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Federal agency proposes California spotted owl protection
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a proposal to classify one of two…
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a proposal to classify one of two…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County commissioners met Wednesday morning to adopt a countywide state of emergency that brings continued attention to the ongoing drought…
Continue ReadingSens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., this week announced Oregon will receive $18.9 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are seeking an emergency court order to block construction of a Nevada lithium…
Continue ReadingA collaboration led by an Oregon State University College of Forestry researcher has used very-high-resolution satellite imagery to develop a machine…
Continue ReadingWhen it comes to light bulbs, a change that’s been underway for years will accelerate this summer, as new federal rules require consumers and…
Continue ReadingAn international collaboration led by Oregon State University scientists has identified 27 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback…
Continue ReadingThe gate to the popular Phil’s Trail recreational area west of Bend is sparking a “petition debate” of sorts online, as one gathering signatures to…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — “I named this one Daisy and that one there Lucy,” said high school student Laura Hernandez, pointing to two Douglas-fir…
Continue ReadingSoil is the Earth’s second-biggest carbon storage locker after the ocean, and a research collaboration has shown that it’s moisture, not…
Continue ReadingOregon Department of Forestry staff recently completed an unprecedented effort to collect seeds from populations of Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia)…
Continue ReadingTC Energy is a Canadian company looking to expand a 60-year-old natural gas pipeline that passes just east of Bend, but climate activists are…
Continue ReadingMany Central Oregon farmers and rangers are still feeling the impacts of the ongoing drought, despite a fair amount of winter snow and rain on the…
Continue ReadingDestination resorts have been a controversial topic for decades in Central Oregon, and now that Bend has officially topped 100,000 residents, a…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A U.S. judge has ordered the government to revisit part of its environmental review of a lithium…
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The city of Eugene, Oregon, will join other local governments throughout the country in phasing out gas appliances in some…
Continue ReadingBy Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A new bill in Congress would add greater protections to the Smith River and its…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support early human…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Widespread tree scorch in the Pacific Northwest that became visible shortly after multiple days of record-setting,…
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN The world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic waste, mostly made from polymers created from fossil fuels,…
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