Tony Schick
Oregon Public Broadcasting-
President Trump pulled the federal government out of Columbia River management deal. -
President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin. -
Oregon and Washington are nowhere near achieving their clean energy goals. The dramatic consequences are already being felt. -
Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn鈥檛 delivered. -
Linemen, engineers among hundreds of staff to leave Bonneville Power Administration as Trump trims workforce -
In Oregon鈥檚 Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk. -
A new report acknowledged the ongoing damage done by dams on the Columbia River. But that鈥檚 only part of the story. -
The Biden administration punted on key demands from Indigenous leaders to tear down hydroelectric dams hindering salmon. But tribes won control over $1 billion for other salmon efforts. -
The agency has a history of diving into big construction projects that exceed projected costs, fall short on projected benefits and, in some cases, create new problems that engineers hadn鈥檛 bargained for. -
The Army Corps of Engineers says its fish collection machines can save salmon in Oregon. Many disagree. -
Oregon lawmakers agreed to overhaul the state鈥檚 criminal defense system, but their solution left many unanswered questions about how to solve the crisis of thousands of people accused of crimes with no lawyer. -
State officials warned utilities about fire risks and encouraged them to shut down power lines before the 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires, newly filed court documents show.
