From the outside Mayor Charlie Hales' first term might appear to have been a huge success: He has spent the summer jetting to the Vatican for Pope Francis's historic encyclical on climate change and to the White House for the unveiling of Obama's Clean Power Plan, but back home Portland residents are increasingly voicing concerns... Continue Reading →
Bayer CropScience Settles Violations at West Virginia Plant Background: In 2008, a chemical explosion happened at the Bayer CropScience’s Institute in West Virginia plant This accident killed two employees and injured eight others. The explosion also occurred after a chemical called methyl isocyanate was improperly stored. Following the incident, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard... Continue Reading →
“What Works Portland” Goes Live: City Launches Data Platform for Smarter Government The City of Portland just launched What Works Portland, a new initiative focused on data-driven governance. With this move, Portland joins a growing number of cities using open data and performance tracking to improve services and transparency. A Smarter Approach to City Services... Continue Reading →
Sad to report that cars I also tested from Volkswagen and Audi. Yes those sold in the US. For they were definitely rigging their TDI to be green. I knew and reported on Answers.com they were not green. Those reviews were then also taken down. This accounts for most importantly about 482,000 diesel vehicles that... Continue Reading →
More than 114,000 new jobs, many which would come from the hard-hit construction industry, would be created through the Better Buildings Initiative, a White House plan to make existing commercial and multifamily buildings more energy efficient, according to a new analysis released today by The Real Estate Roundtable, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. This key initiative, announced by President Obama in February, combines financial and other incentives to improve energy efficiency in the nation’s commercial and multifamily buildings stock. The biggest job driver in the Better Buildings Initiative, which accounts for more than 77,000 of the new jobs, is a redesigned tax deduction for energy efficiency upgrades of buildings. The joint analysis also shows how the initiative would have a rippling effect throughout the economy to generate more manufacturing, production, and service jobs – and demonstrating how public funds can leverage significant private investments to expand the benefits to the economy.
