Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
June 2012
- Ted Turner buys into Nevada solar plant
- Honda Fit EV comes to Oregon in July
- Gallery: TrackTown12 shows off its green
- Portland moves closer to its bike-share program
- Umpqua Bank directs heavy traffic on GreenStreet
- Ecova brings efficiency expertise to big brands
- Lawyers eye social-good companies
- U.S. solar industry remains in flux
- Schott Solar closing down in New Mexico
- Ecotality starts China venture
- South Waterfront's Mirabella nets sustainable design awards
- Law sets up undersea cable for Hawaii wind projects
- DOE loan recipient Abound Solar shutting down
- UC Berkeley installing carbon dioxide sensors for global warming research
- Gallery: 10 sustainable business ecosystem leaders to watch
- Sustainable Northwest Wood debuts dramatic new 'blue pine'
- USDA's Vilsack talks 'green' jet fuel
- UO research gets Discover magazine feature
- Reliant Energy, Nest partner on thermostat program
- USDA awards $172,000 for 17 energy projects in rural Oregon
- Bamboo Sushi brings sustainable seafood to NW 23rd
- Five things the SEC should do to make crowdfunding work
- Solar plant set for California rice dryer
- Skyonic plans Texas carbon-capture plant
- Solazyme breaks ground on Brazil plant
- Gallery: The full-diet farm at work
- Oregon City farm sells full-diet memberships
- Dispatches from Rio+20: Talking grassroots change
- CEOs oppose cuts to San Francisco's GoSolar program
- Soladigm raises $55M for efficient windows
- Gallery: TTXGP showcases next-generation electric vehicle technology
- First Solar gets green light for plant from Los Angeles County
- Cutbacks come in Vestas' global operations
- Portland tops another 'greenest' list
- Kohl's adds to its roster of solar-powered stores
- EnXco taps First Solar for panels
- Farm Bill holds benefits for Oregon sustainable ag
- How to sell the energy efficiency market value proposition
- DuPont sues SolarWorld for patent infringement
- Seattle retailers prepare for plastic bag ban starting July 1
- Solamor, SolarWorld team up on clean energy event power
- Business gets clarity on Gov. Kitzhaber's energy plan
- Cookbook highlight's Oregon's grass-fed beef leadership
- California Energy Commission approves $23M for green fuels
- Report: Fracking in Colorado uses a city’s worth of water
- PNNL wins R&D award for fast-charging battery technology
- Sustainability embedded at Eugene's TrackTown USA
- New Belgium taps Perkins+Will for NC expansion
- Dispatches from Rio+20: Bringing sustainable development dialogues to the PNW
- Two Oregon tribes get USDA funding for sustainable development
- BPA chief Steve Wright to retire in January
- Modular prefab home going up in Portland this summer
- Solar companies eye Japan market
- N.C. a linchpin in U.S. smart grid
- New San Francisco building called country's greenest
- Iberdrola cutting down its U.S. business
- Racing ignites electric vehicle enthusiasm
- Boston startup aims to make an impact through junk food
- Ocean Power completes test of device for Reedsport buoy
- Columbia Green raises $1.2M to expand ecoroof business
- Halliburton 'greening up' its HQ
- Fake meat company lands investment from Twitter founders
- Southern Oregon farm building business on aquaponics
- Consumers don’t grasp water costs
- Gallery: The four faces of Edith
- Vestas closing Houston office to save costs
- Colorado resorts consider sustainability, snowmaking
- Beaverton mayor gets national climate protection award
- Climate Corp. raises $50M
- Cleantech Open names 17 Northwest finalists
- The story of Ned
- KEEN opening Japan store this week
- UO students hatch plans for Gateway ecodistrict
- EV Live aims to spark Oregon's interest in electric vehicles
- SolarCity, U.S. Bancorp to fund $250M in solar projects
- Utilities trade coal for natural gas
- Duke Energy and Sumitomo complete Kansas wind farm
- U.S. renewable energy investment jumps
- California-based Solar Power lands 68 Hawaii projects
- Starbucks selling made-in-USA coffee and mugs
- Fledge sets out to incubate 'conscious' companies
- FoodHub returns to the White House
- Indow Windows closes $1.3M investment
- First Solar lands two Australian contracts
- OpConnect installs chargers at Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Bonneville Environmental Foundation gets $250K from Coca-Cola
- Bank of America sets $50B green lending, business goal
- New Mexico town grows algae for biofuels
- North Portland group organizing anti-coal rally
- Drive Oregon hands out first round of EV grants
- Vestas CEO: U.S. wind market to take 80% dive
- Newsmakers: Amy Cortese sees a future for local investing
- Green dog houses on display in Seattle
- Vernonia's new school aims at LEED Platinum
- Group proposes ideas for a greener Houston
- Wyden amendment cheers industrial hemp supporters
- Report claims Nike, Adidas Euro jerseys contain 'worrying levels' of chemicals
- Report: California renewable energy goals within reach
- Oregon's green portable classroom effort advances
- Green Building Services grows up
- AltaRock Newberry project breaks new geothermal ground
- PowerSecure buys solar business for $4M
- Ascent Solar launches solar-powered iPhone case
- Waste-to-natural-gas plant underway in California
- SacPort Biofuels gets $5M
- MotoCzysz takes home trophy in Isle of Man race
- Boston building owners push back on efficiency reporting
- New York antes up $4.4M for EV chargers
- Share your brightest ideas
- Maple XO and Grove partner on recycled iPhone cases
- Wells Fargo debuts $100M environmental grant program
- Survey: 46% of Oregon voters favor coal export
- Nike joins Coke, Ford, Heinz and P&G to develop plant-based plastics
- Kitzhaber releases draft of 10-year energy plan
- MotoCzysz breaks 100 mph barrier at TT Zero
- Ecovative opens new mushroom packaging plant in NY
- Costco fined $3.6M for hazardous waste
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab hires sustainability chief
- BPA: wind curtailment may be done for 2012
- SolarWorld cutting jobs
- Urban homes near wildlife refuges carry higher value
- University of Hawaii gets $6M for biofuels research
- Sustainable Alpha: Anatomy of a responsible investment
- Paulée serves 'hyper-local' food in Dundee
- U.S. plans tariffs on Chinese wind towers
- New consortium aims to lift battery development
- Colorado investors warming to green companies
- North Carolina's green building councils may merge
- California ready to require 'solar-ready roofs'
- Nanosolar lands $70 million
- OSU-discovered compound could keep buildings cool
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