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Oregon just crossed an historic environmental benchmark

In 2013, only 300 electric vehicles were registered in Oregon. Then Gov. John Kitzhaber made a major promise

Mar 19, 2025
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3 minutes

BPA ready to join new Southwest energy market

Critics denounce a BPA draft decision to leave the Western energy market, possibly threatening renewables growth at home

Mar 13, 2025
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7 minutes

Pressure builds on Army Corps to produce reports on Willamette River Basin dams

Critics cite “shocking” delays to address harmful conditions as a new federal study blames the Corps for jeopardizing fish populations 

Feb 26, 2025
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14 minutes

Nothing new: How renewable energy projects perpetuate desecration of tribal lands

These Sacred Hills is a new documentary that chronicles a Yakama band’s opposition to a controversial Columbia Gorge energy proposal

Feb 20, 2025
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9 minutes

Wash. could lose $71 million, Oregon $52 million, in federal move to block EV charger aid

Money for truck charging and hydrogen refueling stations on I-5 also on hold as Trump administration intervenes in funding

Feb 11, 2025
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3 minutes

Remembering John Harrison: Energy authority

For more than three decades, the Washington writer kept the public informed about the driving environmental issue of the times

Feb 10, 2025
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2 minutes

A new fight is coming over plastic bags

Bag bans at groceries were supposed to decrease plastic waste. So how come it’s increasing?

Jan 30, 2025
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10 minutes

Jimmy Carter and the night we lost the war on climate change

In 1977, the nation turned its back on Carter's call for environmental responsibility. It’s never looked back

Dec 29, 2024
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8 minutes
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