Oregon Organic Produce Company Makes History By Selling Itself to a Sustainability Trust Rather Than a Corporation

Organically Grown Co., the largest organic produce distributor in the Northwest, is determined not to sell out—at least by traditional means.

Portland Fire Inspectors Rule Out Homeless Camping as a Cause of the Cully Auto Scrapyard Fire

Cause of the fire remains officially undetermined.

Recycling Is Religion in Portland. But It’s in Crisis Because You’re Doing It Wrong.

We recycle enthusiastically. We just don’t know what we’re doing.

Seven Portlanders Urged Scott Pruitt To Be A Reasonable Man. The EPA Called Their Postcard a Threat.

“CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL!!! We are watching you.”

Bitcoin Miners Are Flocking to Oregon for Cheap Electricity. Should We Give Them a Boost?

The arrival of cryptocurrency miners in The Dalles offers a strange opportunity for the state—and a big environmental threat.

Proposed Portland Ballot Initiative to Tax Corporations for Green Energy Projects Faces a Court Challenge

Portland Climate Action Community Benefits Initiative 2018, which would impose a tax on large retailers, would devote new resources to renewable energy projects and related projects.

Environmental Groups Blast New City-Funded All Timber Building for Shirking Environmental Standards

Environmentalists File Portland Business Tax Proposal for November Ballot

A 1 percent tax on local gross receipts of larger retailers would be expected to bring in more than $35 million a year.