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Ecotrust subsidiary funnels $60M in federal tax credits

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  • Ecotrust CDE LLC allocated more than $60 million in New Markets Tax Credits in 2010 to Northwest businesses that are creating “green” jobs in rural areas
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Ecotrust helps create jobs

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  • Ecotrust CDE has allocated over $60 million in tax credits to businesses that are creating green jobs in struggling timber communities
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ShoreBank acquisition closed by OneCalifornia

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  • Monday morning saw the announcement by OneCalifornia Bank that it completed the acquisition of ShoreBank Pacific from ShoreBank Corporation
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It’s time to ditch sustainability

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  • Sustainability as a concept has good intentions, but the term itself has become so co-opted that it now gets in the way of real efforts
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Ecotrust backs new markets

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  • Struggling rural towns got a $60 million boost in 2010 from the federal New Market tax credit program and Portland-based Ecotrust CDE
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FoodHub offers free trial membership

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  • FoodHub celebrated first birthday Wednesday by waiving the $100 annual membership fee for anyone who wants to try the service for the next three months
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Fishing interests zero in on enviros’ role

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  • Investigations through federal Inspector General’s office corroborated concern over way enforcement agents used excessive tactics in penalizing fishermen
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Oregon farmers and groups win Progress Awards from the state agriculture department

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  • Outstanding Cooperator: Ecotrust and its Food and Farms Program, which links local food producers and consumers
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Ecotrust study lauds carbon storage of Oregon forest

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  • Ecotrust cities the results of a carbon analysis study conducted by the organization for the Oregon office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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National panel releases recommendations on communities and catch share policy

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  • A national panel on “the Community Dimensions of Fisheries Catch Share Programs” released its recommendations today
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Environmental group touts catch shares as fishing suit is heard

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  • Environmental group conducted a conference call with national media, promoting its release of a report supporting the catch share system
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Catch Shares

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  • Ecotrust issued a report with 16 recommendations to strengthen the resilience and prosperity of fishing communities under a new national catch share policy
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Ecotrust manager creates new forest ownership option

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  • Brent Davies: ‘The rapid land ownership changes are clear even in my lifetime’
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New maps seek the best places for wave energy

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  • State planners are developing a series of maps designed to flag the lesser-used places as potential sites for marine renewable energy projects
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Ecotrust VP to talk food at White House

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  • Deborah Kane will be at the White House next week to brief the Obama Administration on how to strengthen rural communities and promote economic growth
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Portland’s message: good food connects rural growers to urban eaters and makes both healthy

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  • Deborah Kane is among 19 people invited to talk with the Obama administration about strengthening rural communities and promoting economic growth
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Faces & visions of the food movement: Helene York

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  • Helene York is educator and coach for Bon Appétit Management Company, the socially responsible food service company operates more than 400 on-site cafés
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FoodHub unveils facelift, readies to go national

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  • Ecotrust online website FoodHub took the wraps off new design Tuesday, introducing some new functionality to its growing marketplace for business of food
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Oregon’s Deborah Kane talks policy with secretary of agriculture, meets President Obama

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  • Deborah Kane, vice president of food and farms for Ecotrust, was one of 18 at the grass-roots roundtable to share and discuss the most pressing rural issues
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Chart: the cost of chronic overfishing vs. the BP oil disaster

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  • Overfishing occurs without much drama. But as the numbers show, its impact on fish is Deepwater Horizon-sized—and then some