/tags/appfeed Appfeed 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 /elections/2024-10-29/california-voters-could-make-it-easier-for-cities-to-build-fire-stations-and-fix-hospitals-right-away Proposition 5 would lower the threshold for local bond measures to pass. It could immediately benefit fire, hospital and housing measures in the 2024 election. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:23:29 GMT /elections/2024-10-29/california-voters-could-make-it-easier-for-cities-to-build-fire-stations-and-fix-hospitals-right-away Cayla Mihalovich /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 /politics-government/2024-10-28/ballot-boxes-damaged-in-arson-attacks-in-portland-and-vancouver The FBI and local law enforcement are investigating after deliberately set fires at ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver early Monday morning damaged three ballots in Oregon and destroyed hundreds in Washington. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:36:50 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-28/ballot-boxes-damaged-in-arson-attacks-in-portland-and-vancouver Julia Shumway /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/2024-07-05/mon-9-09-common-ground-conversations-shari-dunn-on-divergent-voting-patterns Shari Dunn talks about why most Black and white women—with similar values—vote differently in presidential elections Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2024-07-05/mon-9-09-common-ground-conversations-shari-dunn-on-divergent-voting-patterns 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