New Battery Tech Energizes Demand
The iron-flow battery system is safer, cleaner and more durable than its competitors, but its success will depend on its ability to scale.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Sander Gusinow
Energy and Environment
The Great Divide
Depending on whom you ask, the fight over cap and trade represents the rural-urban divide or the inability of lawmakers to compromise. The real tension, however, lies in the business community as it sorts out who pollutes, who pays and what it means to do business in Oregon.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Amy Milshtein
Natural Allies
Why timber companies are turning to sustainable certifications.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Sander Gusinow
A Global Forest
Fellows at the World Forestry Institute debut forest-preserving projects with global reverberations.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Sander Gusinow
Climate Change Business Fund Secures Investment
VertueLab has its sights set on bringing green technology to market. Despite a myriad of challenges, the business development fund just secured a large boost.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Sander Gusinow
Cap and Trade: Lawmakers Face Transportation Conundrum
A historic bill to reduce Oregon’s greenhouse gases is on the cusp of passing if fuel suppliers can be brought on board.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Kim Moore
Hard Charging
New regulation, grassroots demands and technological innovation are transforming the way electricity is generated in the West. Can Oregon emerge as a leader?
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Amy Milshtein
Catching the Wave
Business and government haggle over tsunami solutions before it’s too late.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Caleb Diehl
Data Centers Become More Efficient
New designs bring power consumption under control.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Caleb Diehl
Praying for snow
The skiing industry responds to climate change.
- Published in Energy and Environment
- by Caleb Diehl
