Water
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Ocean advocates pore through national policy specs
One month after the While House issued strategies that would coordinate management of the country’s oceans, West Coast interests are preparing to interpret the National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan. The…
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Fundraising album rocks Johnson Creek's habitat
A Portland nonprofit that includes several business-community backers has compiled a record that aims to fund salmon restoration efforts. The record “Songs for Johnson Creek” was assembled by Matt…
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Staying safe: Salmon group reaffirms Convention Center's solid water record
A Portland-based wildlife advocate has validated the Oregon Convention Center’s water use strategies. The group Salmon-Safe, which champions healthy streams, has recertified the venue for its continued…
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Gallery: Checking in with Oregon's sustainable wineries
At the SBO/Portland Business Journal headquarters this week, everything’s turning up red. And white. And pinot, both noir and grigio. That’s partly because my PBJ cohorts Tam Jenkins and Erik Siemers…
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Southern Oregon University proving it can carry its water
Southern Oregon University is on track to log a notable, and possibly groundbreaking, water use achievement. Southern Oregon and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation announced this week the campus…
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Fish council faces big decision on little swimmers
The Pacific Fishery Management Council plans to vote on a measure that could dramatically shape the Ocean's ecosystem in coming years. The group, which meets in Portland April 9, plans to vote whether…
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Gallery: The making of Portland's new energy-producing water pipe
The city of Portland is teaming up with a local startup to deploy a new kind of renewable energy system that uses municipal water pipes to generate electricity. Lucid Energy, a cleantech firm that moved…
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Oregon braces for dangerous coastline debris
A group that tracks threats to Oregon’s coast has warned that a “possibly dangerous form of debris” could soon land along the Pacific’s beaches. However Oregon’s CoastWatch group notes that…
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Think you pay too much for water? Kent Craford sure does
Longtime water and sewer rate critic Kent Craford is plotting to wrestle Portland's "out of control" water and sewer rates away from City Hall by establishing an independent, third-party People's Utility…
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Wells Fargo backs water-innovation nonprofit
Wells Fargo has made a three-year investment in Imagine H20, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that supports startups developing water-related technologies. Imagine H20 didn't disclose the size of the investment,…
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Milestone eastern Oregon water agreement signed
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and groups from Washington and Oregon working together under the banner of the Columbia River Umatilla Solutions task force put their signatures Friday to an agreement that outlines…
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Put down the bottle
Most Oregon businesses would not intentionally choose to increase costs by up to 2,000 percent, needlessly participate in a landfill catastrophe, and jeopardize employee and client health. Yet many do…
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Tennessee Valley Authority faces Clean Water Act lawsuit
The Southern Environmental Law Center has issued a letter announcing a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority over a possible violation of the Clean Water Act due to coal burning at the Colbert…
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Toyota, Wyland Foundation teaming on water conservation
Toyota is joining forces with the Wyland Foundation to help drive home the importance of protecting and preserving one of the nation’s most precious natural resources — water. Throughout April, Toyota,…
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Sustainable Northwest seeks successor for Martin Goebel
Sustainable Northwest, a nonprofit focused on rural sustainability, is hiring an executive director to serve as a successor to Martin Goebel, the organization's founder and president. "Now it is time…
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Larry Ellison poised to invest another $10M in Lanai utilities
Larry Ellison, the billionaire majority owner of the Hawaiian island of Lanai, is willing to “freely invest” an additional $10 million or more in the island’s water infrastructure without recovery…
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Oregon State to lead overhaul of marine research fleet
Oregon State University could get as much as $290 million over the next decade to design and build three coastal research ships in partnership with the National Science Foundation. The announcement —…
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Ohio, Ky. and Ind. sign landmark water agreement aimed at innovation
State regulators with Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana signed a landmark cooperative agreement aimed at making Greater Cincinnati a more attractive location for companies working to snag a piece of the lucrative…
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Plum Creek to fund water-quality research at Oregon State
Large forest land owner Plum Creek committed $500,000 to endow a research position focused on water quality at the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. The money will support the Plum Creek…
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Ameresco giving Austin Energy plant a $5.2M efficiency upgrade
Renewable energy company Ameresco Inc. has started work on an energy savings performance contract for Austin Energy's Domain District Cooling Plant. The $5.2 million budget-neutral project includes the…
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The business case for greening our cities
The wet season is upon us. All that rain pounding on buildings and sidewalks, working its way down city streets reminds us that cities weren’t built to handle wet weather as well as natural areas do.…
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Fears of climate change hit South Florida
High tides and storms created more havoc in South Florida during 2012 than many could remember in recent years, while Miami Beach and other communities began real planning for rising sea levels. Beachgoers…
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Oregon becoming a hub for international development 2.0
Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s leadership in promoting the Water for The World Act is a major opportunity for the growing hub of organizations and companies in Oregon that are moving the needle in improving…
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FERC upholds previous ruling, asks BPA for equitable cost-sharing plan
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday upheld its year-ago ruling that found that the Bonneville Power Administration was discriminating against wind power produces in its plan to require wind…
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California legislation would expand water recycling
California Congresswoman Doris Matsui on Wednesday introduced legislation that would allow the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District to expand its water recycling programs by making a portion…
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