 9,783,000 number of barrels of crude oil the United States imports each day.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 1 million number of gallons of fresh water that can be contaminated from the used oil from one oil change.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 20 million number of people that celebrated the first Earth Day on Aril 22, 1970.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 $2.3 billion amount President Obama awarded for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 509 approximate number of operational landfill gas (LFG) energy projects currently in the United States. LFG electricity generation projects provide the energy equivalent of powering more than 920,000 homes annually
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