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
Hungry for jobs and tax revenue, small towns are often targets for dirty industries. How one community fought back — and won. When the Chinese company Northwest Innovation Works (NWIW) showed up in 2014 to pitch their methanol refinery to the Port of Kala ...
16 Dec 2020 - Patricia Kullberg
What should the state do with all the forestland left scarred by recent wildfires? West Coast wildfires burned a historic 5 million acres of land this season, but as the ash settles in Oregon’s forests, the state faces a new challenge: What happens next? ...
18 Nov 2020 - Joe Opaleski
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
MOVING FORWARD | Voting yes on Portland's parks levy is a first step, but what if we borrowed ideas from around the world and built playgrounds for everyone? I f summer 2020 had a stage, it was Portland’s parks. They were the first places many of us ...
21 Oct 2020 - Henry Latourett...
In recordings obtained by Street Roots, industry leaders say the governor agreed to keep mandated wildfire safety codes for new homes out of legislation Building standards that could make homes safer and more fire-resistant in wildfires are not mandated f ...
21 Oct 2020 - Chris May
The Oregon journalist discusses her new book, ‘As the World Burns,’ about young people’s lawsuit against the federal government For the past five years, 21 young people from across the country have wended their way through the court system as plaintiffs i ...
23 Sep 2020 - Chris May