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Press Release: Fans Ready to Roll to the Rose Garden for Annual Bike to Blazers Game
Here’s the official press release from the Trail Blazers about the big event tomorrow!: A free prize raffle for an autographed Bill Walton helmet A “dress like Bill Walton” contest Community bike awareness events on the Rose Quarter Commons A designated bike section for the first 100 ticket buyers, with JumboTron recognition. Post game free-throw…
Another U.S. Federal Agency on Board with Sustainable Transport
Submitted by Megan McConville on April 2, 2010No Comment The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is joining the growing list of federal agencies recognizing the benefits of active and sustainable transportation. Photo: shoothead. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportationand now Health and Human Services, all…
SmartTrips Business reports successful first year
By Inna Levin SmartTrips Business is an outreach program of the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) that helps local businesses inform their customers and employees of sustainable transportation options to reach their destination. Its final report for the first year in the North and Northwest Portland neighborhoods is now out and can be found here. Between…
Bend solar parts maker PV Powered bought by Colorado’s Advanced Energy
By Jeff Manning, The Oregonian March 24, 2010, 4:20PM A promising Bend-based solar power company has been bought out by a Colorado competitor for as much as $90 million in cash and stock. Advanced Energy Industries Inc. of Fort Collins, Colo., has purchased PV Powered, a maker of so-called inverters, a fundamental component of solar…
Transportation Engineers from CH2M Hill Venture into Social Media
Press release from: CH2M Hill – Green Growth Cascadia Green Growth Cascacdia Logo Store this image in big size (openPR) – Transportation engineers from Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, and Edmonton have teamed up to start Green Growth Cascadia (greengrowthCC.com) to promote awareness of how basic engineering and transportation decisions can affect our carbon footprint…
Oregon utility expands solar portfolio with large rooftop project
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 04:30 By Oliver M. Bayani P.G.E.’s solar roofs will cover the top of seven distribution warehouses of ProLogis. Above is a rendering of the project. Photo from BusinessWire Portland General Electric will add to its solar energy portfolio a 2.4-megawatt solar rooftop project in Oregon that is said to be the largest…
Plastic & Rubber Becoming More Eco-Friendly–Taipei Plas Molds a Better Future!
TAIPEI, Taiwan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Taipei Plas is about to make it happen! It’s the venue that brings together the entire industry and lays out the roadmap for the coming three years. At the coming event there will be a fresh focus on eco-friendly plastics and rubber making. There will be 14 seminars packed with insiders on…
Portland is cautious with biodiesel
POSTED: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 02:41 PM PT BY: Nathalie Weinstein Tags: biodiesel, Portland Water Bureau, SeQuential Jay Dykeman of Jay’s Garage in Southeast Portland fills up a car with a biodiesel blend. The city has decided to wait on a mandate that all diesel fuel sold in Portland have at least a 10…
Carpool & Vanpool
Carpooling lets employees share rides (and costs) with fellow commuters. Portland’s Office of Transportation (PDOT) can help your employees find carpooling partners and discounted parking at select locations while helping your business provide employee subsidy options. PDOT can help your employees connect with other people interested in carpooling. PDOT is a sponsor the CarpoolMatchNW program, which allows your employees to log…
Nike, Starbucks, other Northwest businesses push Congress for ‘clean energy economy’
By Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian February 16, 2010, 9:23PM Just pass it? Nike and other businesses, including Starbucks and Portland’s Gerding Edlen development firm, called on Congress to approve comprehensive climate change legislation this year and said a “clean energy economy” is the next great economic boom. At a news conference on the Nike campus…
Green Transportation: Greening Your Fleet
February 8, 2010 Where the rubber meets the road For Steve Phillips, senior vice president, operations, Werner Enterprises, a green fleet is an aerodynamic fleet. “Eighty-eight percent of our fleet is aerodynamic. by that I mean full fairings, top and bottom, and approved as ‘aerodynamic’ by SmartWay. We have been purchasing SmartWay approved aerodynamic trucks…
New Green Ski Website Concentrates on Travel to Resorts
Posted in Skiing, Skiing news, Snow news, Snowboarding 29 Jan A new website has been launched in the US which concentrates on the key issue of climate change gas emissions caused by travel to ski resorts by skiers and boarders, which in most cases are far greater than the emissions in resort. The company behind…
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