New plan would make Mount Hood site of massive geothermal plant
Hood River County is investigating a company’s proposal to build a 50 MW facility utilizing new technology. Questions abound
Oct
20, 2022
Mar
3, 2022
Poisoned ground: Dealing with Washington’s legacy of pesticides
A new program is helping developers and landowners clean up former orchard lands once doused with dangerous lead arsenate
Dec
16, 2021
What does ‘quasi-extinction’ actually mean?
Snake River chinook are now “quasi-extinct.” That’s scary news for more than just salmon
Oct
28, 2021
Alarming loss: As urban boundaries expand, wildlands are being eaten up
Destructive impacts of wildland-urban interface stretch from native plants to wildlife to light pollution. Local governments often promote the problems
