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- Montana DEQ awards $1 million in alternative energy development grants
- The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has awarded $1 million in grants to four entities for projects that will further the development and marketability of renewable energy technologies in the state. The grants are funded with federal Recovery dollars.
- Winds Of change for Portland
- Mayor Sam Adams announced last week that city taxpayers would give an $8.1 million interest-free loan to Gerding Edlen Development so the Portland company could build new North American headquarters in the Pearl for Vestas.
- Mckinstry innovation center cozies into position as cleantech ‘accelerator’
- Perched atop two floors of parking on the McKinstry campus, the Seattle-based consulting, construction, and energy firm has built the first real space of its kind dedicated entirely to fostering the local cleantech industry
- EnerG2 gets started on Albany energy storage materials plant
- Climate Solutions congratulates EnerG2, who broke ground on Tuesday on its stimulus-funded energy storage materials production facility in Albany, promising 35 new jobs when the plant opens in October 2011.
- Seattle takes the high road with retrofit program
- The Seattle City Council adopted the "Community High Road Agreement for Residential Retrofit Projects," which will lead to the creation of thousands of high-quality, family-supporting jobs for qualified, historically underrepresented contractors and workers in the clean-energy economy.
- Study: Northwest poised to lead clean-energy transition
- A study released Wednesday indicates that the Northwest is uniquely positioned to make a relatively painless transition to clean-energy sources, retiring all coal and nuclear power generation in the region by 2040.
- Building the Biocarbon Economy: How the Northwest Can Lead
- Climate Solutions announces the release of Building the Biocarbon Economy: How the Northwest Can Lead, a new briefing series that details how forests, farms, cities and businesses can mobilize biological carbon resources to stabilize the climate.
- Economic growth, new jobs would result from regional climate plan
- An independent economic analysis indicates that Washington's economy would grow by $3.3 billion and add 19,300 jobs if a regional plan to mitigate climate change and build a clean-energy economy goes into effect as designed starting in 2012.
- Tabor 100's Green Energy Scholarship Program advances clean-energy career opportunities for young people of color
- Tabor 100 hoping for a strong applicant pool for the 2010-2011 Tabor 100 Green Energy Scholarship Program as well as new businesses eager to mentor young people of color in clean-energy career opportunities.
- King County shines spotlight on companies reducing waste, recycling
- Every year King County spotlights area businesses that are recycling more and wasting less resources. This year, 75 companies made the Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction list announced Tuesday.
- Fill downtown office buildings to combat climate change
- Seattle is losing jobs to the suburbs. In 2009, Seattle had 30,000 fewer jobs than in the year 2000. Two-thirds (21,000) of that job loss occurred in downtown Seattle. During the same period, areas of King County outside Seattle gained more than 15,000 jobs. In 2008, regional urban centers (areas targeted for employment and housing density in King, Pierce, Kitsap and Snohomish Counties) contained just 15 percent of all the jobs in the four-county area, compared to 31 percent in the year 2000.
- Study finds American Power Act creates jobs while decreasing household energy expenditures
- All told, we should be asking ourselves not what climate legislation will cost, but rather how much we’ll lose by failing to pass it.
- Climate change legislation would produce many positive outcomes
- Oregon is now U.S. headquarters for some of the largest clean energy companies in the world, and around the country we have secured a strong reputation as a leader in sustainable, renewable, energy development.
- City of Portland, GE focused on sustainable prosperity together
- The city of Portland and GE have announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping to build a sustainable economy for the city by focusing on energy efficiency, distributed power generation and job creation by local businesses.
- Climate Solutions is hiring
- Since our founding in 1998, Climate Solutions has emerged as one of the most effective, accomplished climate groups in the nation. Come be part of the Climate Solutions team!
- Consumers demand all-electric vehicles
- Great news for the electric car: Nissan has received 19,000 preorders for the LEAF all-electric vehicle, making it sold out for this year. The demand has exceeded expectations.
- Major Employers, Outdoor Industries, and Small Businesses Urge Immediate Action on Comprehensive Climate, Clean Energy Legislation
- Climate Solutions press release for June 3, 2010: Hundreds of northwest businesses, employing tens of thousands of people in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, are urging the region's Senators to pass comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation, including a cap on carbon.
- Montana Business Leaders for Clean Energy press Senators on climate change bill
- Members of the group, Montana Business Leaders for Clean Energy, met with Democratic Sen. Max Baucus and the staff of Jon Tester barely a week after the draft of a major bill aimed at reducing carbon emissions was released in the Senate
- Business Leaders for Climate Solutions come together in a hive of green business
- Like kids who've pounded the final nails into a treehouse, executives at McKinstry have enthusiastic but still-evolving visions for their new clean-technology business incubator - first tenants are turbine developer Hydrovolts and General Biodiesel.
- New study: solar industry poised to create 200,000 jobs with key tax policies
- Treasury Grant and Solar Manufacturing Tax Credit cited as key drivers for jobs, installation of 10 gigawatts of solar capacity.
