Study: Nearly 29% of world population is overweight
WSJ: The prevalence of people overweight of obese jumped 27.5% for adults; 47.1% for kids from 1980 to 2013.
Intel strikes deal with environmental groups
The chipmaker pledged to assess health risks from emissions at its Oregon factories, monitor air quality and report the results.
Kitzhaber asks AG Rosenblum to sue Oracle
Gov. John Kitzhaber wants Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to sue Oracle for failed Cover Oregon website.
Salem business owners reject EID
The city received enough written objections from property owners to terminate the Economic Improvement District.
Springfield hospital plans major upgrade
The McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center will spend $80 million on an expansion, to be completed by 2018.
UO report: Portland, Eugene economies expanding beyond normal pace
The University of Oregon’s Regional Economic Indexes show the Oregon metro areas have fared well in recent months.
The role of higher education as K-12 underperforms
Since 1970 the performance of our public education system has steadily deteriorated.
Driving green
BY KIM MOORE
Transportation accounts for the second-largest source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. (28% in 2012), and the use of renewable fuels, such as biodiesel and ethanol, is booming in light of state and national programs to make transportation fuels cleaner.
Salvage operation
BY JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG
For Far West Fibers, one of Oregon’s largest and oldest mixed-recycling companies, garbage alchemy has long been big business.
Proceed with caution
BY COURTNEY SHERWOOD
Business and civic leaders weigh the risks and rewards of going green.