E-clips, Oct. 2

Some fans caught up in scam get money back (Register-Guard): University of Oregon alumnus Kevin Platt thought he had tickets to Saturday's big game against California all lined up. A friend's parents had a pair they didn't plan to use, and Platt had dibs on one of them. But at 11 p.m. Friday, he learned that they had changed their minds, and Platt was out of luck. The 23-year-old traveled to Autzen Stadium from Portland anyway, and bought a ticket from one of the many scalpers who hang around the stadium on game day. "He was asking $100, but all my friend and I had between us was $76," Platt said Monday. "So he said, `OK, $76.' " In making the purchase, Platt joined 30 other frustrated fans who were denied entry to the much-hyped contest because their tickets were counterfeit.

Company cleans up on green auto fleets (Daily Journal of Commerce): Oregon is awash in new green services, as even the dirtiest industries join the state's growing sustainable business sector. Hoping to capitalize on the trucking industry's transition to biodiesel and low-sulfur fuels, TerraClean, a green home and office cleaner in Portland, this month will begin offering eco-friendly cleaning services targeted to fleets that want to go green. Green cleaning "might be a new subsector of the fleet market, which could be innovative," said Jim Hutchison, a professor of green chemistry at the University of Oregon, which offers one of four programs nationwide in green chemistry. TerraClean, founded in 2003 as a petroleum-free business - its own vans run on biodiesel and its products are petro-free - has so far made its name cleaning buildings certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, which gives buildings credit for eco-friendly maintenance programs.