Energy

The U.S. for the first time has approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor

Northwest conservation and anti-pollution organizations say the Trump administration’s changes to a bedrock environmental law from the Nixon era will have major impacts in the region.

A Cessna commuter plane retrofitted in Washington has taken the crown of the biggest all-electric airplane now flying.

Project managers hope to begin construction on the PacWave testing facility later this year.

A federal commission gave its conditional approval Thursday to Southwest Oregon’s controversial Jordan Cove energy project.

Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission denied a petition Wednesday that would have regulated non-road diesel emissions as multiple programs are already working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Oregon lawmakers may not get to vote this session on a controversial climate bill, but some companies are gearing up to burn fewer fossil fuels regardless.

Oregon Republican representatives walked away from the Capitol a day after GOP state senators took the same step.

The Oregon Legislature crept closer to a vote on a controversial plan to fight climate change this week.  

GOP state senators could flee the Capitol next week to block a climate bill. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has been trying to keep them in the building.