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…

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…

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…

Posted by Kitri McGuire, Marketing Communications Manager on January 26, 2010 08:00 AM | Permalink Some of you who are more familiar with the inner workings of the Oregon wine industry might know the heavily used phrase, “It takes a lot of great beer to make great wine.” Or, as Alex Sokol Blosser says, “This…

Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 9:59am PST The Portland Trail Blazers announced Tuesday that the team earned LEED Gold status for its sustainability efforts at the Rose Garden Arena — a first for a major league sports facility. The certification, awarded to the Rose Garden by the U.S. Green Building Council under their Leadership in Energy…

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Thursday, January 14, 2010 |  As we close the books on one of the the most economically challenging years since the Great Depression, ThinkOregon poses this question: Will 2010 be the year that Oregonians finally place economic sustainability on par with environmental sustainability? It was a question echoed by Professor Timothy Duy, Director of the Oregon Economics Forum…

January 13th, 2010 by My Efficient Planet  Earlier in the week I was at our local health food store waiting for my turn at the check-out counter when I noticed the lady in front of me had bought her own re-usable carry bags which suddenly made a lot more sense to me than choosing “paper…

January 12, 2010 The City of Baltimore’s free shuttle service features a 21-vehicle fleet of EcoSaver IV hybrid buses supplied by Charlotte, N.C.-based manufacturer, DesignLine. On Monday, the Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT) launched its free shuttle bus service, the Charm City Circulator, featuring a fleet of 21 eco-friendly buses that will travel along…

 January 11th, 2010 Guest Post From Dan Shapley From The Daily Green “In a generally bleak employment picture, the green jobs sector is growing faster than any other.” So writes Jim Motavalli in The Daily Green’s report about the best U.S. cities to find a green job. Growth in the sector was a robust 9.1%…

Posted by: Kenda | January 7, 2010  Well, first off, congratulations!  Whether this is the first, second or third go around, you can make this one count not just for yourself and your soon-to-be-lifelong partner but also for the earth. You can turn an event that is typically blissfully unaware into a blissfully aware affair. …

by editor on January 6, 2010 in Indian Press Release, Web News Wire The investment management team at Portfolio 21 has put together the following 10 guidelines for investing in 2010. 1. Ecological limits matter. The inevitability of our planet’s ecological limits means that the choices before companies are not about whether they care for…