- Oregon Governor Vetoes Contentious Bills Affecting Renewable Energy
- Feds Make Available $3 Billion in Cash Grants For Renewable Energy
- Portland and Seattle Among Test Markets for Electric Vehicle Program
- Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Passes the House
- Oregon Legislature Passes Numerous Climate Change and Renewable Energy Bills
- Department of Treasury Releases Guidelines for Obtaining Renewable Energy Grants
- Ecolutions – a New Happy Hour “Think and Drink” for Ecologically Minded Young Professionals
- BPA Seeks Additional Funding To Study Options For Renewable Power Storage
- City of Portland Launches Online Solar Evaluation Tool
- Practical Tips for Water-Wise Gardening
- New Industry Standard for the Assessment of Vapor Intrustion into Structures on Property Involved in Real Estate Transactions
- Impact of the California Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Installed Wind Capacity in U.S. Forecast to Grow 165% by 2015
- BETCs and the Oregon Legislature
- Windpower 2009 Conference and Exhibition - Last Day
- Proposed New Rules Implementing Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Windpower 2009 Conference and Exhibition - Day Two
- Windpower 2009 Conference and Exhibition - Day One
- FERC and DOI Reach Jurisdictional Agreement for Wave and Tidal Energy Projects
- Fog Starting To Lift On Federal Stimulus Money, Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Federal and State Efforts on Carbon Regulation Follow Parallel Tracks
- Western Climate Initiative Responds To Republican Criticism
- Department of Interior Makes Renewable Energy a Top Priority
- Bonneville Power Administration Approves New Major Transmission Line
- Change May Be Coming for Washington's Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Congress Asked to Consider Nationwide Renewable Portfolio Standard
- $80.7 Million in Stimulus Money Headed Oregon's Way
- Educating for Sustainable Business Practices
- BLM and Oregon Sign Agreement on Wind Project Siting
- Sustaining Portland's Economy
- Green Development of Contaminated Property—EPA's ER3 Initiative
- Fundamental Sustainability—Protecting the Wilderness that Sustains Us
- Renewable Energy Incentives Survive To Final Stimulus Package
- New Industry Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments of Forest Lands and Rural Property
- A Lot To Like In The House's Economic Stimulus Package
- USDA Funds First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
- Offshore Wind Project Catches Tailwind
- On the Water Front: Sustaining Water in the 2009 Legislative Session
- Sustainability or the Idea of Sustainability? The CRC Should Be Both.
- Rounding Out Governor Kulongoski's 2009 Clean Energy Agenda
- Oregon Governor Lays Out Renewable Energy Agenda for 2009 Legislature
- "There's No Such Thing as Waste Water"
- The Giving and Taking of Siting Authority
- Oregon State University Tackles Unpredictability of Wind Energy
- Almost 150,000 Customers in the Pacific Northwest Purchase Renewable Energy
- President-Elect Obama’s Pursuit of Energy Independence
- Expectations are High for President-Elect Obama’s Sustainability Policies
- Day One of the 17th Annual Oregon Water Law Conference: A Deluge of Information
- Sustaining "Made in Oregon" - Not Just a Sign of the Times
- Governor Kulongoski's Sustainability Transportation Plan Needs a Few More Spokes
- GHG Offsets: Buyer Beware
- WCI Proposal Rewards Foot Draggers On Reducing Carbon Emissions
- Nike, Inc. Expands Its Considered Line
- What About Sustainable Entrepreneurship?
- Recent Developments in Greenhouse Gas Regulation
- Kulongoski Announces a Sunny Incentive for Green Technology to Drive a More Rosy Economic Future
- EPA Grants Encourage Brownfields Cleanup
- Of Mice and Men—Lessons to be Learned from Small Mammals' Response to Climate Change
- Oregon’s Proposed GHG Reporting Rules
- Congress Extends Renewable Energy Tax Credits
- Portland Is Only U.S. City Among The World's Top Ten Sustainable Cities
- Production Tax Credit Approved by Senate, Heads to House
- Oregon Wine Board to Establish "Oregon Certified Sustainable" Brand
- House Passes Extension of Wind and Solar Tax Credits, Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard
- U.S. Wind Tops 20 Gigawatts
- Renewable Energy Tax Credits At Risk?
