Some timber producers say it's time for a cultural shift in how we think about logging and forests' role in the ecosystem The way Peter Hayes explains it, every time the timber industry makes a change to the way it harvests America’s forests, it ...
18 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
Oregon’s agency responsible for monitoring water polluters hopes added positions will help it catch up on expired permits Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) grabbed the lifeline it sorely needed when legislators approved a $1.5 million pac ...
28 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Climate-change expert Katharine Hayhoe, a scientist and a Christian, is on a mission to change the minds of faith-based climate change deniers Katharine Hayhoe never goes where she’s not invited, and when she accepts an invitation, she usually finds herse ...
19 Jun 2015 - Emily Green
Oregon has the stiffest water pollution regulations of any state in the U.S. Sounds impressive, right? Think again. Oregon is dead last nationwide when it comes to keeping wastewater permits current with state regulations. According to the EPA’s most rece ...
24 Feb 2015 - Emily Green