Live from California, it’s the ecoShuttle Blog!
Hello, ecoShuttle website viewers and blog patrons! This week’s blog is coming to you from the sunny, welcoming climate of southern California. California has been well known around the world for its green energy initiatives, so it isn’t much of a surprise that the very first thing I noticed when my plane was coming in […]
Climate change linked to global rise in food prices
BY TYLER MOSS, JENNIFER WHOLEYAND LINDSEY VALICH MARCH 10, 2011 Original URL: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=182751 Tyler Moss/MEDILL Farmers at the year-round market at Logan Square say they are feeling the effects of climate change on their produce. Tyler Moss/MEDILL, information courtesy USDA Illinois corn production in 2009, including locations of ethanol plants across the state. Lindsey Valich/MEDILL. Information courtesy USDA Climate […]
Is The River Swimmable?
Any time I see a body of water, I have an interest in swimming in it. With summer around the corner, I get even more excited about splashing around somewhere. Since I’ve lived in Portland I have known one truth; it isn’t safe to swim in the Willamette River. Each day I cross the river […]
Green Coach Certification Program
As I have noted in many previous blogs, ecoShuttle is tirelessly dedicated to being the greenest transportation company on the block, no make that city. No, make that country, baby! Now we have a rating system to back up our green bona fides.
Carbon Neutral Challenge!!
“Knock knock.” “Who’s there?” “Carbon Neutral Challenge, booya!” Hello ecoShuttle Blog readers, I hope this blog finds you safe and well in this wintery bluster. As you well know, ecoShuttle maintains an ongoing commitment to sustainability as well as a commitment to take you to some of the most delicious wineries in the Northwest, so […]
ECOtality Commences Blink Residential Charging Station Installations in Oregon
February 23, 2011 08:00 AM Eastern Time PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECTY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, today commenced the installation of the company’s flagship Blink™ Level 2 Residential Charging Stations in Oregon. As project manager of The EV Project, the largest rollout of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and EVs […]
The Life Aquatic
The idea of living in or on the ocean has always been a fascinating idea tome. I think growing up in a landlocked state has always driven my interest in the life aquatic. I recently heard an interview with oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard on NPR’s Talk of the Nation Science Friday that piqued my interest.
San Francisco gas stations could be forced to sell biodiesel
By: Katie Worth 02/22/11 4:00 AMExaminer Staff Writer
Oregon’s B5 mandate triggered
The Oregon agriculture department’s measurement standards division issued notice yesterday that its in-state biodiesel production threshold of 15 MMgy was recently met, triggering Oregon’s B5 mandate. By Ron Kotrba | February 02, 2011 The Oregon agriculture department’s measurement standards division issued notice yesterday that its in-state biodiesel production threshold of 15 MMgy was recently met, triggering Oregon’s […]
Tackling Climate Change Begins with US
Over the last 20 years, the west coast has cultivated an image of itself as a vigilant steward of the environment and has some of the most progressive environmental state legislation in the country to back it up. Anyone living in Portland is well aware of how keen Portlanders are about making sure this planet […]