Oregon is celebrated for its leadership on addressing climate change. This
winter the Portland City Council unanimously approved a first-in-the-country
ban on new bulk fossil fuel storage facilities that exceed two million
gallons as well as the expansion of existing ter...
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On February 17 the U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt as the new EPA
administrator. This is a man who denies climate change is real. As the
attorney general of Oklahoma he sued the EPA fourteen times, while using
talking points written by energy lobbyists to publicly att...
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It's hard not to be disheartened by the news everyday coming from the
Trump-occupied White House. But one way to stay energized is to resist at the
local level.
As the Trump Administration's federal policies look to favor the fossil fuel
industry, state and local author...
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There are a lot of things that are inconceivable about Donald Trump, but
the incoherence of his energy policy is especially mind boggling. He’s
likely to wind up angering a lot of his key supporters in the fossil fuel
industry, because some of his moves, such as resuscit...
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Since 2005, when Congress passed a federal mandate to blend corn-based
ethanol and other renewable fuels into conventional gasoline, the increased
demand for corn – which has supplied nearly all of these mandated fuels to
date – has resulted in a major transformation of ...
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In 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the
remains of an unusual animal with beautiful long horns. It turned out to be a
living species new to western science - a saola, the first large land mammal
discovered in 50 years.
Rare then and rare...
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In December Donald Trump met with the CEOs of several high tech companies,
including Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle. After Catz was quoted before joining the
Trump transition team as saying: “I plan to tell the President-elect that
we are with him and are here to help in any ...
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America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century,
is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid
has grown old and is now in dire need of basic repair. Today, as we invest
great hope in new energy sources--solar, wi...
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As this year draws to a painful close, amidst all the political debris, we
can look back at some major environmental successes. Communities across the
Pacific Northwest have stopped proposals to build coal terminals in
Washington and Oregon, a giant methanol refinery in ...
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