The Metro Council approved Thursday evening a franchise permit for Columbia Biogas to operate a food waste recycling facility in Northeast Portland. The company will recycle food waste from commercial and industrial sources at 6849 N.E. Columbia Blvd. The project is expected to keep about 200,000 tons of waste out of landfills or the sewer [...]
With the number of salmon in the North Pacific having doubled in the past 50 years, scientists are increasingly concerned there may not be enough food to support them, and changing ocean conditions could make it even worse. On the surface, the mounting scientific evidence would seem to contradict conventional wisdom that salmon are a [...]
On Tuesday, no fewer than nine food industry groups banded together (along with oil companies) to sue theEPA over its decision last month toboost the allowable amount of corn-based ethanol in vehicle fuel from 10% to 20%. Corn is a sacred crop for food companies, because without it there would be a whole lot less processed [...]
