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TriMet poised to increase fares, despite cold reception

Survey finds TriMet fare increases will cause over half of respondents to use transit less, but the agency plans to hike fares anyway TriMet’s Board of Directors will vote on a proposed fare increase at its May 24 meeting. If the board votes in favor, a f ...

1 Feb 2023 - Aurora Biggers
Dams, drought and survival in the Klamath Basin

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
Lehuauakea uses art to say Native Hawaiians are still here

Lehuauakea, kapa maker and cultural practitioner, finds community in both the Northwest and Hawai'i This is the first installation in a series of profiles and Q&As with Indigenous artists with roots in, or connections to, the Pacific Northwest. B ...

16 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Threats of heat waves, wildfires and smoke loom over Oregon’s summer

After a wet spring, Portland is drought-free, but that’s not the case for the rest of the state Portland is emerging from one of the wettest springs on record and heading into summer drought-free, but Oregonians outside of the Willamette Valley aren’t fee ...

29 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Heat Week is coming to Portland

One year removed from the deadly 'heat dome,' Portlanders will gather to mourn those who died — and call for better outcomes in the future Portland’s first “ Heat Week ” began during the last week of June to commemorate the 69 lives lost last su ...

24 Jun 2022 - Christine Menges
DEQ excludes much of Oregon’s marine waters from protected waterway listings

Scientists urge regulators to address marine health, sound alarm about acidification S teven Rumrill watches mass deaths take place deep under the surface of the ocean. Last summer, he watched hundreds of crabs struggle to reach a part of the ocean where ...

17 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel
OPINION | Demining in Bosnia and Herzegovina needs continued investment

With added threat of climate change and natural disasters action is needed to demine the region Once known as the land which hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics — and historically renowned for its beautiful terrain, clear emerald lakes and diverse multi-ethni ...

23 Dec 2021 - Arian Berberović
Oregon pushes to limit diesel emissions, but currently lacks infrastructure

Gov. Kate Brown called for reduction of diesel emissions in an ambitious climate order, but experts and advocates remain skeptical the state has the infrastructure to get it done A state agency is moving forward with regulations to reduce the environment ...

11 Aug 2021 - Jake Thomas
With cap-and-trade off the table, here’s how Oregon lawmakers are tackling climate change

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
Opinion | Texas blackouts show why energy should be a universal right

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