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How ‘carbon farming’ could help Oregon reach its climate goals
Changing farming and ranching practices to store more carbon in the soil could be a promising strategy for reducing climate change in Oregon and beyond.

Oregon youth climate activists plan strike to demand governor declare a climate emergency
Students from across the state — including Portland, Bend, Florence and Salem — will be protesting for meaningful climate action on Friday. Youth organizers in each city have set demands specific to their communities as well as general demands across the state.
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Vaux’s swifts return early to Portland this year, but climate change might not be the only reason
The flocking behavior provides a wonderful spectacle. The birds swoop and dive, creating beautiful patterns in the sky. At dusk, they form a spinning tornado as each one dives into a Portland school chimney to roost.

Portland Clean Energy Fund unveils 5-year plan, $750M projected spending after overhaul
The plan increases focus on community resilience, transparency and accountability. That’s after the Portland City Council voted for a major overhaul of the fund after a series of setbacks last year.

Climate change may force more farmers and ranchers to consider irrigation — at a steep cost
As brutal heat stretches across much of the United States, some farmers may be watching their crops grow parched.

How an Oregon-based nonprofit is helping victims of the deadly Maui wildfires
Wildfires that broke out in Maui last week razed more than 2,500 acres of land and have killed more than 100 people. Here's how an Oregon-based nonprofit is aiding in relief.

The EPA’s ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism
The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough.

Three-quarters of Republicans prioritize the economy over climate change
In the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, the record temperatures this summer don't have Republicans heated as confidence in institutions takes a hit and President Biden has challenges ahead.
Oregon fire demonstrates limits of carbon offset program
Green Diamond timber company agreed to slow their logging operations in Southern Oregon in return for millions of dollars in payments from Microsoft and other companies seeking to offset their carbon dioxide pollution from fossil fuels. The companies are essentially paying the timber company to grow more trees on this land. The Bootleg Fire upended the Green Diamond carbon storage plans, burning through nearly 20 percent of the company’s Klamath project lands.

A giant Oregon wildfire shows the limits of carbon offsets in fighting climate change
To help counter their greenhouse gas pollution, Microsoft and other companies invested millions in a project to store more carbon in Southern Oregon trees. The 2021 Bootleg Fire upended that plan.