Advocates say the decision is a big win for public health and a model for other municipalities The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, or LUBA, decided the city of Portland can limit new fossil fuel storage and expansion of current storage Sept. 29, dealing ...
26 Oct 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The Intertribal Timber Council’s report on the status and needs of tribally managed forests says tribal forest departments face increased threats from wildfire, pests and disease The Intertribal Timber Council, or ITC, is a Portland-based organization th ...
11 Oct 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Public records show Zenith and its PR firm engaged public officials consistently throughout 2022 but did not file lobbying reports The Portland City Auditor’s Office is investigating Zenith Energy for potential violations of the city lobbying code, accord ...
15 Sep 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Zenith Energy’s fossil fuel storage and transport facility faces criticism for potential environmental dangers, particularly in the event of an earthquake. Portland City Council and a fossil fuel transportation and storage company with a history of violat ...
23 Aug 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The bills would remove longstanding legal barriers that severely limited The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde tribal members’ ability to hunt, gather, fish and trap in their ancestral homelands The ability to ...
16 Aug 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
The mine begins construction amid protest from Oregon and Nevada tribes, environmentalists The electric car is here to save the environment — unless the environment in question is atop or around precious minerals like lithium needed in car batteries. A fe ...
7 Mar 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Conflicting interests in ongoing Klamath Basin water crisis force difficult choices In 2023, the Klamath Basin enters a new era as the long-awaited removal of several hydroelectric dams along the Klamath River begins. As dam removal begins, the region fac ...
1 Feb 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Temperatures will be especially dangerous beginning Wednesday night, when temperatures are predicted to drop to 17 degrees before wind chill, through Friday morning, when temperatures are expected to reach as high as 30 degrees Portlanders and those in th ...
21 Dec 2022 - Street Roots Staff
A major river restoration project is likely forthcoming, but fish and tribes in the basin face ongoing water and climate troubles A decades-long effort to remove four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River may soon come to fruition. In the Klamath Basi ...
2 Nov 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Moving Forward | What the second phase of Healthy Businesses permit program will look like Building a sense of community? Making it harder for cars to blaze through the neighborhood? Creating an almost-European vibe? As the Healthy Businesses permit enter ...
24 Aug 2022 - Henry Latourett...