PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced Wednesday it will temporarily suspend the Oregon Clean Vehicle…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s a mint green milkshake just in time for St. Patrick’s Day — but that’s not all it’s “green” about. Here’s what Mountain…
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The Bend City Council will begin to consider how to protect Bend’s urban tree canopy, a term that refers to the part of a city that is shaded by…
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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are monitoring air quality at the AmeriTies West railroad tie…
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Join thousands of Oregonians this Earth Day for the Oregon Spring Cleanup, presented by Portland General…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s first auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances has generated an estimated $300 million as companies,…
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Riding on a school bus just became eco-friendly in Central Oregon. Students from Bend-La Pine Schools hopped on the district’s first electric…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN Nearly 200 countries have agreed to a legally-binding “high seas treaty” to protect marine life in international…
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Oregon State University and Sandia National Laboratory have received a three-year, $540,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore…
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Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have developed a dual-purpose catalyst that purifies herbicide-tainted water while also…
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The Bureau of Land Management Oregon/Washington said Friday it is asking for input on plans to step up its aquatic and riparian restoration…
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The first electric school bus for Bend-La Pine Schools — and the first east of the Cascades — is ready to hit the streets of Central Oregon, the…
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday the availability of a draft recovery plan for the Oregon spotted frog and a 60-day public…
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to block construction of the largest lithium mine in…
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The Black Butte Ranch resort is appealing part of a $5,100 fine imposed earlier this year by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for…
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A new study of New Zealand blue whales’ vocalizations indicates the whales are present year-round in the South Taranaki Bight and their behavior…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has sided again with the Biden administration and a Canadian-based mining…
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A research team including a scientist from Oregon State University has provided the first experimental evidence that a species of endangered sea star…
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NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) – As sea ice declines in the Arctic, bowhead whales are staying north of the Bering Strait more frequently, a shift that could…
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a proposal to classify one of two…
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