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Jeff Miller joins the Exchange.
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Sage Van Wing/OPBA boom in data centers and the end of federal vehicle emissions standards means Oregon will fail to meet its 2035 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal by two years, according to an analysis completed this month. But state officials pushing to drastically cut carbon emissions say it’s not too late to get back on track.
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California has reached an agreement with the Federal Railroad Administration to protect $4 billion in federal funding for its high-speed rail project while a lawsuit over the money plays out in court. These funds are now held in a legal trust, ensuring they cannot be redirected until the lawsuit concludes. -
The state will temporarily suspend standard electric vehicle rebates on Sept. 9, and federal tax credits end Sept. 30. -
How the rapid spread of misinformation pushed Oregon lawmakers to kill the state’s wildfire risk mapThis is how misinformation gets accepted as fact. -
Justices told a lower court to revisit their decision to uphold cuts of 75 percent to payments for solar panel owners. -
Ryan Shannon, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, joins the Exchange. -
California spent decades building one of the greenest power grids on Earth. It ditched coal, cut fossil fuels, and built so much solar it now runs the world’s second-largest battery fleet to keep clean power flowing after dark.Now lawmakers are poised to tie that grid to coal-burning states. -
As Oregon lawmakers prepare to return for a special session focused on transportation, high-profile projects are on the back burner. -
Union County has experienced a severe drought since June 24, while Morrow and Douglas counties have been under severe drought conditions since July 15. -
The $8 trillion wholesale product distribution industry is challenging a four-year-old Oregon recycling law weeks after the law took effect. -
National research laboratories in Oregon, Washington and Colorado focused on addressing climate change and its impacts and improving energy efficiency and affordability would be gutted under proposed Republican budgets. -
People have until Monday to comment on a Trump administration proposal to drastically limit public input on logging in Oregon and California. -
Co-management of a Chinook salmon hatchery on the Coquille river in southwest Oregon has helped the fish population thrive again. That means Chinook fishing could soon return.
