Category Environment & Agriculture
Feds grant more than $9 million to Oregon for wildfire prevention
The federal government has announced millions in new funding to prevent the blazes that have blackened a record amount of acreage.
Mill Creek neighbors to launch restoration work
Over 900 feet of Mill Creek will be restored with native plants following an effort by a group of neighbors to secure grant funding.
Willamette Valley hops growers struggle as demand for beer continues to fall
Hops harvest in the Willamette Valley is about halfway done, but farmers reported an 18% decline in acres planted this year amid falling demand.
Wildfires increase mercury in Pacific Northwest headwater streams, USGS study shows
A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey looked at how wildfires impact mercury concentrations in headwater streams in Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
Gov. Kotek asks Biden to protect Oregon’s ‘Grand Canyon’ if Congress does not
Kotek wants the Biden administration to designate the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeastern Oregon a national monument if Congress won’t vote to protect it.
Drought in the West has cost hydropower industry billions in losses in two decades, analysis finds
Researchers estimated Oregon's hydropower sector has lost more than $1.5 billion over the past two decades due to drought, which limits power generation.
Environmental regulators say NW Natural misleading customers about state climate credit program
In a newsletter, the state’s largest natural gas utility said Oregon’s carbon crediting program might not lead to pollution reductions, which regulators say is wrong.
Amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide that Oregon farmland absorbs overinflated, study finds
State and federal leaders have put millions into improving crops and soils so they absorb more carbon dioxide, but across the U.S. that would only cut 3% of agricultural emissions, researchers found.
This July was Salem’s hottest ever
Climate change fueled an early July heat wave leading to one of the worst fire seasons in the state, climate experts said.