Powell’s Bookstore to be Official Bookseller at NLC Green Cities Conference
Salem-News.com Busienss Report Powell’s features an e-book option and employs a number of “green initiatives”. One of the bookstore locations in Portland, Oregon Courtesy: powells.com (PORTLAND, Ore.) – Powell’s Bookstore of Portland, Ore., will be the official bookseller during the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Green Cities Conference at the Oregon Convention Center, April 18-21. […]
Adams’ goal: Make Portland most sustainable city
Friday, February 27, 2009, 1:49pm PST | Modified: Friday, February 27, 2009, 4:41pm Portland Business Journal – by Andy Giegerich Business Journal staff writer Portland Mayor Sam Adams challenged business leaders Friday to make the city the world’s “most sustainable” in a speech before the City Club. Among the proposals Adams announced: An effort by the city […]
Kulongoski outlines sustainable transportation initiatives
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Portland Business Journal In a speech at the Meeting of the Minds transportation conference Wednesday, Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced several sustainable transportation initiatives to the 2009 Legislature, including “shifting to electric cars.” “The rising cost of energy, our dependence on foreign energy sources, and the threat of greenhouse gases to our […]
Gorge Analytical inspecting Portland, Ore., biodiesel
By Ryan C. Christiansen Web exclusive posted Feb. 25, 2009, at 11:42 a.m. CST The Bureau of Development Services for the city of Portland, Ore., has awarded Gorge Analytical LLC, a biodiesel testing laboratory in Hood River, Ore., the contract to sample and test B100 produced within the state or imported for blending with petroleum […]
Stimulus will green-light road projects
Salem-Keizer officials work to pare list to most practical transportation issues By Thelma Guerrero-Huston • Statesman Journal February 23, 2009 Even before the Obama administration rolled out its much-awaited $787 billion stimulus document, local officials were ready with a lengthy wish list of road and transit projects. But like letters to Santa Claus, some of […]
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network lays out green vision for region
By Matt Nauman Mercury News Posted: 02/20/2009 04:39:40 PM PST Calling it “a compelling manifesto,” Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network on Friday released a green vision for the region that says a private-public partnership focused on alternative energy and energy efficiency will lead to economic recovery and growth. “The climate crisis is an opportunity to […]
Report: Consumers Still Shopping Green
By: Kelly Faircloth Despite the recession and their occasionally higher cost, most consumers are still buying green products, according to a report. A survey by Portland, Oregon-based non-profit product certifiers Green Seal and advertising firm EnviroMedia found that of 1,000 people surveyed, half are buying as many green products as before the downturn, while 19 […]
Manufacturer hopes to lead high-tech, green charge
By: Carla Thomaz 20th February 2009Automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company has launched an aggressive plan to bring pure battery-electric vehicles, next-generation hybrids and a plug-in hybrid to the market quickly and more affordably within the next four years. This is part of Ford’s pursuit for greater fuel economy, lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions […]
Kulongoski wisely goes green to position Oregon for federal stimulus cash
by The Oregonian editorial board Monday February 16, 2009, 4:41 PM Today, when President Barack Obama signs the nation’s huge economic stimulus bill, Oregon will be ready, or at least almost ready, thanks to a promising strategy being marketed as “The Oregon Way.” It’s the brainchild of Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who vows to compete aggressively […]
Chinook Salmon Interceptions Bring out Economic Hogwash
February 16, 2009 Pollock John’s proposition for more ‘market-based’ nonsense By Stephen Taufen There’s a great clash occurring in the North Pacific over Chinook salmon intercepts by trawl vessels. It pits the subsistence needs of native peoples in the river systems of Arctic and Western Alaska – the Yukon , Norton Sound, Kuskokwim and Bristol […]