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Oregonians fight dredge fill at Hayden Island (Courthouse News Service)
By SONYA ANGELICA DIEHN
Courthouse News Service
Oregon Sustainability Center to advance sustainability issues (Greenhouse Management & Production)
12/6/2010
Center’s research will focus on building technologies, environmental impact and occupant well-being
Portland reduces carbon emissions, bucking the national trend
Posted by The Portlander Staff Writer on Dec 1st, 2010 and filed under Featured, Living Green, Politics.
Green grid unveils new metrics for data center carbon, water use (GreenBiz.com)
Planning for an even more sustainable Portland (The Oregonian)
Published: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 10:09 PM Updated: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 10:21 PM
PUC endorses PGE's 2020 Boardman closure plan (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Friday, November 19, 2010, 4:25pm PST | Modified: November 22, 2010, 4:28 PM
by Erik Siemers
Business Journal Staff Writer
The Oregon Public Utilities Commission on Friday endorsed Portland General Electric’s plan to shutter its Boardman coal plant in 2020.
"At this point in time, the 2020 plan makes the best sense from the perspective of customers," said PUC spokesman Bob Valdez.
GreenShipping targets carbon reduction (Sustainable Business Oregon)
by Lee van der Voo
Sustainable Business Oregon
A two-year-old Hood River business that's helping neutralize shipping-related carbon emissions is testing a new service with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and two other undisclosed companies. With success, GreenShipping.com’s new Dashboard will launch in February, enabling companies to track hard-to-corral data on carbon emissions in real time.
BPA proposes rate hike (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Thursday, November 18, 2010, 4:57pm PST | Modified: November 18, 2010, 4:57 PM
by Erik Siemers
Business Journal Staff Writer
The federal Bonneville Power Administration on Thursday proposed an 8.5 percent increase in wholesale power rates to cover maintenance and upgrade costs for hydroelectric and nuclear power systems in the Northwest.
The Portland-based nonprofit federal wholesale utility controls the federal hydropower dams along the Columbia River that are a major source of low-cost power to the region.
'Green' burial company offers new memorial products (Sustainable Business Oregon)
Monday, November 22, 2010, 10:04am PST | Modified: November 22, 2010, 4:49 PM
by Lee van der Voo
Sustainable Business Oregon
A company that offers green burial services through a network of more than 1,800 providers is bringing its newest green products to Portland.
