If you missed the weekend protest against offshore oil and gas drilling, here’s a way to experience it on your computer. We’re getting video and photos from some of the Hands Across the Sand events in Oregon. There were 17 of these gatherings in Oregon on Saturday, part of a national movement to draw...
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Hundreds of Oregonians, maybe thousands, will join hands tomorrow to send a message about offshore oil drilling. It’s called Hands Across The Sand. More than a dozen events are planned across the state.
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With the debate over wolves in Oregon heating up, the timing couldn’t be better. The documentary, Lords of Nature, has a showing Monday night at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland.
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Maybe it was at home when you first heard it. The loud thud at the window. A bird strike. While they may seem like rare events, bird strikes into windows are actually very common. They’re the number two killer of wild birds in the country, after habitat loss. But no one really knows how...
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If there was a social calendar for Oregon environmentalists, this might the biggest event of them all. The annual meeting of shareholders for NW Natural takes place a week from today. It’s become an annual draw not just for investors, but also for Oregon’s anti-LNG movement. Last year’s rally was fairly serene. But two...
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An icon of Northeast Oregon has a date with the logger, unless a lot of money can be raised quickly. What’s at risk is 500 acres of the Mt. Emily Recreation Area near La Grande. A timber company is getting ready to cut down most of the big trees in the Trails Unit, a...
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They were witnesses to history 30-years ago for the eruption of Mt. St. Helens. In a new video from USGS, scientists talk about what it was like to be part of one of the best known natural disasters in history. The actual anniversary of the event is next week, May 18.
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The day after the “big news”, Oregon’s anti-LNG coalition was confident and looking ahead to the next fight against LNG in Oregon. “A great day for salmon”. “A huge victory for Oregon families”. This is how they described the news that work on the Bradwood Landing LNG project was being suspended, and that the...
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As far as these kinds of things go, this was one happy news conference. LNG opponents were celebrating their newest legal victory – a ruling by Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals to reject plans for the Bradwood Landing LNG project in Clatsop County. The ruling probably isn’t a fatal blow. But it’s given...
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A short and beautiful time-lapse video of Mt. McKinley at sunset. From photographer Ronn Murray.
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