Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
September 2012
- Oregon Secretary of State Brown calls for Benefit company legislation
- Colorado police department testing Brammo motorcycles
- Energy startup GenAgain to open $15M plant using Agilyx technology
- Hong Kong trade chief wants more green good from Oregon
- Alta to get Portland bike share contract
- Obama blocks Chinese ownership of four Oregon wind projects
- Adidas spurs global sustainability group to take up worker insurance fund
- Portland building owners launch energy efficiency competition
- OSU studying 'semi-dwarf' trees for greener forest management
- ZeaChem joins campaign to promote U.S. renewable fuel standard
- Ocean Power sets Reedsport wave energy buoy deployment: spring, 2013
- Bicycle repair hub in North Portland a means to active, healthy neighborhood
- Gallery: SoloPower opens doors to Portland plant
- Amazon goes green with new retail site
- CBRE puts up $1M to fund green building research
- Survey: Oregon Coast residents support wave energy
- Coca-Cola, DEKA team on clean water technology
- Startup Bettery sets out to change consumer battery business
- Sustainability MBA comes to Chatham University
- Georgia Power plans to triple its solar investment
- FoodHub launches infographic for local food geeks
- PGE eats $1M in repair of vendor's botched solar installation
- Fluid Market Strategies wins Energy Trust contract from Conservation Services Group
- Newberry geothermal project secures BLM permit
- Social Business Challenge aims to showcase the best of Oregon's higher education
- Federal cash comes through for wave energy testing site
- National elections: Boom or bust for Oregon’s cleantech industry?
- Tesla planning network of solar-powered chargers
- Big wind farm planned for California's Yolo County
- Nuclear energy is at a crossroads
- General Biofuels building $60M wood pellet plant in Georgia
- Gallery: Tropical Salvage positions sustainable furniture business for retail focus
- Portland State University named 'Changemaker Campus' by Ashoka
- Bon Appetit trains spotlight on local seafood
- Shepherds Flat, one of world's biggest wind farms, up and running in Oregon
- Demand for local food sets Bay Area’s beef industry sizzling
- Clean energy coalition forms in Colorado
- Disruption may be required for an energy efficient future
- Metro urges Feds to study coal impacts
- Gorge group sues Skamania County on environmental grounds
- Seattle exempts smaller buildings from energy-efficiency program
- MidAmerican CEO says U.S. needs an energy policy
- SoloPower to cut ribbon on Portland solar manufacturing plant next week
- EV4 Oregon lands grant to refine electric vehicle charging technology
- SXSW Eco unveils Austin event lineup
- New Seasons announces another store in Northeast Portland
- Gulf fishing levels rebounding after BP oil spill
- Army Corps decision could expedite Morrow Pacific coal project
- Portland and Multnomah County break ground with sustainable purchasing initiative
- California bests Obama Administration's Better Buildings challenge
- Wisconsin food nonprofit Growing Power lands $5M grant
- An open letter to BNSF CEO on coal transport
- Newport, Reedsport are site finalists for expanded wave energy test site
- My Street Grocery teaming with Central City Concern
- Brammo to open Portland R&D facility
- Joule partners with Audi on renewable fuels program
- Los Alamos smart grid project switches on
- Electric cars on display in San Francisco
- Gallery: Made-in-Portland green pallet technology headed to India
- Snoozebox reuses shipping crates for pop-up hotels
- Green marketing: Show don't tell
- OSU gets $2M to study tiny marine algae with big biofuel potential
- Mayors from 41 cities create plan to address Mississippi River issues
- 'No More Solyndras Act' passes House of Representatives
- Earth Advantage launches green certification aimed at small commercial buildings
- UPS delivers highest score on carbon disclosure list
- Sustainability pros form Portland-based consulting shop
- Costco among top companies using solar
- Morrow Pacific: Only thing delayed is expectations
- Next-gen data centers raise their energy efficiency game
- Sustainability center project aims for City Council vote in October
- Ecotality names a new CEO
- Greenvolts is latest solar tragedy
- Eco prefab builder Blu Homes raises $60M
- Build a culture of sustainability
- ClearEdge regroups with layoff, new execs
- Oregon film industry strives for green impact
- Joule commissions New Mexico renewable fuels plant
- Bike manufacturing visionary Chris King heads to White House
- Oregon Organic Coalition honors innovators
- The death of Portland's Fareless Square will have consequences
- Oregon Sustainability Center gets 'reboot' with Interface Engineering
- Alaska Airlines touts environmental record
- Tesla Motors rolls out new service centers
- Cleanteach companies short on exits
- Living Future Institute, Oregon BEST launch design competition for green building materials
- Oregon BEST awards commercialization grants for green roofs, energy storage
- Sunvia makes Latin America push
- PGE considering 15 new power-generation projects
- Solar installations see major growth in U.S.
- Wind power has room to grow before climate is impacted
- Florida farm waste biofuels plant starts production
- Newsmakers: Ron Pernick and 'Clean Tech Nation' have ideas for the next president
- Small steps can move Oregon forward in electric transportation
- Qbotix robots maximize solar output
- Otter Tail selling wind-tower manufacturing division
- CMU's Platypus team develops environmental robotics
- Researchers optimize switchgrass for biofuel production
- 'Bloomberg for energy data' raises $4M
- VCs warming to 'cleanweb' green technology
- PG&E to buy 100MW of solar energy from SunPower
- Despite board exodus, VOIS alliance plans to continue
- Tenant behavior can make or break green buildings
- Green office realities can have unintended impacts
- Oregon's Living Buildings keep smaller profile
- Living Building's Red List aims to transform materials market
- Ecodistrict concept spreads nationwide
- Gallery: 10 sustainable built environment leaders to watch
- Solyndra owners could get $300M in tax breaks
- DNC summit highlights sustainable economy ideas
- NW Energy Innovations completes deployment of wave energy buoy
- SIerra Club sues to stop Arizona waste-to-energy facility
- Kohl's expanding its EV charging program
- Electric truck maker Smith shows signs of stress
- Report on the greening of sports highlights Portland Trail Blazers, Timbers
- Brammo's team wins e-motorcycle racing series for second year running
- Method sells to Ecover in green cleaning merger
- Banks want Vestas-Mitsubishi deal by 2013
- California company wins $400 million Ghana water system contract
- Florida considers solar-powered EV charging stations
- NYT takes note of Oregon's wave energy momentum
- Ocean Power to study using wave buoys as surveillance devices
- Corkscrew wind turbine shows promise in Ohio
- Open source collaboration on climate change taps Earth Advantage Institute
- Suncor’s Colorado leak cleanup costs $20 million to date
- Solarzentrum adding manufacturing jobs in Ohio
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