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  1. Threats of heat waves, wildfires and smoke loom over Oregon’s summer

    After a wet spring, Portland is drought-free, but that’s not the case for the rest of the state Portland is emerging from one of the wettest springs on record and heading into summer drought-free, but Oregonians outside of the Willamette Valley aren’t fee ...

    29 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw

  2. Opinion | Get Wall Street out of Oregon’s forests

    The Coast Range Association embraces the Green New Deal with a proposal for carbon sequestration T his week, the Coast Range Association is delivering a forest carbon sequestration proposal to key climate leaders in Congress and the Oregon Congressional d ...

    13 Jan 2021 - Chuck Willer

  3. Native land management could save us from wildfires, experts say

    Taking lessons from the original stewards of the Pacific Northwest landscape could help Oregon avoid disastrous wildfire seasons T his past wildfire season was one of the most destructive on record. Over a million acres of Oregon burned, and 40,000 people ...

    21 Oct 2020 - B. Toastie

  4. Taxpayers prop up the biggest carbon culprit in Oregon: timber

    Oregonians lose hundreds of millions of tax dollars a year subsidizing the forest industry. Enough, says John Talberth, of the Center for Sustainable Economy. The Center for Sustainable Economy is calling attention to how taxpayers subsidize one of the gr ...

    18 Oct 2019 - Emily Green

  5. Forest Service proposes gutting public review

    The deadline looms for public comment on changes to the National Environmental Protection Act People concerned about the environmental impact of resource extractions and other federal actions have until Monday, Aug. 12, to voice their concerns about a pro ...

    9 Aug 2019 - Joanne Zuhl

  6. How we can avoid climate disaster

    We don’t need to focus on every little solution; just a few that work, says energy policy expert Hal Harvey We should listen to Hal Harvey. Unless you’re a climate-policy buff, you’ve probably never heard of him, but he’s been effectively chipping away at ...

    28 Dec 2018 - Emily Green

  7. Cut and run dry: Do Oregon tax laws favor the timber industry?

    County governments receive substantially less revenue from private timber companies after a string of changes, Coast Range Association points out Chuck Willer is on a one-man mission, sporadically traveling across Western Oregon to give his PowerPoint pre ...

    7 Sep 2018 - Emily Green

  8. Oregon could lead on cap-and-invest for carbon emissions

    Oregon could become the first 'normal' state to implement the program economy-wide, paving the way for the rest of the nation As Oregon lawmakers prepare for this year’s legislative session, a bicameral and bipartisan committee has been hashing ...

    31 Aug 2018 - Emily Green

  9. Rally outside Portland timber conference to highlight eco-unfriendly forestry practices

    Advocates want Mayor Ted Wheeler to promote greener logging when he speaks at the International Mass Timber Conference A rally aimed at highlighting what organizers say are weak logging laws in Oregon will be held Tuesday, March 20, outside the main entra ...

    16 Mar 2018 - Emily Green

  10. Clear-cutting’s still rampant in Oregon, MAX train reminds us

    Oregon Wild’s Jason Gonzales says the environmental watchdog’s bold new ad campaign is about seeking a more ecologically responsible approach to logging Throughout March, a giant image of clear-cut forests will confront Portland commuters as it rolls arou ...

    2 Mar 2018 - Emily Green

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