By Bobby Carmichael, USA TODAY EDWARDSPORT, Ind. — From the top of a hill here in coal country, you can see distant swells of smoke curling up from coal-fired power plants along the flat horizon. Even here, in a town of only 348 residents, a small coal plant has operated off and on since World…

by The Oregonian Saturday December 15, 2007, 10:49 AM In Lake Oswego and West Linn, some TriMet buses often run almost empty Yuxing Zheng/The OregonianDebbie Whiteley finds it “weird” to be riding an all-but-empty bus in West Linn. She says she’s accustomed to packed buses in Hillsboro and Forest Grove, where she lives. Mile after…

Pamplin Media Group, Dec 11, 2007 A federal appeals court has found in favor of Oregon and 10 other states in a case challenging the exemption of SUVs and light trucks from automobile fuel-economy standards. Solar-silicon companies start moving in Here in the shadow of microprocessor giant Intel Corp., most Portlanders associate silicon wafers primarily…

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The Democratic candidate calls for a new energy paradigm. But are Americans ready to be “in harmony with nature”? By Amanda Griscom Little Dec. 11, 2007 | He may be eating the front-runners’ dust in the polls, but among deep green voters, Dennis Kucinich is considered a trailblazer. A Democratic U.S. representative from Cleveland, Kucinich…

Original link: http://portland.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=143559&type_news=latest Portland – -One of Five Recipients of Award “Celebrating Greatness in Oregonians”- Portland – A pioneering Oregon company, SeQuential Biofuels, is among the recipients of the prestigious Governor’s Gold Awards. Governor Ted Kulongoski presented the award to SeQuential founder Tomas Endicott and CEO Dave Garten on December 7, 2007, at the Oregon…

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Transportation for the Portland Impact Store, families in need get free EcoShuttle transportation to and from the free store. Our marketing director, Fiona Mitchell, is working in the kids club room…