Economy and Finance

Christian Ettinger, founder of Hopworks Urban Brewery, stands in front of the water-reclamation tank at the company's first pub and brewery on Southeast Powell Boulevard in Portland.

Good Is the New Green

Why businesses are rethinking what it means to be sustainable

May 21, 2019
Published in Economy and Finance

Is Portland the 'granola office?'

Is Portland the 'granola office?'

OB's fifth annual green workplace seminar highlighted financial vs. emotional incentives for going green and raised question about greening local offices of a national operation.

June 1, 2018
Published in Energy and Environment

Plastics industry builds opposition to bag ban

Opponents of the proposed statewide ban on plastic bags are pushing for an alternative measure that focuses on recycling the bags instead.

February 9, 2011
Published in High Five

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