/environment-energy-and-transportation Environment, Energy and Transportation en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:59:24 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/can-an-america-first-board-fix-a-troubled-rural-transportation-district A group of political outsiders in Southern Oregon now find themselves on the inside of a government agency. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:59:24 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/can-an-america-first-board-fix-a-troubled-rural-transportation-district Justin Higginbottom /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/prescribed-fire-liability-pilot-program-in-oregon-launches A new pilot program in Oregon will provide state liability coverage for prescribed fires. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:41:32 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/prescribed-fire-liability-pilot-program-in-oregon-launches Roman Battaglia /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-10-29/weds-9-am-chinook-salmon-have-returned-after-100-years The Klamath Dam Removal Project witnesses evidence of ecological restoration in return of the river's salmon. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:10:15 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-10-29/weds-9-am-chinook-salmon-have-returned-after-100-years Mike Green, Natalie Golay /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/cutting-down-on-cow-burps-with-seaweed-osu-to-study-a-possible-climate-solution It can be hard to imagine cows eating seaweed. But that could be one of the solutions to reduce methane emissions from cattle farming. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:23:09 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/cutting-down-on-cow-burps-with-seaweed-osu-to-study-a-possible-climate-solution Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-28/californias-commercial-dungeness-crab-season-delayed-again-to-protect-whales The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed for the seventh year in a row to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:21:11 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-28/californias-commercial-dungeness-crab-season-delayed-again-to-protect-whales The Associated Press /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-10-28/tues-9-am-oregon-plans-to-reserve-a-state-forest-as-a-carbon-warehouse The Elliott State Forest will be preserved by the Oregon Department of State Lands for carbon capture. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:23:37 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-10-28/tues-9-am-oregon-plans-to-reserve-a-state-forest-as-a-carbon-warehouse Mike Green, Natalie Golay /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-10-28/nonfiction-childrens-book-teaches-true-story-of-climate-resilience Author Ellen Dee Davidson publishes true story of climate change and community resilience in Colombia. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:02:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-10-28/nonfiction-childrens-book-teaches-true-story-of-climate-resilience Mike Green, Natalie Golay /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-28/in-nationwide-first-california-plans-to-rev-up-sales-of-electric-motorcycles Bikers — many of whom love their noisy combustion engines — say zero-emission motorcycles aren’t ready for long-distance rides. Motorcycles emit an “outsized portion” of smog-causing pollutants. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:58:58 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-28/in-nationwide-first-california-plans-to-rev-up-sales-of-electric-motorcycles Alejandra Reyes-Velarde /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/offshore-wind-looked-like-a-sure-thing-for-oregon-until-it-wasnt-what-went-wrong The drive to generate clean wind power off the state's south coast went off the rails. Here's how, and what's next Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:12:11 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/offshore-wind-looked-like-a-sure-thing-for-oregon-until-it-wasnt-what-went-wrong Monica Samayoa /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/court-dismisses-case-brought-by-oregon-school-district-over-reduced-timber-revenue The judge ruled that the Jewell School District failed to make the case that the Oregon Department of Forestry was violating a funding law by reducing logging. Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:11:38 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/court-dismisses-case-brought-by-oregon-school-district-over-reduced-timber-revenue Alex Baumhardt