Green Jobs
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PSU's Impact program 'Elevates' awards finalists
Portland State University has announced finalists for three awards it'll bestow during next month's Elevating Impact Summit. Hundreds of attendees are expected to hit The Elevating Impact Summit to explore…
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PAE formally moves engineering footprint up the road
A West Coast engineering firm that’s made a splash in Portland is expanding its services up Interstate 5. PAE, which leased the top two floors of a downtown Portland building in January, will open its…
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Changing our throw-away mentality through deconstruction and reuse
If you live in one of Portland’s close-in, older neighborhoods, there is a good chance a home on your street has been remodeled or even torn down. Do you know where all of the construction debris from…
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'Worst polluters' tour targets noted Portland businesses
Cyclists took to the streets March 18 to call attention to Portland businesses they say have ties to pollution. The businesses include such Portland mainstays as ESCO Corp., David Evans and Associates…
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Q&A: Merkley on green jobs subcommittee's powerful Oregon tie
Earlier this week the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced that he'd been appointed chairman of a Senate subcommittee focused on green jobs and the clean economy. In a statement, Merkley said…
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Merkley to chair green jobs subcommittee
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley announced Tuesday he will chair the Green Jobs and the New Economy Subcommittee created out of the Senate committee for the environment and public works. The subcommittee will…
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Sacramento sees a quiet cleantech boom
Revenue and employment from Sacramento area cleantech manufacturing and design companies both got big boosts in 2012, setting new records for the region’s cleantech sector, according to a report released…
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Oregon tops nation in new Clean Jobs Index
A new nationwide index released this week by Ecotech Institute, a recently formed college focused on renewable energy and sustainability job training, shows Oregon leads the nation when it comes to so-called…
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Vestas strikes tower deal to boost employment at Colorado factory
Vestas Wind Systems said Wednesday it will ramp up operations — and hire more than 100 people by the end of the first quarter — at its Pueblo, Colo., wind tower plant as part of an agreement reached…
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Vestas trims hours for Colorado workers
Vestas Wind Systems is trimming hours for employees at another of its four Colorado wind turbine factories. Vestas employees at a plant near Pueblo that makes towers for turbines will see their workweek…
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Gamesa plans layoff at wind turbine plant despite PTC extension
Despite the good news from Washington this week on the wind production tax credit, Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa is still planning to lay off 92 workers at its plant in Pennsylvania's Cambria…
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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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Best of 2012: Top news stories of the year
It was a lively news year at Sustainable Business Oregon. Organized opposition to a half dozen coal export facilities planned for development in the Pacific Northwest set off a flurry of coverage that…
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Portland's green building hotline serves up answers
Tim McDonnell had an idea. At his urban winery in Northeast Portland, he and two partners already run the operation on solar power and tend an organic garden. But McDonnell wanted to find a way to reuse…
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Paramount Solar hiring 90 driven by residential demand
Paramount Solar plans to hire 90 people to beef up its Roseville, Calif., headquarters sales team, the company announced Monday. Paramount met a goal to hire 60 people in 60 days that was announced at…
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Innovation in Sustainable Operations: Keen
It started with a simple — but very bold — idea. Keen Inc. wanted to renovate a century-old, 50,000-square foot brick warehouse and not throw away a single scrap of drywall, tile or lumber. “We…
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Leadership Award: Bruce Laird shapes Oregon's clean energy sector
When SoloPower Inc. opened the doors on its North Portland manufacturing plant in September, it wasn’t Bruce Laird who cut the ribbon. That’s the job of politicians and C-level executives. They get…
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Did Vestas meet job growth requirements for HQ loan?
When Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas announced plans to invest $66 million to renovate a historic Pearl District building for its new North American headquarters, it was praised as a public-private…
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White Sands Missile Range homes going solar
Balfour Beatty Communities LLC and SolarCity have announced plans to provide up to 4,700 military homes with solar energy systems. The systems are set to be installed at Balfour Beatty-managed residential…
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Vestas plans to cut 2,000 more jobs, may sell 20% stake
Vestas Wind Systems A/S put out an interim financial report Wednesday indicating ongoing financial uncertainty and announcing plans to cut an additional 2,000 jobs in 2013. The company is also considering…
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Vestas to close three U.S. research centers
Wind turbine-maker Vestas on Wednesday said it will close its three primary research and development operations in the U.S. by the end of the second quarter, resulting in the loss of 85 jobs. The Danish…
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San Francisco mayor announces cleantech initiative
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Tuesday announced a city initiative to support the growth and development of cleantech businesses. Lee said the CleantechSF initiative will focus on three areas first: using…
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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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Oregon is on its way to No. 1 in energy efficiency job creation
Last week, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released their annual scorecard ranking states on policies, programs and activities. Oregon is number four on the list. The evolving role…
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North Carolina gets $3.7B in revenue from clean energy
North Carolina’s clean energy sector has 15,200 full-time equivalent positions and generates $3.7 billion in revenue, marking the fifth consecutive year of growth, according to the 2012 N.C. Sustainable…
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