Kangaroo Island was home to 50,000 koalas before the bushfire crisis, and workers at its wildlife park have focused on nursing injured animals back to life We stand at the base of a gum tree looking up into its leafy canopy. Plastic laundry baskets, the t ...
11 Jun 2020 - Anastasia Safioleas
Oregon groups shift their focus to the health crisis, but they also see a unique opportunity for change April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and before the coronavirus pandemic shut down public life as Portlanders knew it, local climate groups h ...
2 Apr 2020 - Emily Green
Environmental groups say the Army Corps of Engineers' reallocation plan will hurt threatened fish species The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a drastic cut to the volume of water stored among its 13 dams and reservoirs in the Willamette River Ba ...
20 Mar 2020 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | The movement to legally enshrine the rights of species and ecosystems has been gaining steam worldwide In a letter to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee dated Feb. 11, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown offered her full support for removal of the four hydroelect ...
6 Mar 2020 - Helen Hill
Rob Bilott secured huge payouts after taking on chemical giant DuPont over pollution — a fight that has been made into ‘Dark Waters,' a film starring Mark Ruffalo Rob Bilott is not a man who’s quick to anger — even after more than 20 years fighting. ...
28 Feb 2020 - Simon Ward
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
COMMENTARY | As the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, America’s military must be reined in Climate change is happening, highlighted by dramatically shifting weather patterns and ever more deadly storms, floods, droughts and wildfires. And the e ...
14 Feb 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
On average, the world consumes enough resources for 1.5 planets, and yet few people are aware of how drastic a situation that is People are waking up every morning unaware that the world economy consumes, on average, enough resources for 1.5 planets. That ...
31 Jan 2020 - Maja Ravanska
The "Dammed to Extinction" filmmaker talks about the need for clean, renewable energy and the myth about hydropower In the summer of 2018, the Pacific Northwest became captivated by the story of Tahlequah. The tragic tale, covered by every medi ...
13 Dec 2019 - Casey Miller
Her advice for young activists is to remain skeptical and to relish the small victories Carol Van Strum, 78, still lives in the forest she fought to protect. She moved with her family to Five Rivers in Oregon’s Siuslaw National Forest in the 1970s, and s ...
6 Dec 2019 - Emily Green