Saying I do in eco-friendly way
by: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP: JONATHAN HOUSE – Terri Spaeth-Merrick of Embellish Design helps fit a wedding dress for soon-to-be bride Beth French. Speth-Merrick uses sustainable fabrics for her dresses. There is perhaps no U.S. city greener than Portland.
EcoShuttle Puts the Go in Green Transportation
Pamela Millar Portland Green Business Examiner + Subscribe Continue reading on Examiner.com EcoShuttle Puts the Go in Green Transportation – Portland Green Business | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/article/ecoshuttle-puts-the-go-green-transportation#ixzz1t4D1sY4b EcoShuttle French Fry Bus Photo credit: EcoShuttle Related topics: Portland green business green transportation in portland green business in portland Students at Lewis and Clark can get around in true Portland style […]
ERIC BAERREN: A climate-change skeptic confirms global warming
Published: Friday, October 28, 2011 There were, if you were paying attention last week, headlines that read essentially, “The thing that we knew all along is true, after all!” The sad fact is that the confirmation was, in fact, the real news. It was a statement on the sad statement of how the Land of […]
Green Path Transfers Speeds Past 100
Not too long ago, we reported that Green Path Transfers, the WHL Group’s global, eco-friendly airport transfer and ground transportation network, had notched up 50 destinations in more than 30 countries. That was in early June 2011, a mere three months after Green Path Transfers was launched.
ELECTRIC-BUS STARTUP CHARGES AHEAD
Analysis by Nic Halverson Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:32 PM ET (0) Comments | Leave a Comment Print Email facebook share8 With a gallon of diesel costing a dollar more than it did a year ago, bus companies are getting gouged every time one of their fleet members pulls up to the tank. Enter Proterra, an electric-bus startup company that uses […]
ZeaChem signs biomass supply deal for Oregon cellulosic biorefinery
ZeaChem, Inc., has signed a long-term binding term sheet with GreenWood Tree Farm Fund (GTFF), managed by GreenWood Resources (GWR), to supply hybrid poplar woody biomass for its first commercial cellulosic biorefinery. The combination of GTFF’s existing tree farms in close proximity to the biorefinery, GWR’s world leadership in development and management of tree plantations, […]
Next-generation biodiesels don’t pressure food supply, emissions
FARGO, N.D. — Amyris and Gevo are two of the highest-flying stocks in the biofuels sector in 2011. Each has posted spectacular gains since January. Both firms are intriguing because their emphasis is on the production of advanced biofuels.By: Cole Gustafson, Cole GustafsonFARGO, N.D. — Amyris and Gevo are two of the highest-flying stocks in the […]
EnviroMedia Celebrates Earth Day by Continuing its Commitment to Offset CO2 Emissions through Purchases from Green Mountain Energy Company
EnviroMedia will offset 100% of its carbon emissions by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates and Carbon Offsets from Green Mountain ShareThis Email PDF Print Green Mountain Energy Company is proud to have EnviroMedia – an organization dedicated to helping promote the environment – as a customer, and applauds its leadership and commitment to clean energy by offsetting its CO2 […]
Report: Oregon farmers eager to save energy
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new report says Oregon farmers and ranchers are eager to try alternative sources of energy and renewable energy projects to become more energy efficient. But the Oregon Department of Agriculture report says many are having trouble getting started because of the cost of some projects and improvements. Oregon farmers say energy typically costs them […]
California is expanding its carbon-trading program to 3 Canadian provinces
By MARGOT ROOSEVELT – Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES California officials announced Tuesday that the state will expand its newly adopted carbon-trading program to three Canadian provinces, creating the largest regional cap-and-trade system in North America. California will be joined by British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario in a cap-and-trade program aimed at limiting planet-heating greenhouse gases from […]