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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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will be offering free well testing in Deschutes County next year to collect more data for a statewide groundwater contamination study.
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Air pollution monitoring to increase for diverse communities on Oregon's south coast and in PortlandTwo of Oregon’s most economically disadvantaged and racially diverse communities — one in Portland and the other near Coos Bay — are getting a boost in their fight against air pollution.
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State and local organizations are building programs to connect EVs with more rural and low-income people, as well as communities of color.
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As California adopts the nation’s strictest law to transition to zero-emissions vehicles in the next decade, Oregon officials say they’re set to follow suit.The California law bans the sale of new gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs in the state by 2035 as a way to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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The federal Inflation Reduction Act offers car buyers with low-to-moderate incomes up to $7,500 for purchasing a new electric vehicle, in addition to the maximum $7,500 Oregon offers through its programs.
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New state rules require access to water, shade and breaks on hot days, but workers say they’re still laboring in unsafe conditions.
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The Oregon Health Authority published a report on Tuesday highlighting how wildfires, heat waves and drought are creating fear, frustration and hopelessness among young people
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Portland General Electric has built a first-of-its-kind facility that will use an innovative battery technology supporters are calling a “game changer” for Oregon’s renewable energy transition.
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The rules require access to shade, water and cool-down breaks for farmworkers and other laborers. Proponents say they are the most protective in the nation.
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More than 30 years after being recognized as a problem, nitrate contamination is still making well water unsafe to drink in Morrow and Umatilla counties.
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The Western Oregon Habitat Conservation Plan would offer the state legal protection for 70 years of forest management.
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The Oregon Department of Justice has hired its first-ever anti-poaching prosecutor to crack down on a spike in illegal wildlife killing across the state.