It all started with one tractor back in 2014. That was the beginning of making Fred Meyer the very first company in Oregon to deploy a fleet of heavy-duty LNG trucks. Each truck averages about 175 miles per day, six days a week, 52 weeks a year, and is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions […]
“You’ll find it at Fred Meyer” – that’s the motto practically every Oregonian knows. Founded in 1922 in Portland, Fred Meyer is known as a pioneer of the “one stop shopping concept.” And now they’ve done it again – leading the way as one of the first businesses to join the Oregon Clean Fuels Standard. […]
The Bend Bulletin came out with this story today highlighting how a new round of funding will help bring Bend-based company, Onboard Dynamics’, natural gas technology closer to market. Yet even before becoming commercially available, this clean fuel innovation is already spurring local development: Onboard Dynamics just moved into a new, 2,000-square-foot facility in northeast […]
It’s a good day for clean fuels! Below the Portland Business Journal details how a Central Oregon-based company is working to make clean fuels infrastructure more readily available: “An Oregon manufacturer of compressed natural gas systems for car and truck engines has received $3 million from federal and private sources. Onboard Dynamics Inc.’s most recent […]
The article below was originally published on March 31 in The Oregonian by Denis Theriault. Of all coverage on the oil industry dropping its ballot measure fight, this piece is the only one featuring quotes by Paul Romain, a lobbyist representing Oregon gas stations and fuel distributors. Romain asserts that clean fuels must be amended […]
This article was originally published March 31 in Sustainable Business Oregon, a digital newsletter by the Portland Business Journal. Oregon is the first state in the nation to have legislatively adopted and now defended a clean fuels program. Even more exciting – Oregon is part of a west coast block stretching from California to British […]