AltWeeklies Wire
The $150 Million Question: Gas-Guzzling Trucks or Dirty Tugboats?new
A ticked-off tribe and a delicate union negotiation could stop Metro from picking the most fuel-efficient option on a massive upcoming garbage-hauling contract.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
12-19-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Oregon Now Lags in Fighting Climate Changenew
How the state that pioneered the fight against climate change has fallen behind.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
12-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Tre Mal's Case Moves Alongnew
The environmental activist loses his extradition appeal in Canada, but he's still fighting his return to Oregon.
Willamette Week |
Andrew MacLeod |
10-24-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Critics Question Green Cred of Utility's 'Smart Energy'new
"Portlanders want green energy, but they don't want their energy coming from industrial factory farms," says Kendra Kimbirauskas, a Portland-based consultant for the GRACE Factory Farm Project, a New York-based nonprofit that opposes industrial farming.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
09-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Portland Region's Top 25 Water-Using Residencesnew
These people waste so much water, it's scary.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin and Rachel Schiff |
09-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Burning Green?new
Portland's "Burners" drive hundreds of miles into the desert to attend this year's "green" Burning Man.
Willamette Week |
Rachel Schiff |
08-22-2007 |
Environment
Bamboo-zled?new
Portland pushes its "sustainable" businesses without knowing what that means, exactly.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
08-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Grapes of Cashnew
Lewis & Clark College owns thousands of acres in Eastern Oregon. If you think that's odd, read what the school might do with them.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-05-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Mighty (Portland) Windnew
Look which utility is blowing its influence into the renewable energy bill.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
05-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Sustainable Foodnew
Is it, or isn't it? Digesting Oregon's green-menu movement.
Willamette Week |
William Crawford and Stiv J. Wilson I |
04-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Sustainable Sink Fixturesnew
Eleek makes household hardware that's not so hard on the environment.
Willamette Week |
Elianna Bar-El |
04-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Sustainable Wheelsnew
Mitch Shults bikes to Hillsboro and back every day, packing heat.
Willamette Week |
Mike Thelin |
04-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Sustainable Funeralsnew
How do you say goodbye in a socially conscious fashion?
Willamette Week |
Laura Shinn |
04-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Sustainable Wedding Threadsnew
Old, new, borrowed and ... green?
Willamette Week |
Ben Waterhouse |
04-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Sustainable Sex Toysnew
A Portland couple explores the last eco frontier: sex toys.
Willamette Week |
Ethan Smith |
04-18-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
