Cassandra Profita
Oregon Public Broadcasting-
The Governor's Council on Wildfire Response estimates the state will need $4 billion in funding to reduce wildfire risks through actions such as logging overstocked forestland. -
On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would provide $11 million dollars to improve living conditions at tribal fishing sites on the Columbia River. -
Trucking industry leaders say more and more pickup and delivery trucks will join a growing number of school and transit buses in going electric in the next 20 years. -
Oregon will be the second state to pass an economywide system to regulate carbon emissions. Critics say a similar program in California has not had much impact. -
Oregon wants to reduce carbon emissions by adopting a cap-and-trade system, which would raise the cost of fossil fuels. But critics complain that the idea is poorly conceived.
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Environmental groups are asking Oregon regulators to deny the air pollution permit for a project that would turn cow manure into renewable natural gas. -
Federal agencies and Northern California's Yurok Tribe have released a plan to reintroduce critically endangered California condors to the Pacific Northwest. -
Oregon lawmakers are considering another bill that aims to regulate diesel pollution by phasing out older, more polluting trucks. -
Oregon's new Wildfire Response Council will make recommendations to the governor this fall on how the state can improve its approach to wildfire.
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Lawmakers in both Oregon and Washington are considering bills that would ban single-use plastic bags statewide to reduce plastic pollution. -
Oregon鈥檚 proposed cap-and-trade plan would increase household income, create jobs and grow the state鈥檚 economy, according to a new economic report to the Oregon Legislature. -
Oregon鈥檚 proposed cap-and-trade plan would increase household income, create jobs and grow the state鈥檚 economy, according to a new economic report to the Oregon Legislature.
