For the past few decades Portland has been internationally touted as a green
city. In many ways it has deserved this reputation but there are still many
ways in which the city needs to improve. In 2016 the city council approved a
ban on any new or expanded fossil fuel infra...
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This week marks the 12th anniversary of the 2011 Sendai earthquake and
tsunami. The tsunami caused the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. There
were meltdowns of three of the Fukushima reactors, discharge of radioactive
water in Fukushima and associated evacuation zone...
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On February 27 a large coalition of nonprofit organizations, scientists, and
advocates sent a letter to President Biden requesting an executive order
prohibiting beaver from being trapped on federally managed public lands.
According to Adam Bronstein with Western Watershed ...
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Recently the city of Eugene passed an ordinance to phase out gas appliances
in new homes and buildings. This action follows similar ordinaces in cities
around the country. But the fracked gas industry is not taking these moves
lying down. Last November, NW Natural hired Dr....
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When you drive along Highway 30 through the industrial area of NW Portland,
you witness an amazing contradiction. On the west side of the highway is
Forest Park, Portland's premiere urban wilderness area. But on the east of
the highway you see potential doom. That six mile ...
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As the climate crisis continues to intensify, accelerating the threats to
communities across the planet, it is critical now more than ever to find
solutions that come from impacted communities and not the fossil fuel
industry.
On this episode of Locus Focus, we talk with ...
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After 30 years of amazing service Bob Sallinger is retiring from Portland
Audubon. Bob's record as an advocate, activist, naturalist, wildlife
researcher, and wildlife rehabber, and his deep ties to the community, have
led to many of the most exciting conservation wins in P...
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When the I5 freeway rammed its way through North and Northeast Portland in
the 1960s it devastated once thriving historically black neighborhoods,
demolishing over 300 homes, destroying locally owned businesses and
displacing hundreds of people. For most of the last century...
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This program aired originally on 7/11/2022
Portland and other Oregon municipalities are required to inventory their
employment land periodically as part of the comprehensive planning process.
For decades the city has decided during each inventory process that it needs
...
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For the last few years, we seem to look back at the past year and say, next
year has to be better. But it never is. Or maybe we are focusing too much on
the negative – and there certainly is a lot of that to consider – rather
than appreciating some of the significant victor...
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