http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565117823396000 2010-02-11 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565117823396000 en-us Tired of that guilty feeling from bringing home grocery items or takeout food in hard plastic or Styrofoam containers — which can languish for centuries when tossed? A small local company aims to assuage your guilt and improve the environment, with a line of compostable food service products ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565128009997700 2010-02-11 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565128009997700 en-us It’s been a 24-year wait, but birders and hikers finally can trek through Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge, opened to the public last June, is located a few miles east of Washougal, Wash., and it’s well worth the drive. “Because of its location at the mouth ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565124301247900 2010-02-11 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565124301247900 en-us John Charles shocked local greenies when he left the helm of the Oregon Environmental Council several years ago to work for the Cascade Policy Institute. The institute, which promotes free-market, pro-business policies, has emerged as Portland’s leading “climate change denier” ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565121898529500 2010-02-11 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565121898529500 en-us With so much talk about driving less, electric cars and alternative fuels, you’d think transportation was the No. 1 producer of the world’s harmful greenhouse gases. Guess again. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, livestock are responsible for ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565132228967900 2010-02-11 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565132228967900 en-us When Barack Obama came into office, Oregon environmentalists hoped their long battle against proposed liquefied natural gas terminals would get a boost. They had high expectations that Obama’s new political appointees would change the process at the federal level and slow down or stop the ... http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565130131569500 2010-02-11 00:00:00 http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=126565130131569500 en-us Without really being asked, Amiel Patton-Hall and her team of robot engineers are remaking their world, and little plastic blocks are the foundation. Last month, Patton-Hall and four other Portland-area eighth-graders took second place at the annual Intel Oregon FIRST Lego League championship in ...