oregonlive.com - 1/6/2009
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Oregonian: Oregon taxpayers are shelling out tens of millions of dollars to subsidize green energy projects, making the state a magnet for solar and wind companies. But an investigation by The Oregonian shows that the money also is going to risky ventures with questionable environmental benefits ...
oregonlive.com - 1/9/2009
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oregonlive.com —
SpectraWatt Inc., an Intel spinoff that planned to
make solar cells in Hillsboro, may leave Oregon because...
it can't find financing to build a plant. Andrew Wilson, SpectraWatt's chief executive, confirmed Wednesday that the company had suspended ...
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Solar-cell maker halts construction plans for new plant ...
nytimes.com - 1/1/2009
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nytimes.com —
The Interior Department announced a controversial decision late
Wednesday to double the rate of logging on 2.6...
million acres of federally owned forests in southwestern Oregon. In doing so, it brushed aside the objections of the governor and two ...
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Move to Increase Logging on Oregon Land
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/14/2009
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How will states generate money to patch up
highways when the gas tax is gone — in...
other words, when cars become so fuel-efficient that they no longer run on gasoline?
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Will a Mileage Tax Replace the Gas Tax?
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Sustainability News Headlines - 1/6/2009
Conservation Value Notes —
News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today Investing In Energy Efficiency Building Retrofits Will Create Over 7 Times More Jobs Than Coal Power Plants Earth Policy Institute, 1/6 Climate Guru Jim Hanson's Open Letter to Obama Grist, 1/6 Pacific Northwest County Slowly Moving Toward Energy, Food Independence The Bellingham Herald, 1/6 Tips For Green Investing in 2009 LA Times, 1/6 Oregon Exceptionally Generous With Green Energy Subsidies The Oregonian, 1/6 ...
Will The Fortune 500 Save the Solar Industry?
Earth2Tech —
... , Oregon approved $60.86 million in business energy tax credits in 2006 — and that was before it increased its energy credits in 2007. The state estimates the tax credits will cost it $144 million from 2009 to 2011, The Oregonian reported earlier this month. ...
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