Monica Samayoa
Oregon Public BroadcastingMonica Samayoa is a reporter with OPB’s Science & Environment unit. Before OPB, Monica was an on-call general assignment reporter at KQED in San Francisco. She also helped produce The California Report and KQED Newsroom. In 2017 she studied abroad in Sydney, Australia, where she attended University of Technology Sydney to finish her degree. There, she was able to get her first taste in radio while producing and hosting for 2SER, Sydney Educational Radio.
Monica holds a bachelor's degree in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts from San Francisco State University.
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Medium and heavy-duty truck owners in Oregon looking to go electric can now apply for a state rebate to help lower those costs. -
Qualified Oregonians can now apply for help paying energy bills this winter, but it could take at least another month before they receive the federal funds. -
Oregon’s EV footprint has been steadily increasing, with more than 126,000 registered electric vehicles in the state as of August. But public charging ports have struggled to keep up. -
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will suspend its “charge ahead” rebate for electric vehicle purchases next month. The rebate helps low- to moderate-income households purchase new or used EVs. -
A 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. -
Gov. Tina Kotek’s executive order could fast-track renewable energy projects permits to meet July 4 deadline. -
Oregon, California, Washington and 13 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants. -
A proposal would require EV and plug-in hybrid drivers to pay per mile. While it would lower registration fees, owners of these vehicles may end up paying more when switching to EVs. -
The state will temporarily suspend standard electric vehicle rebates on Sept. 9, and federal tax credits end Sept. 30. -
Nearly 195,000 acres off the Southern Oregon coast were previously identified as sites for offshore wind development. -
The Trump administration is revoking a 16-year-old policy that targeted tailpipe emissions and the fossil fuel industry. Gov. Tina Kotek says Oregon will continue addressing climate change. -
Under the Trump Adminstration's One Big Beautiful Bill, Oregon could lose about 4 gigawatts of planned wind and solar energy, or enough energy to power one million homes.
