Public records show Zenith and its PR firm engaged public officials consistently throughout 2022 but did not file lobbying reports The Portland City Auditor’s Office is investigating Zenith Energy for potential violations of the city lobbying code, accord ...
15 Sep 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Zenith Energy’s fossil fuel storage and transport facility faces criticism for potential environmental dangers, particularly in the event of an earthquake. Portland City Council and a fossil fuel transportation and storage company with a history of violat ...
23 Aug 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The mine begins construction amid protest from Oregon and Nevada tribes, environmentalists The electric car is here to save the environment — unless the environment in question is atop or around precious minerals like lithium needed in car batteries. A fe ...
7 Mar 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
A major river restoration project is likely forthcoming, but fish and tribes in the basin face ongoing water and climate troubles A decades-long effort to remove four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River may soon come to fruition. In the Klamath Basi ...
2 Nov 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
One year removed from the deadly 'heat dome,' Portlanders will gather to mourn those who died — and call for better outcomes in the future Portland’s first “ Heat Week ” began during the last week of June to commemorate the 69 lives lost last su ...
24 Jun 2022 - Christine Menges
Scientists urge regulators to address marine health, sound alarm about acidification S teven Rumrill watches mass deaths take place deep under the surface of the ocean. Last summer, he watched hundreds of crabs struggle to reach a part of the ocean where ...
17 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Investment in infrastructure needed for culverts, tunnels essential to Pacific salmon migration As the Biden administration prepares to make the biggest investment in U.S. infrastructure in more than a decade, there’s much discussion about how systems lik ...
24 Nov 2021 - Ashlee Abrantes
House Bill 2488 would codify environmental justice principles, but lawmakers are already limiting its scope Lisa Arkin is the executive director at Beyond Toxics. The Eugene-based nonprofit centers and uplifts voices that are most affected by pollution an ...
21 Apr 2021 - Lisa Arkin
What should the state do with all the forestland left scarred by recent wildfires? West Coast wildfires burned a historic 5 million acres of land this season, but as the ash settles in Oregon’s forests, the state faces a new challenge: What happens next? ...
18 Nov 2020 - Joe Opaleski
COMMENTARY | When supporters speak to the threat to 'our way of life,' they are invoking the white supremacist history of Oregon The sun came out on a recent Thursday in Salem. For many of the attendees at the Timber Unity rally against cap-and- ...
21 Feb 2020 - Kaisa Schlarb