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Oregon Institute of Technology students will be traveling to Tanzania this summer to install solar electricity systems for schools, clinics and other worthy locations. To read the rest of the story, please visit EarthTechling.

The state of Washington is getting $1.3M in federal stimulus dollars to install electric vehicle charging stations along Interstate 5 from Canada to Oregon. To read the rest of the story, please visit EarthTechling.

After Years of Saying it Can’t be Done The American Cleaning Institute (ACI, formerly the Soap and Detergent Association), represents most of the soap-makers in the U.S., has announced a voluntary ban on phosphates in household dishwasher detergents. This follows the banning of phosphates in many US states (such as Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, [...]

Making use of passive solar orientation and solar hot water radiant heat–as well as power generated by photovoltaic panels–an off-grid timberframe house in Oregon has gone quite green. To read the rest of the story, please visit EarthTechling.

Residents of Oregon will soon have an opportunity to receive incentive payments for up to 15 years from the state’s utility commission for the installation of a new solar energy system. To read the rest of the story, please visit EarthTechling.

The Oregon Department of Corrections is looking to spend $450,000 of federal dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to build a solar water heating system for one of its prisons. To read the rest of the story, please visit EarthTechling.

Photo via Ahearn. The photos don’t do these new handmade truck bikes justice. Ahearne Cycle Trucks seem to harken back to a perhaps mythical time when carrying a modest amount of cargo was just what a bike was built to do, without a lot of fuss, muss, or hassle. Joseph Ahearne, a bicycle maker based [...]

ZeaChem lands $25 million in federal stimulus dollars for constructing and operating a biofuels production facility (biorefinery) in Boardman, Oregon. To read the rest of the story, please visit EarthTechling.

Credit: USGS. An ancient, jelly-like invasive organism from Japan has been discovered along Oregon’s coast. It’s being called “very, very scary” by an invasive species specialist and can smother shellfish beds and coat boat hulls, docks and water intakes, The Oregonian reports. …Read the full story on TreeHugger

Here’s what $30 million gets you if you’re in the market for a new radar… photo: Lockheed Martin Remember a little while back when the US Air Force was objecting to the Shepherds Flat wind farm in Oregon because it could interfere with its radar systems. Over in the UK, the RAF had expressed similar [...]