Critics say a bill with ties to an out-of-state organization and a pro-hunting PAC ignores the voices of conservationists who don’t hunt or fish State lawmakers are considering a bill that would create an Oregon Wildlife Council. But it’s not what it seem ...
5 May 2021 - B. Toastie
House Bill 2488 would codify environmental justice principles, but lawmakers are already limiting its scope Lisa Arkin is the executive director at Beyond Toxics. The Eugene-based nonprofit centers and uplifts voices that are most affected by pollution an ...
21 Apr 2021 - Lisa Arkin
Legislators are taking a sector-by-sector approach this session, but is it enough? O ver three decades after the Oregon Legislature set its first target to address global warming, the state has failed to put a dent in its greenhouse gas emissions. Creepin ...
21 Apr 2021 - Chris May
Oregon lawmakers are considering policies related to environmental justice, energy, natural resources and more Here is some of the environmental legislation Street Roots is tracking in the Oregon Legislature: Environmental justice framework of principles ...
21 Apr 2021 - Street Roots
Connect with communities doing climate justice work In 1969, Earth Day sprung from the growing collective of student groups who were clamoring for public consciousness on deteriorating air and water quality in the United States. Now, more than a half-cent ...
14 Apr 2021 - Emma Nathanson
MOVING FORWARD | It might be up to you to see that we have a choice W hile teleworking is here to stay for more Americans than ever, most workers — and especially those with lower incomes — will still be required to physically go to their place of work. A ...
3 Mar 2021 - Henry Latourett...
We need an infrastructure that works, and we can’t ignore climate change An unprecedented cold wave in Texas recently left several million households without power for days on end, as temperatures dropped well below freezing. Dozens of people died from hy ...
3 Mar 2021 - Gordon Walker
Oregon Wild, Sierra Club and 36 other groups aim to protect federal lands along the McKenzie and North Umpqua rivers Federal land managers are working to auction 10,000 acres of fire-affected public forest for timber sale in Oregon, but environmentalists ...
24 Feb 2021 - Joe Opaleski
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
They’re touted as an affordable housing option worth preserving, but they can also be hazardous to their occupants’ health and finances Misty Muñoz’s bathroom had been rotting for four years. That was before radiant heat from the 1,000-degree blaze that c ...
16 Dec 2020 - Chris May