Student plans to protest logging by sitting in Salem tree - Oregonlive.com

Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky clambered about 50 feet up the pine tree on Tuesday and plans to stay until Friday.

Zimmer-Stucky is a member of the Eugene chapter of the environmental group Rising Tide, based in Britain.

The group draws attention to climate-change issues, including public transportation and cap-and-trade permits.

Chilled Alaska

Chilly conditions persisted across the southern half of Alaska, where temperatures averaged as much as 5 to 10 degrees F below normal, while heavy precipitation subsided across the southeastern part of the state. In the Aleutians, Cold Bay posted consecutive daily-record lows (17 and 14 degrees F) on November 6-7. Meanwhile, Fairbanks opened November with below-normal temperatures on 8 consecutive days, along with snowfall totaling 3.0 inches. Between September 27 and November 8, a span of 43 days, Fairbanks' only warmer-than-normal days occurred on October 10 and 11.