We continue to break record temperatures and hurtle toward disaster, but there have been some notable victories, too The water that runs through the canals of Venice is clear, clearer than it has been in decades. It apparently just needed a vacation from ...
17 Sep 2020 - Tom Henderson
Is the state poised to abandon Tom McCall’s environmental legacy? Oregon schoolchildren once regularly saw a documentary about the growing climate crisis in their state. “Clean water and clear air are imperatives of life itself,” narrator Richard Ross beg ...
15 Sep 2020 - Tom Henderson
The front group took out a full-page ad in The Oregonian, asking the governor to approve the controversial natural gas terminal in southwestern Oregon A pro-pipeline lobbying group calling itself Western States and Tribal Nations is spreading a message th ...
30 Jun 2020 - B. Toastie
While some businesses stick with reusables during the pandemic, state guidelines and reliance on to-go food means many depend on disposable products With restaurants relying on takeout services to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, to-go contain ...
17 Jun 2020 - Hanna Merzbach
Kangaroo Island was home to 50,000 koalas before the bushfire crisis, and workers at its wildlife park have focused on nursing injured animals back to life We stand at the base of a gum tree looking up into its leafy canopy. Plastic laundry baskets, the t ...
11 Jun 2020 - Anastasia Safioleas
Oregon groups shift their focus to the health crisis, but they also see a unique opportunity for change April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and before the coronavirus pandemic shut down public life as Portlanders knew it, local climate groups h ...
2 Apr 2020 - Emily Green
Environmental groups say the Army Corps of Engineers' reallocation plan will hurt threatened fish species The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a drastic cut to the volume of water stored among its 13 dams and reservoirs in the Willamette River Ba ...
20 Mar 2020 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | The movement to legally enshrine the rights of species and ecosystems has been gaining steam worldwide In a letter to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee dated Feb. 11, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown offered her full support for removal of the four hydroelect ...
6 Mar 2020 - Helen Hill
Rob Bilott secured huge payouts after taking on chemical giant DuPont over pollution — a fight that has been made into ‘Dark Waters,' a film starring Mark Ruffalo Rob Bilott is not a man who’s quick to anger — even after more than 20 years fighting. ...
28 Feb 2020 - Simon Ward
COMMENTARY | When supporters speak to the threat to 'our way of life,' they are invoking the white supremacist history of Oregon The sun came out on a recent Thursday in Salem. For many of the attendees at the Timber Unity rally against cap-and- ...
21 Feb 2020 - Kaisa Schlarb