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
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
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
Her advice for young activists is to remain skeptical and to relish the small victories Carol Van Strum, 78, still lives in the forest she fought to protect. She moved with her family to Five Rivers in Oregon’s Siuslaw National Forest in the 1970s, and s ...
6 Dec 2019 - Emily Green
We talked to five teenagers at the forefront of Portland’s climate movement Youths around the world walked out of school on Friday, Sept. 20, demanding that their governments take bold and appropriate action to address the climate crisis. An estimated 4 m ...
27 Sep 2019 - Eric Elmore
Thousands of students rally in the city to demand action on the global climate crisis Their message was loud and clear: The future of our planet requires action now. Thousands of students rallied in downtown Portland on Friday, Sept. 20, demanding that po ...
22 Sep 2019 - Eric Elmore
They all belong to Extinction Rebellion PDX, but to each of them, the fight for environmental justice is personal I am not an activist. I am not extreme. I am not radical. I am not one of “those” people. I am middle-of-the-road, logical, realistic. I am j ...
13 Sep 2019 - Eric Elmore
Workers collect and sort recyclables and trash that would otherwise be left on the ground or shipped to landfills The sun beats down on Audrey McCall Beach directly south of the Hawthorne Bridge, steps from the Eastbank Esplanade. Families cool off in the ...
2 Aug 2019 - Helen Hill
Oregon's House speaker reflects on the session and what she sees as wins for housing, education and – yes – the environment The smoke is still clearing from the 80th Oregon State Legislative Assembly, but if there were any open wounds left from its c ...
12 Jul 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
Oregon has had a moratorium on nuclear energy facilities for 40 years, but legislators are considering whether to explore the potential in small modular reactors to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals Tucked into a bill calling for additional data collect ...
7 Jun 2019 - Emily Green