Oregonians lose hundreds of millions of tax dollars a year subsidizing the forest industry. Enough, says John Talberth, of the Center for Sustainable Economy. The Center for Sustainable Economy is calling attention to how taxpayers subsidize one of the gr ...
18 Oct 2019 - Emily Green
We don’t need to focus on every little solution; just a few that work, says energy policy expert Hal Harvey We should listen to Hal Harvey. Unless you’re a climate-policy buff, you’ve probably never heard of him, but he’s been effectively chipping away at ...
28 Dec 2018 - Emily Green
County governments receive substantially less revenue from private timber companies after a string of changes, Coast Range Association points out Chuck Willer is on a one-man mission, sporadically traveling across Western Oregon to give his PowerPoint pre ...
7 Sep 2018 - Emily Green
Oregon could become the first 'normal' state to implement the program economy-wide, paving the way for the rest of the nation As Oregon lawmakers prepare for this year’s legislative session, a bicameral and bipartisan committee has been hashing ...
31 Aug 2018 - Emily Green
Advocates want Mayor Ted Wheeler to promote greener logging when he speaks at the International Mass Timber Conference A rally aimed at highlighting what organizers say are weak logging laws in Oregon will be held Tuesday, March 20, outside the main entra ...
16 Mar 2018 - Emily Green
Oregon Wild’s Jason Gonzales says the environmental watchdog’s bold new ad campaign is about seeking a more ecologically responsible approach to logging Throughout March, a giant image of clear-cut forests will confront Portland commuters as it rolls arou ...
2 Mar 2018 - Emily Green
Politicians say thinning forests will help prevent ‘catastrophic’ fires. But ecologists say this season wasn’t the worst, and logging won’t stop it from happening again. Attorney Brenna Bell keeps a worn Trivial Pursuit card on her desk at Bark’s headquar ...
17 Nov 2017 - Emily Green
Bark invites Portlanders to free event addressing climate change, forest management If you live in Portland, chances are you’ve taken a short road trip east to enjoy the splendor of Mt. Hood National Forest. This federally managed chunk of Northwest Oreg ...
11 Apr 2017 - Emily Green
Some timber producers say it's time for a cultural shift in how we think about logging and forests' role in the ecosystem The way Peter Hayes explains it, every time the timber industry makes a change to the way it harvests America’s forests, it ...
18 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
Laborers were shorted $103,500 for work on public lands in Oregon, Idaho and Arizona The U.S. Department of Labor announced in June that its investigators found two reforestation companies owed more than $103,500 in back wages and damages to their employe ...
14 Jul 2016 - Emily Green