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Grass Roots Activism: Challenging the Navy's Sonar Training in the Pacific Northwest
(via switchboard.nrdc.org)
One person really can make a difference. Such is the case with Marie Gargano, an NRDC member who has been vocal in her opposition to the Navy's Northwest Training Range Complex. She not only attended the Navy's only public hearing in...
Cycle Oregon Route 2009 Announced
(via www.huffingtonpost.com)
Cycle Oregon announced at its annual Kickoff Party today the Week Ride and Weekend Ride routes for its annual bicycle tours of Oregon's back roads...
Port of Vancouver announces wind-turbine cargo deals
(via www.oregonlive.com)
VANCOUVER - The Port of Vancouver announced this morning that it was adding one wind energy parts cargo-handling customer and extending the contract for another. Port executive director Larry Paulson said the port was extending its existing shipping contract with...
Port of Vancouver to make wind energy announcement
(via www.oregonlive.com)
VANCOUVER -- The Port of Vancouver is expected to announced Thursday morning that it is expanding the amount of wind turbine cargo passing over its docks. Port executive director Larry Paulson is scheduled to make an announcement at Port Re:Port,...
10 years after New Carissa, threat of new spill remains
(via www.oregonlive.com)
Officials say Oregon is better prepared, but little has changed since the 1999 shipwreck disaster
Adams puts Portland grocery bag tax idea on hold
(via www.oregonlive.com)
Portland Mayor Sam Adams has shelved plans to impose a grocery bag tax, a victim of the worsening recession. Adams wanted to charge 5 to 20 cents per plastic or paper bag to encourage shoppers to use reusable cloth sacks....
'The Nines' in Portland to be LEED-Certified
(via www.greendaily.com)
Filed under: Travel and VacationWhen I think of Portland earth-friendly opportunities and green commitments certainly come to mind so it isn't too surprising to learn a new local hotel, The Nines, which opened in the fall of 2008 will be earning it's Silver-LEED certification very soon. The designers chose the old Meier & Frank building originally built in 1905 to serve as the hotel's shell whi...
Kulongoski hopes history will color his legacy green
(via www.oregonlive.com)
Oregon's governor presses his priorities of biodiesel, wind power and solar manufacturing despite the economic downturn
Northeast Portland house wins top eco-rating
(via www.oregonlive.com)
Brent Wojahn/The OregonianA home in Northeast Portland is the first in the city to qualify for a platinum-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design sustainability rating. The structural engineer who designed the home says it is 41 percent more energy...
Green movers say plastic beats cardboard (boxes) -- but when will one move to Portland?
(via blog.oregonlive.com)
John M. Vincent, The OregonianWhen will green moving move to the Portland area? I'm in the process of moving to a new house (still in Portland), so a recent New York Times story about the new trend in "green"...
