Lawmakers are considering weakening wetlands protections to encourage development of much-needed affordable housing A bill moving through the Oregon Legislature aimed at easing housing construction in some rural areas is at odds with regulations set under ...
22 Apr 2019 - Emily Green
Mark Gamba has reshaped his city’s politics. Now, he’s challenging Kurt Schrader in Oregon’s Fifth District. Milwaukie has gone through a radical transformation in recent years. This once blue collar, conservative-leaning Southeast suburb of Portland has ...
19 Apr 2019 - Emily Green
The Oregon congressman has higher hopes for the Save America’s Pollinators Act this time around Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) announced plans to reintroduce the Save America’s Pollinators Act this morning during a press conference at Northeast Po ...
21 Feb 2019 - Emily Green
A new book by Portland historian James V. Hillegas Elting illuminates the Willamette’s legacy of pollution and abatement Formulating a plan to clean up the Portland Harbor Superfund site is only the most recent chapter in the Willamette River’s sullied pa ...
8 Feb 2019 - Emily Green
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
Fears that the West Virginian senator will derail climate change policy mount, but Wyden's office says he's promoting green energy in other ways Update: On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) was named the top Democrat on the Senate ener ...
5 Dec 2018 - Emily Green
Oregon Global Warming Commission warns climate change is impacting state while consumption-based emissions continue to rise Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions from transportation are accelerating, and so are emissions released, within the state and elsewhe ...
26 Oct 2018 - Emily Green
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
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
Should Oregonians be concerned about privatized water? Since NW Natural announced its expansion into the water utility sector this past December, the company has begun buying small water companies in Oregon, Idaho and Washington through a holding company ...
10 Aug 2018 - Emily Green