Oregon Environmental News
Readers respond: Keep cats indoors for nesting season
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Oregon seafood industry calls on Gov. Tina Kotek to halt offshore wind energy development
The coalition said Kotek is the last hope for delaying a federal plan to lease sites off Oregon’s south coast for floating wind turbines.
Washington becomes 1st state to ban lead-contaminated cookware
The law restricts the sale of pots and pans containing lead exceeding levels of 5 parts per million.
Robot disguised as coyote will scare off wildlife at Alaska airport
The idea of using a robot came after officials rejected a plan to use flying drones spraying grape juice.
EPA sets strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses in bid to fight climate change
The new rules, which take effect for model years 2027 through 2032, will avoid up to 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next three decades.
Opinion: Protect the Portland Clean Energy Fund and keep centering community in climate impact
Despite Portland Clean Energy Fund investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and an array of other climate projects, some critics are calling for the measure to be put back on the ballot, write the co-chairs of the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund. Now is not the time to backtrack from what voters authorized.
Biden administration brings back threatened species protections helping Oregon wolves, wolverines and spotted owls
The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump. Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened.
Killer whales in Puget Sound may be designated as new species of orca
For more than a century, killer whales have been understood to be just one worldwide species, Orcinus orca, with many types. But now, after decades of work, scientists have determined the differences between the two types of killer whales that frequent the Salish Sea are so large, they ought to be designated separate species altogether.
Feds plan to kill half a million barred owls in West Coast states over the next three decades
On Monday, a coalition of 75 animal rights and wildlife protection organizations sent a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking her to scrap what they describe as a “reckless plan” to wipe out half a million barred owls in West Coast states over the next three decades.
Gray whales hit hard by starvation off the Pacific Coast. Over 700 washed ashore since 2018
When large numbers of gray whales began washing up along North America’s Pacific Coast nearly six years ago, marine scientists could only speculate at the reason: Was it disease? Ocean pollution? Increasing ship collisions?
Rare piebald deer spotted near McMinnville
Neighbors took photos of the rare deer.
Readers respond: Don’t gloat about fossil fuel
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