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 […]
Rogue now selling Portland State IPA
By John Foyston, Special to The Oregonian June 01, 2010, 2:35PM View full sizeIt just makes sense that Portland State University would have its own beer, and thanks to Rogue Ales, you can now buy Portland State IPA in 22-ounce bottles with the legend, “Think local, buy local, learn local (ly).” “It’s a fun way […]
Marriott International Goes Green in a Big Way With its First LEED-Gold Certified Property in Downtown Portland, Oregon
The Newly Redesigned Courtyard by Marriott® Portland City Center is Just One of Nine U.S. Hotel Properties to Achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Certification Portland, OR (PRWEB) May 22, 2010 — Coinciding with Earth Day’s 40th year, Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center now stands out among the Marriott family of hotels […]
Driving Makes You Fat, Urban Sprawl Bankrupts You, Other Life-Saving New Urbanist Epiphanies
BY Greg LindsayThu May 20, 2010 On the afternoon of July 6, 1999, Dr. Richard Jackson was summoned to the office of his boss, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jackson was then the head of the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health, and he knew that his boss was […]
Rewarding consumers for saving energy.
Tuesday, 18th May 2010 Source : Joyce Gioia, Strategic Business Futurist Recently, Hilton Worldwide announced it has been secretly monitoring the energy use in 1300 of its 3500 hotels worldwide. Using its proprietary system LightStay, the corporation has calculated and analyzed its environmental impact. In the first full-year of findings, the 1,300 LightStay-equipped properties conserved […]