Climate-change expert Katharine Hayhoe, a scientist and a Christian, is on a mission to change the minds of faith-based climate change deniers Katharine Hayhoe never goes where she’s not invited, and when she accepts an invitation, she usually finds herse ...
19 Jun 2015 - Emily Green
Oregon has a proud history of protecting its wildlife and natural resources. We also have significant environmental problems. The latter is particularly frustrating when the best intentions are left to languish under the weight of an underfunded bureaucra ...
25 Feb 2015 - SR editorial board
Oregon has the stiffest water pollution regulations of any state in the U.S. Sounds impressive, right? Think again. Oregon is dead last nationwide when it comes to keeping wastewater permits current with state regulations. According to the EPA’s most rece ...
24 Feb 2015 - Emily Green
Death by plastic: Albatross carcasses reveal a deadly diet By Rosette Royale, Street News Service Chris Jordan’s odyssey from Seattle to a small island in the North Pacific Ocean teeming with dead and dying seabirds was fueled by an unlikely siren: plasti ...
16 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Diamonds are the poor’s best friends by Rosette Royale, Contributing Writer Environmentalist Saleem Ali thinks there’s one surefire way to lift people out of poverty: encourage trade that balances need with greed Corporations are evil. They ruin the envir ...
1 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
The People's Planet: We’re setting in place our environmental legacy today The People’s Planet is written by a cooperative of writers from the environmental activism community. By Jeff Bissonnette Contributing Columnist It’s not often that one gets t ...
15 Jan 2010 - Street Roots