Cassandra Profita
Oregon Public Broadcasting-
Oregon lawmakers may not get to vote this session on a controversial climate bill, but some companies are gearing up to burn fewer fossil fuels regardless.
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A new study finds ocean acidification is already affecting young Dungeness crab off the West Coast. But so far, it鈥檚 unclear what that means for Oregon鈥檚 most valuable fishery. -
Pacific rockfish populations that had collapsed from overfishing are bouncing back much faster than anyone expected, giving fishermen more fish to catch for the first time in decades.
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is calling for a major expansion in the state鈥檚 wildfire response plans in a new legislative concept lawmakers heard on Tuesday.
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The new year brings new protections for corals and sponges that live on the seafloor off the West Coast.
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A new study finds some Northwest forests have a lot of potential to capture carbon and offset climate change if they鈥檙e preserved and not logged.
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A widespread die-off of fall chinook salmon on Oregon鈥檚 north coast is linked to extremely dry conditions and two months of low rainfall. -
Environmentalists take credit for blocking fossil fuel developments across the Northwest, but opponents might have met their match with a new breed of projects shipping fuel by rail.
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The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled the state鈥檚 2014 sale of 788 acres of the Elliott State Forest to a private timber company was illegal.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry has released a draft of a new management plan for hundreds of thousands of acres of state forestland on the west side of the state. -
As this year鈥檚 Dungeness crab fishery approaches, so does the risk of whale entanglements in crab gear.
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On Thursday, PacifiCorp released a 20-year plan for delivering power across six Western states that cuts back on coal and adds renewable wind and solar power.