- New Wetlands Mitigation Rule—A Boost for the Mitigation Banking Sector
- Minerals Management Services Moves Forward On Offshore Leasing For Renewable Energy Projects
- Wild Energy Tax Credits Save Taxpayers Money
- Delay Is the Only Certainty on Federal Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations
- Regional Emissions Trading Programs On The Move, Part Two
- Regional Emissions Trading Programs on the Move
- WCI's Cap-and-Trade Plan
- Oregon Public Utilities Commission Reopens The Door To Solar Energy Projects In Oregon
- PGE Rolls Out First of 15 Plug-In Hybrid Charging Stations
- Second Oregon Home Achieves Platinum LEED Certification
- Lottery Funds: New Ticket to Climate Change?
- Efficiency Isn't Easy
- Hip Real Estate Does Not An Economy Make
- Washington Legislature Considering Two Very Different Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Alaska Balks at Recent Polar Bar Listing Under the Endangered Species Act
- Friend or Foe? The U.S. Department's Conflicted Listing of Polar Bears as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act
- Now, You Too Can Be A Tree!
- Ethanol's Impact On Food Prices Is Grossly Overstated
- What's Really Going On With the Ethanol Debate?
- EPA To Take Public Comment on Federal Regulation of Greenhouse Gases
- Inconsistent Federal Payments Discourage Public Renewable Power
- Banks Seek To Protect Against Climate Change Risk
- Carbon Cap-and-Trade Moves Forward
- ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge
- Software Association of Oregon's Clean Tech Forum
- The Three-Legged Stool To Reduce Transportation Emissions
- Efforts to Extend Federal Renewable Energy Tax Credits
- One Winner in Reducing GHG Emissions from Vehicles
- Mixed Success on State Efforts to Reduce Vehicle GHG Emissions
- Corn and Soy-Based Biofuels Are A Waypoint, Not A Destination
- Power Gen Renewable Energy and Fuels Expo
- Regional Climate Initiatives Move Forward With Emissions Trading Mechanisms
- Cape Wind Environmental Impact Statement Released for Public Comment
- Greenwashing: Navigating the Marketing Claims (Part 2)
- Greenwashing: It's So Easy to Say You're Green (Part 1)
- Local Ethanol
- Northwestern States on Track to Meet Requirements of Their RSP Standards
- States Lead the Fight on Climate Change
- Bikes Are Traffic, and Business Too
- RecycleWorks Award
- Oregon Promotes Wave Energy Technology
- On the Water Front: Going with the Flow on a State Water Plan
- The Cape Wind Saga and Challenges Facing Renewable Energy
- Oregon May be A Little Prodigious, But is Still a Sustainability Toddler
- Individual Benefit v. Societal Benefit of Sustainable Products
- States Challenge EPA Administrator's Decision
- New E-Waste Recycling Law Deadlines
- E-Waste Recycling Better Managed at Federal Level
- Consistently Green
- Green Buildings Could Mean Healthier Employees
- New Australian Prime Minister Ratifies Kyoto Protocol
- Oregon's Small Wind Program
- Response to Portland Business Journal Article on Measure 49
- Why We Need a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Being Green Is Just Not Enough
- Good, for NAU -- Part 2
- Measure 49 Adopted by Oregon Voters
- Good, for NAU -- Part 1
- Sustainable Forestry: Beneficial New Transferable Oregon Tax Credit
- Oregon Sustainability Movement: Supported by HB 2826
- Climate Change and Environmental Policy
- If We Don't Study Global Warming, Maybe It Will Go Away
- Western Climate Initiative Goes International
- Tonkon Torp's Commitment to Sustainability
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