Transportation Engineers from CH2M Hill Venture into Social Media
Press release from: CH2M Hill – Green Growth Cascadia Green Growth Cascacdia Logo Store this image in big size (openPR) – Transportation engineers from Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, and Edmonton have teamed up to start Green Growth Cascadia (greengrowthCC.com) to promote awareness of how basic engineering and transportation decisions can affect our carbon footprint […]
Oregon utility expands solar portfolio with large rooftop project
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 04:30 By Oliver M. Bayani P.G.E.’s solar roofs will cover the top of seven distribution warehouses of ProLogis. Above is a rendering of the project. Photo from BusinessWire Portland General Electric will add to its solar energy portfolio a 2.4-megawatt solar rooftop project in Oregon that is said to be the largest […]
Plastic & Rubber Becoming More Eco-Friendly–Taipei Plas Molds a Better Future!
TAIPEI, Taiwan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Taipei Plas is about to make it happen! It’s the venue that brings together the entire industry and lays out the roadmap for the coming three years. At the coming event there will be a fresh focus on eco-friendly plastics and rubber making. There will be 14 seminars packed with insiders on […]
Portland is cautious with biodiesel
POSTED: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 02:41 PM PT BY: Nathalie Weinstein Tags: biodiesel, Portland Water Bureau, SeQuential Jay Dykeman of Jay’s Garage in Southeast Portland fills up a car with a biodiesel blend. The city has decided to wait on a mandate that all diesel fuel sold in Portland have at least a 10 […]
Carpool & Vanpool
Carpooling lets employees share rides (and costs) with fellow commuters. Portland’s Office of Transportation (PDOT) can help your employees find carpooling partners and discounted parking at select locations while helping your business provide employee subsidy options. PDOT can help your employees connect with other people interested in carpooling. PDOT is a sponsor the CarpoolMatchNW program, which allows your employees to log […]
Nike, Starbucks, other Northwest businesses push Congress for ‘clean energy economy’
By Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian February 16, 2010, 9:23PM Just pass it? Nike and other businesses, including Starbucks and Portland’s Gerding Edlen development firm, called on Congress to approve comprehensive climate change legislation this year and said a “clean energy economy” is the next great economic boom. At a news conference on the Nike campus […]
Green Transportation: Greening Your Fleet
February 8, 2010 Where the rubber meets the road For Steve Phillips, senior vice president, operations, Werner Enterprises, a green fleet is an aerodynamic fleet. “Eighty-eight percent of our fleet is aerodynamic. by that I mean full fairings, top and bottom, and approved as ‘aerodynamic’ by SmartWay. We have been purchasing SmartWay approved aerodynamic trucks […]
New Green Ski Website Concentrates on Travel to Resorts
Posted in Skiing, Skiing news, Snow news, Snowboarding 29 Jan A new website has been launched in the US which concentrates on the key issue of climate change gas emissions caused by travel to ski resorts by skiers and boarders, which in most cases are far greater than the emissions in resort. The company behind […]
Rose Garden earns LEED status
Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 9:59am PST The Portland Trail Blazers announced Tuesday that the team earned LEED Gold status for its sustainability efforts at the Rose Garden Arena — a first for a major league sports facility. The certification, awarded to the Rose Garden by the U.S. Green Building Council under their Leadership in Energy […]
Oregon Economic Sustainability: Will 2010 Be The Year?
Thursday, January 14, 2010 | As we close the books on one of the the most economically challenging years since the Great Depression, ThinkOregon poses this question: Will 2010 be the year that Oregonians finally place economic sustainability on par with environmental sustainability? It was a question echoed by Professor Timothy Duy, Director of the Oregon Economics Forum […]