Tag: Oregon
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Pine Gate Renewables to plant two trees for every one removed during construction
Pine Gate Renewables and the Arbor Day Foundation announce a new partnership to replant trees impacted as a result of project development. Starting in 2021, Pine Gate will plant two trees for every one that is removed from their sites during new project construction. Through its partnership with the ArborRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Energy Trust of Oregon approves new shade analysis tools to streamline solar installs
Solar prices have dropped dramatically in recent years, and now Energy Trust of Oregon is helping to lower them further. In the past, Energy Trust required that the solar resource be measured at the installation site—usually a rooftop. Energy Trust now allows contractors to use approved remote shading analysis tools. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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2 Oregon Counties Ban GE Crops in Landslide Election Victories
Voters in Jackson and Josephine counties took matters into their own hands…
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Oregon State Professor’s Breakthrough Uses Sun to Produce Solar Cells
New research shows that the sun could be a “one-stop shop” for energy, production and cost reduction…
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Out-of-State Money Pours Into Local Fight Against GE Crop Ban
A recent report by The Oregonian found that enormous amounts of money are being spent by agrichemical and biotechnology companies in one Oregon county to stop an ordinance that would ban farmers from being able to plant genetically engineered (GE) Crops. This current legislative fight encapsulates the uphill funding battle that anti-GE activists face when organizing state and local…