Green Chemistry
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Six Oregon schools make 'Green Colleges' list
Six Oregon universities have landed on Princeton Review's annual Guide to Green Colleges. Presented in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, this year's Green Colleges list features 322 public…
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Greener goods help paint happier, healthier picture
Just 20 years ago, paint manufacturers struggled to fill demands from pro-environment contractors who requested paints with low quantities of volatile organic compounds. Yet when federal legislation finally…
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Nike seeks to ferret out non-green biz partners
Nike Inc. officials said Monday they’ve reached an agreement with a Swiss company that will help the local company procure more sustainable materials and chemistry types. Nike (NYSE: NKE) will work…
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Solazyme signs another $20M partnership deal
Solazyme Inc., a South San Francisco-based maker of renewable oils, has signed a $20 million partnership with Mitsui Co., to produce products that could be used in plastics, lubricants and household products. Product…
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Year-end numbers highlight cleantech VC slowdown
By the time another round of 2012 figures came out this week, the alarms around the dearth of cleantech venture capital had already been sounded. The annual report released Friday by PricewaterhouseCoopers…
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ZeaChem closes $25M investment, touts Boardman biorefinery
ZeaChem Inc. announced Monday morning the company closed a $25 million Series C investment and the completed construction of its demonstration biorefinery in Boardman. The refinery has the capacity to…
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Green chemistry startup sprouts in Wisconsin
A renewable chemical and biofuel production method developed by a team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher Ron Raines has been licensed to the company he founded. Raines, a biochemistry…
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Transparency is changing the materials marketplace
There is a major shift happening — especially in Oregon — around how materials are made and used. Green chemistry innovators are working to design inherently safer alternatives at the molecular level.…
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Portland and Multnomah County break ground with sustainable purchasing initiative
Portland City Council unanimously passed an initiative Wednesday that will put a program in place for city officials to require chemical ingredients to be disclosed before goods are purchased. The Healthy…
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OSU gets $2M to study tiny marine algae with big biofuel potential
Scientists at Oregon State University landed a $2 million grant to study a tiny marine life form with the multitasking potential to make cost-effective, algae-based biofuel, along with semiconductors,…
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Method sells to Ecover in green cleaning merger
Method Products, an 11-year-old, San Francisco-based company that makes sleekly packaged eco-friendly cleaning products has been acquired by competitor Ecover, based in Belgium. Philip Malmberg, CEO of…
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UO chemists find waste-reducing catalyst
David Tyler and University of Oregon chemists have identified a catalyst that could reduce waste in the manufacturing of glass alternatives such as Plexiglas. David Tyler, who is UO's Charles J. and M,…
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Next-generation biofuels companies target revenue
Biofuel and biochemical startups have wised up about market forces. Many first-generation companies that produced advanced fuels and products shot for the moon, targeting transportation fuel markets that…
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Kenyan marathon uniform marks Nike's first use of waterless fabric dyeing
Kenyan marathoner Abel Kirui will run for the gold medal in London on Sunday wearing a Nike Inc.-made singlet that was dyed in his nation's colors without the use of water. The uniform marks the first…
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UO moves forward with climate action plan
Two years after adopting a Climate Action Plan aimed at net-zero greenhouse emissions on campus by 2050, University of Oregon officials announced Wednesday they've developed a framework of objectives to…
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Six cost-effective changes for better sustainability
Our manufacturing technologies and the chemistry they employ were developed in a very different era. When our industrial production and consumption systems were developed, global population was more than…
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GreenWood Resources, Columbia Forest Products team on veneer
Columbia Forest Products and GreenWood Tree Farm Fund announced this week they've signed a deal to use GreedWood's Boardman-raised poplars as a supply for hardwood veneer planes made using Columbia's formaldehyde-free…
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[3Bl]ooming Honcho: Josh Hatch
[3Bl]ooming Honcho is a series of conversations with the next wave of business leaders in Oregon. This emerging class has a keen focus on integrating sound business practices with sustainability. They…
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Halliburton 'greening up' its HQ
Halliburton Co. is spending more than $2.7 million to grow and “green up” its 120-acre North Belt Campus, home to the Houston company’s U.S. headquarters. Expected to open this fall, the 1 million-square-foot…
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OSU-discovered compound could keep buildings cool
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a chemical compound, a "cool blue" pigment that has notable heat reflecting properties that could lead to new approaches to saving energy in buildings. The…
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Kitzhaber signs order in support of green chemistry
Gov. John Kitzhaber gathered with Oregon business representatives and members of the environmental community Friday morning to sign an executive order calling on state agencies to support the development…
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Allen named head of PSU's sustainability institute
Jennifer Allen was named director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions at Portland State University Monday, after serving as the interim director there since last October. "With Jennfier's leadership,…
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Solazyme forms joint venture with Bunge for renewable fuels
Solazyme, a renewable oils, chemicals and products company based in South San Francisco, has expanded a partnership with foods conglomerate Bunge, with which it will form a joint venture in Brazil to produce…
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ZeaChem adds to Boardman plant, hosts Gov. Kitzhaber
ZeaChem CEO Jim Imbler was in Boardman Monday to play host to Gov. John Kitzhaber and talk about the jobs his company's plant will provide for eastern Oregon. The company also formally announced construction…
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Keeping wind turbines turning leads to growth
For the past two years, the Portland Development Commission’s Pam Neal has kept a list of the area’s wind energy industry suppliers and ancillary companies. Since compiling the list, its numbers have…
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