Oregon gets $2 million for car charging sites
Federal grant will pay for stations along Interstate 5 By Elizabeth Bewley • Gannett Washington Bureau • October 21, 2010 WASHINGTON — Oregon will get a $2 million federal grant to build electric-car charging stations along Interstate 5, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. “The new charging stations that will be built with this […]
World’s Largest Wind Farm Will Be Built in Oregon
by Timon Singh, 10/13/10 filed under: Renewable Energy The US Department of Energy has approved the partial guarantee for a $1.3 billion loan to support the construction of the world’s largest wind farm, located in eastern Oregon. Known as the Caithness Energy LLC’s Shepherds Flat Wind Project, the renewable energy initiative will give way to a […]
Educators focus on green-collar jobs
Community colleges making it core part of their missions By Anne Marie DiStefano Pamplin Media Group, Oct 14, 2010 Lots of people talk a good line about sustainability principles, but how do you land a job putting them into practice? A good place to start is local community colleges, where the seeds of Portland’s […]
Next Generation Scientists join to support biodiesel
Sep 13, 2010 12:42 PM Move over, Thomas Friedman. The next generation of thought leaders is gearing up to lead America’s energy efforts—and biodiesel is front and center. Student scientists from Dartmouth College to Oregon State University are leading the new Next Generation Scientists for Biodiesel initiative. The group has formed to demonstrate and grow […]
Portland set to adopt new policies to usher in electric-car future
Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 4:27 PM Updated: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 4:54 PM Joseph Rose, The Oregonian View full sizeThese new signs are expected to start popping up around Portland in the near future. The Portland City Council is expected to adopt a resolution Wednesday that would enact an eight-step plan to usher […]
Changing climate at Portland State
PSU tackles plan to become ‘carbon neutral’ university By Steve Law Pamplin Media Group, Jul 8, 2010 L.E. BASKOW / Pamplin Media Group PSU’s urban plaza symbolizes the university’s growth and its commitment to a non-auto-dependent future. The climate-change conference in Copenhagen was a bust. Cap-and-trade bills to lower greenhouse gas emissions are […]
Blumenauer bill would boost geothermal energy development
Portland Business Journal – by Matthew Kish Business Journal managing editor Congressman Earl Blumenauer has introduced a bill that would give a significant boost to geothermal energy developers, a critical part of Oregon’s green economy. The Portland Democrat’s bill, H.R. 5612, would give a 30 percent tax credit for investments in geothermal energy projects. Geothermal […]
FTC to toughen anti-greenwashing rules
by Lee van der Voo Sustainable Business Oregon Purveyors of green goods and services can expect increased pressure to avoid greenwashing in 2010, following a push by the Federal Trade Commission to retool its guidelines on environmental marketing claims. That’s good news for green businesses eager to cleanse the marketplace of snake oil sales, increasingly […]
New Portland magazine aims at low-car audience
by Lee van der Voo Sustainable Business Oregon Portland Afoot — a self-described 10-minute newsmagazine aimed at an audience that espouses buses, bikes and the low-car life — hit the streets last week with its first monthly issue. Michael Andersen, Portland Afoot According to its publisher and editor, 29-year-old Michael Andersen, that’s good news for […]
Prague Invests in Eco Hotel
With the popular trend that is emerging around the world for greener living and trying to be as eco conscious as possible recent moves made by the hotel industry have led to a number of establishments being classed as ‘green’. And now, in the heart of Czech Republic, even those travelling on a modest budget […]