By Jake Thomas/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown Tuesday directed state agencies to reduce Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions through more stringent standards for fuels, new buildings and consumer appliances, imposing by […]
Environment
Funding for coastal early-warning earthquake system once again dies in last days of Legislature
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com For the second legislative session in a row, a bill with money to complete an early warning earthquake-alert system along the Oregon coast has failed. The failure […]
Democrats unwilling to refer cap-and-trade to voters as Oregon GOP walkout goes into a third day
By the Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — With Republican legislators absent from the Capitol for the third day over a proposal to reduce Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions, Democrats in […]
Oregon ‘Cap and Trade’ Legislation: Here’s an explanation of basic questions
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE and JAKE THOMAS/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — The arguments and critiques are flying across the state about Senate Bill 1530, Oregon’s plan to set limits on […]
Key to forestry-environment settlement is an agreement on timber aerial spraying
By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — The fate of the landmark deal signed between a coalition of timber companies and environmental groups depends on lawmakers acting on legislation […]
Funding for Oregon coast’s “Shake Alert” system moving through special session of Legislature
By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — Oregon would prepare 250,000 households to become self-sufficient following a catastrophic earthquake under legislation advancing in Salem. The legislation, Senate Bill 1537, also […]
“Historic” forest agreement may add pressure on GOP senators to stay in session, not walk out
By SAM STITES/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM – The deal between the timber industry and environmentalists is intended to end the war in the woods that has beset Oregon forestry […]
Oregon lawmakers make adjustments to greenhouse gas bill to ease impact on rural areas
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE/Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — Lawmakers revealed changes Wednesday to the plan to cut back on the state’s greenhouse gas emissions that would ease the impact on rural […]
After decades of regulation and then cooperation, Oregon waters reopen to groundfish trawling
By GILLIAN FLACCUS/The Associated Press A rare environmental success story is unfolding in waters off the Oregon and California coasts. After years of fear and uncertainty, bottom trawler fishermen — […]
Yachats rainfall in 2019 was second-lowest in past 10 years, again
It was a very dry year in Yachats. Again. Yachats received a total of 50.43 inches in rain in 2019 — the second-lowest amount of rain over the past […]