The Oregon League of Conservation Voters says it’s endorsing Jeff Cogen as the new chairman of Multnomah County, and Karol Collymore for a seat on the county commission.
In a statement released this morning, OLCV praises Cogan for his efforts on sustainability, the environment, climate change, the local food economy and open spaces. “Jeff understands...
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Calling it “one of the largest threats to the Mt. Hood National Forest”, the environmental group Bark holds a meeting Thursday night on the Palomar Pipeline.
Palomar is a 220-mile natural gas pipeline that crosses Northwest Oregon from the Columbia River near Astoria, to Maupin. That route includes 47-miles through the Mt. Hood National Forest,...
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Cell Towers
Three people from RespectPDX get a chance to tell the Portland City Council how they really feel about a WiMax tower moving into their neighborhood. Colin O’Neill, Eric Winston, and Caitlin Johnson each get a few minutes to address the council during the public speaking time at the beginning of the Wednesday’s meeting....
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Klamath Water Shortages
Governor Kulongoski heads south Tuesday to Klamath Falls for a meeting about a potentially severe drought in the Klamath Basin. This year is looking a lot like 2001, when there wasn’t enough water in the system for both farmers and salmon. He’ll meet with federal, state and local officials, as well as...
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Starting tomorrow, the Oregon League of Conservation Voters is going to tell us which candidates its endorsing this year.
The names will be released Tuesday and Wednesday on the OLCV home page.
The endorsements cover about 20 state House and Senate races, county commission races for Clackamas, Jackson, Lane, Marion, Multnomah and Washington counties, city council...
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I wasn’t able to make it to the DEQ meeting on Bradwood Landing LNG in Astoria this week.
Too bad, because it sounds like it was an interesting event.
So I’ll point you to two stories about what happened. Both say the room was packed, mostly with anti-LNG people. They were supportive of DEQ’s decision not...
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has scheduled a news conference for 10:30am Pacific time Friday, when he’s expected to make an announcement about the status of the greater sage grouse.
This is one of the most highly anticipated environmental decisions ever for Western states.
The greater sage grouse has been in seriously decline for decades. In Oregon,...
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Bradwood Landing LNG
Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality heads to Astoria this evening for a public meeting on the Bradwood Landing LNG project. Could be interesting. DEQ is reviewing Clean Air, Clean Water and other permits that Bradwood needs before it can be built. It will explain that process at the meeting.
A recent letter from...
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LNG In Oregon
Dan Serres of Columbia Riverkeeper brings us up-to-date on LNG issues at tonight’s meeting of Portland Green Drinks. His group is trying to stop two LNG projects along the Columbia River, and two natural gas pipelines that are connected to the those projects.
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Maybe it’s because my mind is fried from all the research I’m working on today, but this video from Oregon Wild is pretty amusing. It’s done Jib Jab style, with cartoon figures of Senator Wyden and Representative DeFazio hiking through the Devil’s Staircase Wilderness.
Wyden and DeFazio introduced legislation to protect the area last year, but...
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