‘Projections don’t match aspirational goals’
A Q&A with the president of the Western States Petroleum Association.
Energy and Environment
On the scene: NAFTA leads PNWER conference
Oregon, Canada stress importance of international trade agreement at economic summit.
Council Watch: Banking on brownfields
Portland considers a tax incentive program to ready polluted properties for development.
In Eastern Oregon, Tension with Salmon Protection
Trump’s pledge to roll back regulations was the main reason that rancher Todd Nash, Commissioner of Wallowa County in Eastern Oregon, voted for Trump.
State ups ante on safeguarding workers from toxic chemicals
Workers are poised to receive better protection against exposure to two toxic substances, as an agency prepares to move on a long-awaited plan to change outdated standards that fail to shield employees from carcinogens known to cause serious illnesses and even death.
Oregon missing from new U.S. climate alliance
The governors of California, Washington and New York have formed the United States Climate Alliance in response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Carbon pricing in doubt as business support fractures
The business community is more divided on carbon pricing than ever before.
Launch, Startup Tip and Where They Are Now
Portland entrepreneur takes on the portable toilet Randall White is excited about toilets, toilets that offer a so-called alternative user experience, that is. “We’re looking to disrupt an industry that is ripe for disruption,” says the co-founder of Nature Commode, a startup that makes compost-based portable toilets. A veteran entrepreneur who founded the sharing-economy startup … Read more
