Tag ENVIRONMENT
Bill would pause new PERS investments in private fossil fuel funds for five years
Two Democratic state senators and the advocacy group Divest Oregon are backing a bill to curb fossil fuel investments in the state’s public pension system.
Rising heat, dry land pose wildfire risk for Salem area, climate experts say
Experts predict that climate change will drastically reduce the amount of snow Oregon gets in the coming decades, limiting how much water is stored for use in Salem and throughout the state.
Oregon snowfall projected to drop 50% by 2100 among findings in latest state climate report
The Seventh Oregon Climate Assessment from state and federal scientists and researchers evaluates the what the future could look like based on increasingly precise forecasts.
Oregon getting federal money to improve habitat for imperiled western monarch butterfly
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Tuesday to list the western monarch butterfly as a threatened species.
Oregon commission approves redo of landmark climate program after lawsuit derailed it
The Climate Protection Program, which regulates fossil fuel companies and their emissions in the state, was reinstated Thursday by the Environmental Quality Commission
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
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.
Bentz proposes his own version of Owyhee Canyonlands protection, hearing set
Congressman Cliff Bentz wants to designate nearly 1 million acres as wilderness with provisions to allow cattle grazing.
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.