Eco School Network News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A cycling mom joins walk and bike buses helping kids get to school in neighborhoods rich and poor, where volunteers keep the wheels turning.

The Portland Public Schools board voted unanimously in favor of the policy in a meeting Tuesday night.

Students and environmental advocates urged Portland Public Schools (PPS) board members to advance the district’s proposed climate change response policy to a board vote at a school board meeting Tuesday. The student advocates are fearful the climate policy will only continue to be weakened and never be put into action if board members don’t vote on the policy soon. “As a young climate advocate, I’m pretty sick of viewing PPS as the opposition,” said Adah...

Portland Public Schools faces heat over climate policy revisions, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Credit union’s new ‘Green Horizons’ initiative offers lending incentives PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — OnPoint Community Credit Union, the largest credit union headquartered in Oregon, announced Monday new commitments to fighting climate change, including the Green Horizons initiative, which makes it more affordable for people in Oregon and southwest Washington to adopt new, sustainable technology. OnPoint Green Horizons provides special rate discounts on electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as solar panels. In addition to these discounts for members, OnPoint is taking other steps to redu...