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Air Pollution From Oregon Woodstoves Rival That From Wildfires

Wildfires aren’t the only thing threatening air quality in Oregon.

What Bus Riders Want: We Hopped on the Most-Used Bus in Portland, to Ask How It Could Be Better.

Three days a week, Ivy Stamos rises at dawn and boards the most-used bus line in Portland.

No American City Has Ever Tried a Climate Justice Tax Like the One Portland Is Launching. What’s the Plan?

In just a few months, the city of Portland will begin investing the proceeds from a groundbreaking new tax on large companies.

Department of Agriculture Declares Environmental Cleanup of Eastern Oregon Mega-Dairy Site Complete

On Monday, Dec. 30, the Oregon Department of Agriculture declared that the cleanup of Eastern Oregon mega-dairy Lost Valley Farm was complete, and that a new mega-dairy, Easterday Farms, could open at the same site.

Are Electric Flywheel Buses in Portland’s Near Future?

For decades, flywheel energy storage has been one of those just-over-the-horizon technologies that make the cover of Popular Mechanics every couple of years, but somehow are never quite ready for prime time.

Starting This Week, Oregon Grocery Shoppers Will Have to Pay 5 Cents For Paper Bags

Starting Jan. 1, Oregonians will no longer be able to get plastic bags at the grocery store.

Recycling in Oregon is Faltering, According to New Report

Last week, WW reported on Portland State University research that found nearly all the Oregon shellfish scientists tested contained plastic particles.

Students With Excused Absences Can Cut Class to Strike on Climate, Portland Public Schools Says

Just ask a teacher, kids.

Scientists Are Barely Monitoring Mount Hood’s Volcanic Activity, Report Warns

Geologists are trying to place seismic monitoring stations on the mountain but environmental groups are fighting back.

Elections Watchdog Seth Woolley Will Run for Portland City Council

Woolley, a Green Party activist and software engineer, will run for Commissioner Chloe Eudaly’s seat

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