March

Prioritizing those pesky persistent pollutants (say that three times fast)

This year for the first time, Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has released a list of 175 priority persistent pollutants.

OEC leads initiative to build Oregon’s greenest building yet

The project will pursue sustainability concepts in the built environment by meeting the prerequisites of the Cascadia Region Green Building Council’s Living Building Challenge.

Chinese announcement a huge boost for solar companies

Anybody out there still think solar is a pipe dream? Certainly not China, nor the Dow Jones.

Tackling Oregon's sources of air pollution

Studies from across the world have consistently shown that air pollution harms heart health. Common air pollutants are associated with increased hospitalization and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, especially in people with congestive heart failure, frequent arrhythmias, or both.