Analysis by Nic Halverson Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:32 PM ET (0) Comments | Leave a Comment Print Email facebook share8 With a gallon of diesel costing a dollar more than it did a year ago, bus companies are getting gouged every time one of their fleet members pulls up to the tank. Enter Proterra, an electric-bus startup company that uses…

  Hello everyone, this week has been so busy at ecoShuttle headquarters, here are some new developments from ecoShuttle Land! One exciting piece of news is that our newest, smallest vehicle, the new Nissan Leaf has finally made it to Portland.  There has been such high demand for this vehicle that it was originally delayed…

  Portland activist Jeff Bernards invested $10,000 of his own money to start a campaign to ban studded tires in Oregon this last January.  Groups opposing the ban recently saw their coffers expand by $100,000 as tire companies join the fray.  I think the ban is a good idea…

  Hello everyone!  I’d like to bring to your attention a neat concept.   It’s called Plate and Pitchfork (http://www.plateandpitchfork.com/dinners.aspx).  Plate and Pitchfork invites you to a farm, gives you some wine and an appetizer, and then a guided tour of the farm.  Upon returning from the tour, world-class chefs prepare 4, sometimes 5-course meals for…

  I was just checking out the lineup for Pickathon, and I must say I am impressed!  The annual indie roots music festival will be entering its 13th year when it takes place August 5th through the 7th in Happy Valley, Oregon.  As you may or may not know, ecoShuttle is a sponsor of Pickathon…

  Greetings blog readers!   I hope this week finds you well.  Now, folks keep asking me about what’s going down on Memorial Day, so I’m going to lay out some great activities going on this weekend.              First off, we have the Rose Festival Fireworks taking place Friday night at 10pm to kick off…

ZeaChem, Inc., has signed a long-term binding term sheet with GreenWood Tree Farm Fund (GTFF), managed by GreenWood Resources (GWR), to supply hybrid poplar woody biomass for its first commercial cellulosic biorefinery. The combination of GTFF’s existing tree farms in close proximity to the biorefinery, GWR’s world leadership in development and management of tree plantations…

  Hey gang!  Last week saw us raise the bed!  The crew got together in the rain and occasional sunshine to build a raised garden bed.  There was plenty of fertilizer to be shoveled, oh yes.  It turned out really well.  We all had fun and learned new things.  The folks for whom we built…

  Greetings blog readers, On behalf of ecoShuttle and GrowingGardens I would like to say thank you to all those who came out to our event on Sunday.  I hope you all had a good time, I know I did!  I also got my first sunburn of the year and probably gained 5 pounds…

  How’s it going blog readers?  Things are going well here at ecoShuttle, we are definitely staying busy getting ready for our big GrowingGardens Fundraiser (www.growing-gardens.org/) this Sunday at our headquarters, 2420 NE Columbia Blvd, here in P-town.  Our goal is to help get people in low income families up and gardening so they can…

  By: Mark Klosterman Hello everyone!  As you have probably noticed, it is easy to be a negative Nancy when writing about environmental issues and climate change, but people are making great efforts to correct this, and it is okay to write about that too.  Hopefully I can make this a recurring blog theme that…

FARGO, N.D. — Amyris and Gevo are two of the highest-flying stocks in the biofuels sector in 2011. Each has posted spectacular gains since January. Both firms are intriguing because their emphasis is on the production of advanced biofuels.By: Cole Gustafson, Cole GustafsonFARGO, N.D. — Amyris and Gevo are two of the highest-flying stocks in the…