Requiem for a mega-dairy: Bills seek moratorium on supersize dairy farms in Oregon
A coalition of environmental and animal rights groups wants to halt permitting industrial dairy operations in Oregon — at least until more regulations are in place, perhaps for good — as the industry tries to heal the "black eye" left by Lost Valley Farms.
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US will make up for 4 years of lost action on climate, John Kerry pledges
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Merck stops developing both of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates
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Gov. Brown clarifies vaccination timeline, doubles down on priority for teachers
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Biden pumps the brakes on more than 100 Trump environmental policy decisions
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The Director of the Oregon Health Authority says the state has ramped up its ability to administer the COVID-19 vaccine - and now it needs more doses.
With limited doses, many question Oregon’s plans to send teachers to the front of the vaccine line
“My personal feeling is that seniors and frontline workers who are being exposed should get those vaccines,” said Portland teacher Beyoung Yu, “By doing this right now, we are doing it at a risk to the populations we serve.”
Whither Eastside Screens? New guidelines allow cutting larger trees east of the Cascades
Actions by the Trump administration in the last days of his presidency loosened protections on old growth forests on some 12 million acres in the Northwest.