Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
April 2012
- SolarCity going for an IPO
- Bloom Energy building Delaware factory
- Bonneville Power calls for first wind shutdown of the season
- California solar farms: lots of power, few jobs
- Laid-off SolarWorld workers to get federal aid in China trade fall-out
- Cincinnati picks FirstEnergy for clean power
- Mass. may fall short of greenhouse gas reduction goals
- Leaders discuss 'affordably green' construction
- Walmart brings eco-restoration program to Portland
- SBO readers pick Smith for mayor
- Kitzhaber signs order in support of green chemistry
- YOLO Colorhouse adds organic fabric line
- Salmon may benefit from spilling excess water
- SeaWorld bans plastic shopping bags from all shops
- S.F. Bay Area air quality improves
- Gallery: Made-in-USA home debuts in Lake Oswego
- Kitzhaber reviews energy goals for Oregon
- Gov. Kitzhaber calls for full review of coal export plans
- OSU wins $90K EPA sustainability award
- Wind advocates make another run at PTC extension
- My Street Grocery goes mobile to find food deserts
- Oregon gets $1.3M more for EV highway chargers
- S.F. to approve bid preference for B Corps.
- Oregon's first PET recycling plant opens
- Gunderson, Vigor to bid on $70M coal barge work
- Intel still tops on EPA's 'green power' list
- Washington D.C. aims to be nation's greenest city
- Portland restauranteurs spotlight sustainable oysters
- OSU unveils new maps of Oregon ocean
- PDC looking for manufacturers for cleantech
- [3Bl]ooming Honcho: Fletcher Beaudoin
- Portland Farmers Market forms nonprofit to expand low-income food assistance
- Abengoa’s Solana project funding reaches $2B
- Alaska Airlines bets on efficiency to combat rising costs
- GM brings a fleet of Volts to Autodesk
- N.Y. solar plan could boost installations by 400%
- Texas, California drivers poised to save the most from fuel-efficiency rules
- Sequoia cloning project aims at California and Oregon
- EarthTechling report: monster wind turbine, zoo poo power and more
- Newsmaker: Jessica Green brings microbes to life
- Report: California has nation's strongest green economy
- SolarWorld's Brinser: Unfair competition is 'sacking our economy'
- Company-led effort seeks to 'Save Hawaii Solar'
- EPA makes deal on air pollution
- New Seasons releases impact report
- Oregon beekeepers: No quick fix for colony collapse
- Report: Without policy support, cleantech sector will falter
- Debate continues over coal at Northwest ports
- Nike, Intel among the 'Best Corporate Citizens'
- Portland businesses help each other to help themselves
- First Solar announces restructuring
- OSU among 16 greenest colleges
- Wal-Mart aims at zero waste
- Clean energy investment hits record $263B
- Portland stars in PBS Earth Day documentary
- What green advocates can learn from Susan B. Anthony
- Seattle's Bullitt Foundation doubles down on urban sustainability
- Allen named head of PSU's sustainability institute
- Report: Chinese firms consider Vestas takeover
- Bay Area solar industry in shakeout
- Chinese solar imports boost Arizona's transportation sector
- Oregon No. 4 state for new wind projects
- EarthTechling report: small wind, luxury solar camping and more
- Ford shows off Focus EV in San Francisco
- Pacific University launches sustainable center
- Portland-backed Eco Index effort gets White House nod
- Harvest Power lands $110M
- Mass. startup to make photo-degradable bags
- BrightSource Energy yanks its IPO
- Diamond Foods counts on Kettle for sustainability expertise
- Blazers promote ecodistrict with new display
- Honda to provide hybrids, EVs for Zipcar
- Chevy Volt production resumes
- FedEx launches carbon-neutral shipping
- Portland carbon emissions down 26 percent since 1990
- Portland drops to No. 23 on Energy Star city list
- Ecotrust helps launch Community Fisheries Network
- NuScale builds on S.C. partnership
- PSU prof, Stevens Water partner on Rwanda venture
- Abu Dhabi cashes out of Tesla
- A sustainable cities pep talk
- New biodiesel hub sets up in Northwest Portland
- First Passive House breaking ground in Pittsburgh
- Nonprofit building project steps forward in Portland
- Mass. considers bill that would boost clean energy
- UO's Sustainable City program grows up, draws emulators
- German biofuel player 2G Energy opening first U.S. plant in Florida
- 8minutenergy Renewables gets green light for world's largest solar farm
- Low snowpack in Colorado has water planners worried
- Pickens company partners on West Texas wind farm
- Companies vie to sell renewable energy to Cincinnati
- Gus Van Sant, Matt Damon take on fracking in new film
- Economically, we are what we eat
- E-truck maker Smith Electric sees losses grow in 2011
- Exelon starts to draw federal funds for solar plant
- Savings slow to come for hybrid, electric car owners
- Groups sue over proposed Steens Mountain wind farm
- InEnTec lands $26 million investment
- Springfield man gets prison time for fake organic labeling
- Supreme court decision questions EPA wetland restrictions
- Clean Runner raises $19.6M for water-cleaning technology
- Bikes Belong picks Portland for bike lane project
- AES plans to bring big batteries to Oregon's grid
- First two 'net zero' buildings certified under new standard
- Solar Trust of America files Chapter 11
- Energy Trust offers incentive for more efficient irrigation
- Florida company wants to recycle boats
- NBA drafts Sprint for help going green
- Bloomberg: Bank of America is second-greenest bank
- Retroficiency targets pain in energy efficiency
- Rose Quarter plugs in 10 EV charging stations
- Solazyme forms joint venture with Bunge for renewable fuels
- Reduce: It's the first step toward becoming a sustainable business
- Portland restarts ecoroof incentives
- Oregon No. 3 for geothermal energy development
- YouChange, Earth 911 merge for more recycling resources
- Gallery: Inside Spooltown's sustainable sewing factory
- Old buildings can learn new tricks
- ZeaChem adds to Boardman plant, hosts Gov. Kitzhaber
- Nike and NASA move in on waste reduction
- Port of Coos Bay eyes offshore wind business
- Study: Mandates are key to improved air quality
- Arizona's solar future is cloudy
- New Mexico tops in solar power per capita
- Five states in Great Lakes offshore wind deal
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