Alex Baumhardt - Oregon Capital Chronicle
Alex Baumhardt has been a national radio producer focusing on education for American Public Media since 2017. She has reported from the Arctic to the Antarctic for national and international media, and from Minnesota and Oregon for The Washington Post. She previously worked in Iceland and Qatar and was a Fulbright scholar in Spain where she earned a master's degree in digital media. She's been a kayaking guide in Alaska, farmed on four continents and worked the night shift at several bakeries to support her reporting along the way.
Oregon geologist looks to volcanic rock to store carbon dioxide as tool to fight climate change
The volcanic layers in the Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that is new and costly
Court dismisses case brought by school district against state over reduced timber revenue
A circuit court judge ruled that the Jewell School District failed to make the case that the forestry department was violating a funding law by reducing logging
Oregon inks agreement with developers to enter entire state forest into carbon market
The Oregon Department of State Lands signed an agreement Thursday with the company Anew Climate to put the first state forest in the West into a carbon market.
Banking on Oregon Forests: Carbon markets could offer middle road in divide over forest management
A growing number of local and state agencies that rely on revenue from logging public forests are agreeing to scale back logging in exchange for money from carbon credits.
Banking on Oregon forests: In spite of flaws, carbon markets put a price on climate pollution
Forest projects registered in carbon markets face obstacles to proving they’re a solution to climate change, but they place what supporters say is a needed price on emissions.
Banking on Oregon forests: Despite challenges, carbon markets see big potential in small landowners
Carbon crediting companies are beginning to appeal to small forest owners with an offer they’ve long been left out of due to the high costs and risks.
Banking on Oregon forests: In fight against climate change, financial markets see green in Oregon
Two dozen forests in Oregon encompassing more than 1 million acres have been entered into carbon credit markets in the last decade, generating big money and global interest.
Land Board approves ‘precedent setting’ plan to put Elliott State Forest in a carbon market
A decision which officials said would fight climate change makes Oregon the second state after Michigan to dedicate an entire state forest to storing harmful emissions while selling carbon credits for revenue.
Sharp divide in Oregon over bill to step up logging to prevent wildfires
Republicans are backing a proposal to scale back environmental regulations to thin forests while Democrats and environmentalists want to fund community preparedness.
State struggles to recover more than $24 million from people responsible for wildfires
A partial list from the Oregon Department of Forestry shows it has collected $86,000 of $24 million it paid to fight several dozen wildfires that were maliciously or negligently ignited over the last two decades.