By: Guest opinion: Barack Obama Issue date: 4/25/08 The following was written by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and sent to the Vanguard by the organization Oregon for Obama. This is a defining moment for America, and for your generation. I’ve met students across this country who are wondering whether the college education they’re receiving…

PCC Sylvania Campus  map Goal: To showcase career and/or job opportunities across various fields related to sustainability and other energy and environmental concerns. The event will provide employers an opportunity to inform and/or recruit students about their sustainability efforts. Format: No charge for attending About 15- 20 employers will be represented There will be refreshments…

• Tues., April 22: World-renowned polar explorer and environmental leader Robert Swan gives the 2008 University of Portland Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship, 2:30-4 p.m. in UP’s Buckley Center Auditorium, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. Free. Details about lecture: 503-943-7769 or visit the UP Web site. More about Swan: www.2041.com…

The World Bottle in action.   By Jason Foster     Issue date: 04/22/2008 Honorary Beer Scribe for Guest on Tap When there was no such thing as Earth Day and recycling had yet to become an urban routine, there existed a rather curious thing called the World Bottle. Introduced in 1963 by Heineken, the…

Reuters, Friday April 18 2008 By Timothy Gardner NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 18 (Reuters) – A coalition of western U.S. states and Canadian provinces eyeing a regional carbon credit trading market picked up an eastern member on Friday when Quebec said it would join. Premier Jean Charest said Quebec had joined the Western Climate Initiative…

The first commuter rail in Oregon and another MAX line open within 11/2 years Sunday, April 20, 2008DYLAN RIVERA The Oregonian Staff With two new lines nearing completion, the Portland-area’s rail system will add 23 miles of track and grow by 50 percent in the next year and a half. The Westside Express Service commuter…

Governor to push help for commute, environment By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND — Gov. Ted Kulongoski promised Friday an aggressive push to address problems of transportation, greenhouse gases and climate change, saying that the goals are not exclusive and that Oregon is capable of handling all of them. In an address to…

Presented by NEBC & Northwest Biofuels Association Thursday, April 24 8:00 am – 6:30 pm Doubletree Hotel, Lloyd Center 1000 NE Multnomah Portland, OR 97232 A conference addressing the specifics of renewable energy project development in the Northwest – both electricity and biofuels. This regional conference brings together speakers and industry participants to share their perspectives on…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)–“Pond scum” biodiesel? There are plenty of nicknames for algae, but it is one of the more plentiful natural crops in the world, and now it is being considered as a potential fuel source. Oregon State University researchers are working to find an efficient method of processing algae to produce biodiesel fuel and…

Former Vice President Al Gore discusses the First Amendment and the Internet… By DEVLIN BARRETT, AP 56 minutes ago WALLINGFORD, Pa. — Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday he would give Al Gore, a Nobel prize winner, a major role in an Obama administration to address the problem of global warming. At a town-hall meeting, Obama…

By Bob Doppelt For The Register-Guard Published: March 31, 2008 12:00AM   Can we solve global warming? Will solutions require reverting to the Stone Age? Some warming is now inevitable. To avoid severe climate change — which economists believe would trigger a Great Depression magnitude drop in gross domestic product — and to eventually allow…

Posted by Wade Nkrumah, The Oregonian March 25, 2008 17:58PM Categories: Breaking News, Cycling, Portland Wade Nkrumah/The Oregonian An unmarked Portland Police car prepares to pull over a motorist stopped inside the green bike box at Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and Seventh Avenue. During a two-week grace period, police will be alerting bicyclists and motorists of…