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…

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…

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…

“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…

  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 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…

  By: Katie Worth 02/22/11 4:00 AMExaminer Staff Writer      …

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…

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…

Analysis by Tracy Staedter Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:24 AM ET   Administrations dating back to the Nixon years have touted a “get off foreign oil” policy that, to date, has really gone no where. We’re still on foreign oil. But now we might have a chance to get on foreign synthetic gasoline. A research…

            When President Obama recently gave his State of the Union Address, he indicated that one of his goals in the future is to eliminate tax breaks for oil companies, and to use those tax dollars to invest in green energy to have our country deriving 80% of our electricity from clean energy sources.  Well…

Hooray for Italy.  Italy is the latest country to have banned plastic shopping bags, and the ban went into effect on January 1st of this year.  The bag ban gained steam after a grass-roots movement submitted petitions from over 100,000 Italians to their government.  Several large Italian cities had already imposed a ban on the…