Category Environment & Agriculture
State’s first green hydrogen project could be among most expensive attempts to cut emissions
A large gap exists between the costs and benefits of NW Natural’s plan to produce and blend green hydrogen into natural gas for customers in Eugene.
Opponents file lawsuit against large chicken operation in Linn County
They hope a judge will require a more restrictive wastewater discharge permit; owner says they’re just trying to put him out of business.
Student environmentalists hosting festival honoring the Oregon oak this weekend
This will be the group's first "Oak Fest," a three-day event honoring and providing activities related to the Oregon oak.
Feds give Oregon cities, environmentalists $1.8 million to tackle toxic waste in Columbia River
The money is part of $79 million going to seven states that comprise much of the Columbia River basin, which is contaminated, during the next five years.
Here’s why field burning is allowed in the Willamette Valley heat
With temperatures nearing or surpassing record levels and air quality warnings in effect, burn bans are commonplace. But there are still sometimes long plumes of smoke headed into the skies over Salem begging the question: Why? “It’s a very visible activity, you can actively see…
State holds hearing on permit for Foster Farms’ controversial slaughterhouse in Creswell
The company wants to renew a critical permit but officials said they have no plans to reopen it.
One of North America’s most destructive bugs arrives in Oregon
Emerald ash borer tracks in the bark of an ash tree in Minnesota. (Hennepin County Master Gardeners/Flickr) A Portland biologist recently found an iridescent bug with the potential to wipe out Oregon’s ash trees, marking the first sighting on the West Coast. The Oregon Department…
Across regions, politics, Oregonians share concerns that the future will include more wildfires
Wildfire damage along the Little North Fork River in October 2020 following the Beachie Creek Fire (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Despite an exceptionally wet spring, Oregonians surveyed in early June overwhelmingly expect a future of increased wildfires across the state, according to a recent survey. The…
Willamette’s beautiful landscape, without the chemicals
Willamette University grounds manager Jim Andersen stands in a mulched bed of hardy, pollinator-attractive perennials (Helen Caswell/Special to Salem Reporter) Willamette University and its groundskeepers gained national recognition this spring for having nearly eliminated synthetic pesticide use on campus. The acknowledgement came from Herbicide Free…