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Could nuclear power return to Oregon?

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
By
Emily Green
June 7, 2019
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Sunrise Movement PDX

Young climate activists to host Portland town hall

Merkley, Blumenauer will be among speakers at the Sunrise Movement PDX event, aimed at bringing the community together around climate action
By
Emily Green
May 31, 2019
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Extinction Rebellion protester

Extinction Rebellion: Disruption and arrests can bring social change

COMMENTARY | The scale of Extinction Rebellion’s latest protests has forced climate activism into the mainstream conversation
By
Alexander Hensby
May 3, 2019
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Oregon bill pits housing against the environment

Lawmakers are considering weakening wetlands protections to encourage development of much-needed affordable housing
By
Emily Green
April 22, 2019
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Mark Gamba

Milwaukie mayor wants to take his climate agenda to Congress

Mark Gamba has reshaped his city’s politics. Now, he’s challenging Kurt Schrader in Oregon’s Fifth District.
By
Emily Green
April 19, 2019
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Oil tank car

Crude awakenings: Fossil fuel projects ramp up along the Columbia

Even as climate change action grows increasingly urgent, the Columbia River corridor is poised to host more fossil fuel than ever
By
Stephen Quirke
March 22, 2019
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Sen. Ron Wyden

Sen. Ron Wyden aims to end fossil fuel favoritism

Oregon's senior U.S. senator calls for a tax overhaul to support the Green New Deal
By
Joanne Zuhl
February 22, 2019
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Saving the bees: Blumenauer aims to stop use of common pesticide linked to colony decline

The Oregon congressman has higher hopes for the Save America’s Pollinators Act this time around
By
Emily Green
February 21, 2019
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Lindsey Grayzel

She documented a Valve Turner and the grief that drove him to action

Portland filmmaker Lindsey Grayzel talks about making her documentary, 'The Reluctant Radical'
By
Stephen Quirke
February 15, 2019
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James V. Hillegas Elting

The Willamette River and its polluted past

A new book by Portland historian James V. Hillegas Elting illuminates the Willamette’s legacy of pollution and abatement
By
Emily Green
February 8, 2019

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