Local critics says commissioners rushed the Port Westward vote and were not receptive to opposition In a packed hearing at the St. Helens Public Library on Dec. 12, commissioners of the Port of St. Helens voted unanimously to allow oil company Global Part ...
21 Dec 2018 - Stephen Quirke
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
Real Change vendor Bryant Carlin captures a rapidly changing landscape Bryant Carlin plans on spending most of the next two years without a roof over his head. He’ll be in the Olympic Mountains. Carlin is a wilderness photographer, and the pursuit of his ...
30 Nov 2018 - Bridget Mountain
As a Washington state panel calls for studying the breaching of Snake River dams to protect Southern Resident killer whales, pressure builds for swift action Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the latest court decision on the EPA ...
30 Nov 2018 - Stephen Quirke
Oregonians' consumer decisions are adding up, but we can change that The Oregon Global Warming Commission this month adopted a draft report that shows how climate change is already drastically transforming Oregon’s ecosystems and weather patterns. Fr ...
26 Oct 2018 - SR editorial board
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
Demonstrators demand the Army Corps of Engineers remove dams to restore salmon for Puget Sound killer whales Braving the rain and cold, 80 people marched with 20-foot banners to lay flowers, cedar and ferns in honor of recently deceased orcas. They had a ...
12 Oct 2018 - Stephen Quirke
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
'Waste pickers' can fill gaps in municipal waste management, Taylor Cass Talbott explains It was while working with the homeless population in her hometown of Portland that Taylor Cass Talbott started the collaborative series of art exhibits and ...
17 Aug 2018 - Helen Hill