We all know there’s something special about Oregon’s forests.
A new study by the Wilderness Society says if you’re looking for a place to store carbon, Oregon forests are the best in the nation.
Using Forest Service data, the Society says the top ten best forests for storing carbon are all in the Pacific Northwest. Six...
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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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During Thursday’s Klamath Basin signing ceremony, one group was conspicuously absent, Oregon’s environmental community.
Groups such as Oregon Wild and Water Watch, say they were kicked out of the talks that produced the two historic deals on Klamath Basin water sharing and dam removal. National groups such as American Rivers and Trout Unlimited did sign...
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Here’s a story they’ll be able to tell their grandchildren.
Last Thursday, folk singer Peter Yarrow sang a couple of Woody Guthrie tunes for kids at the headquarters of the Bonneville Power Administration in Portland. Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) dropped by to see the agency’s memorial to Guthrie, who wrote more than two...
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Saying that, “everyone wants to be like Portland,” Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan came to this city to announce he’s creating a new office of Sustainable Housing and Communities.
Donovan told a group at Portland State University that this office will lead Housing and Urban Development’s new emphasis on building stronger and more sustainable communities across...
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The three leading candidates for Metro Council President talked about growth, bridges, traffic and more during a forum Tuesday night.
It was billed as a chance for all of them to address issues surrounding sustainability. But they also talked about affordable housing, white flight, and issues of inequality. Since many of those in the audience...
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Job growth and the economy were the two major themes at Metro’s first public hearing on urban reserves. It didn’t seem to matter whether someone supported setting aside more areas for urban development, or preserving rural land. Missing from the debate were traditional green values. In the time I was there no one talked...
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I’m in Seattle for conference called, “Journalism That Matters.” It’s aimed at helping the press and public figure out a way forward in this new media world.
One of the speakers tonight is a photographer, Chris Jordan, who offered an interesting view on why so many environmental problems still haunt us. Jordan believes that many...
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With a combination of holiday gimmick and serious talk, two of Oregon’s leading environmental groups are kicking off a new drive to shut down PGE’s coal-fired power plant near Boardman.
The gimmick? Having one of the members dress up as Santa Claus, and proclaiming that the Boardman power plant had been “very naughty” for being...
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