Pamplin Media Group, Mar 11, 2008   COURTESY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME Zebra mussels are only about the size of a dime, but they can cause millions of dollars in damage. Their appearance in California has Oregon officials concerned. Invasive mussel species threatens Oregon Pacific Northwest invasive species coordinators met in Portland…

 PORTLAND’S LARGEST SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE SHOW – PORTLAND EXPO CENTER MARCH 28-29, 2008 In case you haven’t noticed, green is hip. That means new products, new ideas and evolving attitudes. Now there’s an event in Portland where it all comes together in one place. It’s simply too good to miss. We’ll introduce you to businesses and…

The SE Area ARTWalk will allow you the opportunity to go on the EcoShuttle for a FREE, self-guided tour by visiting the studios, home workspaces, galleries, host homes and businesses within the “walkable/bikeable/busable” boundaries of SE 9th – SE 41st & SE Hawthorne to SE Powell Blvd. Shuttle runs from 10am-5pm to all the hot…

DPS hopes to upgrade and launch a new website that would allow students to easily share rides By: Trevor Davis Issue date: 2/20/08 Section: News University research associate Sandra Greive and her husband, Jason Kidwell, wanted to move to Salem so Kidwell could be closer to Chemeketa Community College, where his class schedule is spread…

MICHAEL DEVINE February 21, 2008 There have been letters recently that support stopping the bridge project across the Willamette. Can anyone other than me remember when the Salem population was less than 50,000? Growth will not stop simply by killing a bridge project. In fact, what is needed now is a fourth bridge across the…

Posted by The Oregonian February 15, 2008 06:45AM Categories: Breaking News Portland is getting a big shout out from Popular Science for being green. The mag crunched numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Geographic Society’s Green Guide and came up with scores for 50 American cities. The PopSci folks looked at electricity…

STEVE EMERSON February 15, 2008 Caught downtown at rush hour and cursing the traffic backing up behind the bridges, people see that the bottleneck to West Salem seems a problem that should be fixed. I’ve examined and discussed all of the proposals at task force meetings, debated the pros and cons with my neighbors, thought…

by The Oregonian Saturday February 16, 2008, 2:00 AM JOHN GIVOT/THE OREGONIANThe broken stretch of pavement between Southwest 170th and 209th avenues on Farmington Road west of Beaverton is well known for rattling passing vehicles. Drivers, beware: Prepare for rocky roads this year across Washington County and a possible bump to your wallet.The soaring cost…

While big projects move ahead, caution is given that while some fortunes will be made, there will also be crashes By ELAINE SHEIN East Oregonian Publishing Co. PORTLAND – From sandals to cowboy boots, colorful shirts to business suits, a crowd of more than 600 people late last month at the eighth annual Harvesting Clean…

Saturday, February 09, 2008 BY MICHAEL ANDERSEN, Columbian staff writer An Indian reservation and a light-rail line to Clark College are inevitable, but a flat $2.50 toll on the new Interstate 5 bridge shouldn’t be, Commissioner Betty Sue Morris said in her final “state of the county” address Friday afternoon. Rich people should pay more…

By Ed Langlois More than 3,000 poeple came to UP for a conversation about global warming. Sentinel photo by Ed Langlois Oregon can play a key role in the world’s fight against global warming — hatching the prototype green economy in the process. That was a key message last week as more than 3,000 people…

An upstart Portland eco-shuttle service wants to take gridlock and pollution out of the commute and make some green in the process POSTED: 06:00 AM PST Monday, February 4, 2008 BY NATHALIE WEINSTEIN Switching on the radio between 7 and 9 a.m. is never a positive endeavor. Car accidents, backups and ominous air quality warnings…