Portland Energy Fund Strips Grantee of Award After Vetting Failure
Portland City Council stripped a local green energy nonprofit of a city-awarded grant Wednesday after an investigation by the Oregonian revealed the organization’s executive director had a history of financial crimes. The city ordinance, passed unanimously, transferred the $10 million grant to nonprofit Earth Advantage to carry out the grant responsibilities, which aims to distribute cooling units to vulnerable Portland residents before the next heatwave. Following the record-breaking heatwave in June that killed at least...
Source: portlandmercury.com
