Green Business

Measures 66 and 67: Good for Oregon business
Jon Isaacs | 01.12.10 3:23 pm

With just two weeks left until Election Day, businesses around the state are speaking up in support of Measures 66 and 67, which will help preserve funding for important environmental programs, schools, healthcare and public safety.

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TONIGHT: Drown out the Tea Party!
Toby Van Fleet | 11.18.09 2:18 pm

Plans in the works to outnumber global-warming naysayers

Since the defacing of Keller Auditorium in the wee hours last night--a sort--of makeshift welcome mat for the global-warming naysayers and a foreshadowing of tonight's "Tea Party" outside Keller--the community is striking back with force.

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The BETC is Central to Oregon's Clean Energy Future
Evan Manvel | 11.11.09 6:13 pm

The BETC has brought jobs and revenue to Oregon

Today, Oregonians get seven percent of our energy from wind – an impressive first surge in moving beyond dirty foreign fossil fuels, fighting climate change, and creating jobs with local clean energy. Yet we must do more, as Oregon still gets 40% of our energy from coal.

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Bottle Bill expansion in 2007 = Local green jobs in 2010
Katy Daily | 10.29.09 4:30 pm

The community of St Helens. Oregon will gain 50 stable family-wage jobs next year when the construction of a plastic-bottle recycling plant is completed. Those jobs can be linked to the work OLCV and the Oregon Conservation Network did in the 2007 Legislative Session to expand Oregon's landmark bottle bill to include bottled water.

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A City of Food
Evan Manvel | 09.30.09 12:22 pm

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the "Ecoroofs Everywhere" event at the Rocket Building in Portland. Ecoroofs are planted roofs with drainage systems, that take the place of conventional roofs. While traditionally planted in sedum and other inedible plants, last night's tour was of the roof of the Rocket Building at 11th and East Burnside.

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Governor Follows Through, Delivers Vetoes - Thank You!
Evan Manvel | 08.07.09 1:59 pm
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Meet Green Buildings, Green Roofs
Evan Manvel | 09.16.08 10:23 am

As Oregon leaders including the Governor's Task Force on Global Warming look for global warming solutions, one of the places they're looking is green building. Buildings are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, as the energy used to power, heat, and cool them needs to come from somewhere.

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