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Point Blue examined where the wind is good and the impacts are lesser
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Citing climate change, federal land managers are moving to end new leasing for coal in the country's top producing region.
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California farms could use 93% less water but less-thirsty crops, such as grains and hay, are much less lucrative than nuts and fruits. Fallowing a small fraction of the thirstiest crops would save 9%.
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On Tuesday, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency and requested that the governor proclaim a state of emergency based on water quality concerns in the Klamath River as four dams are being removed.
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The Jewell School District in the Clatsop State Forest predicts it could lose nearly $1 million in revenue if a plan to scale back logging is implemented.
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During the summer of 2021, half of coastal waters from northern California to the Canadian border had oxygen levels too low to support marine life.
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear two similar cases challenging the monument's expansion.
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The Oregon Department of Agriculture is reversing a policy decision some farmers say would have been too burdensome on small dairies.
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The repatriation of ‘O Rew comes at a time when the future of the country’s national parks, which occupy millions of acres of land stolen from native people, is making its way into the national conversation.
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A growing number of tribes in Oregon and California are coming out in opposition to federal offshore wind projects. Some tribes don’t believe there’s been enough research into the impacts on the environment.
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Last week, the Humboldt Coalition for Clean Energy called on the Redwood Coast Energy Authority to abandon the Scotia biomass power plant.
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State wildlife officials have killed more than 100,000 fish that were infected with a newly-identified parasite. It’s the first time that organism has been linked to illness in Oregon trout.
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The Oregon Public Utilities Commission has now rejected all three of the state’s natural gas operators’ plans to meet greenhouse gas emission targets.
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The effects of the invasive quagga mussel, which only grows to the size of a thumbnail, extend beyond the natural ecology and into the built environment. Removing and keeping clusters of the mussels out of pipes could cost the state billions.