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  1. Diane Megaw

    Central Oregon Becomes Testing Ground for Trump Plan to Speed Up Logging After Wildfires

    The Trump administration is moving to speed up logging on recently burned federal forestland, with Central Oregon providing an early test of the new approach.

  2. Diane Megaw

    Judge Blocks Trump EPA Cancellation of $243 Million in Solar Funding for Oregon and Washington

    A federal court ruling has revived a $7 billion solar program that could restore nearly $243 million in federal funding for solar projects serving low-income households…

  3. Diane Megaw

    Oregon and Washington Could Face Warmer, Drier Winter as El Niño Nears Historic Strength

    Oregon and Washington could be heading into a warmer, drier winter as a strengthening El Niño in the Pacific Ocean has a chance of becoming one of the strongest such…

  4. Diane Megaw

    Global Ocean Surface Temperature Breaks Record as Oregon Faces Elevated Marine Heatwave Risk

    The global ocean is entering exceptional territory; El Niño is amplifying the tropical Pacific heat, and Oregon sits on the edge of a less certain- but still elevated…

  5. Diane Megaw

    Oregon Adopts New Crab Fishery Rules After Whale Entanglements Raise Alarm

    Oregon has adopted new measures aimed at reducing deadly whale entanglements in the state’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery.

  6. Diane Megaw

    Oregon Ash Trees Face Growing Threat as Emerald Ash Borer Reaches New Willamette Valley Sites

    The highly destructive emerald ash borer (EAB) was found in three new communities across the northern Willamette Valley this month, and officials warn these can quickly…

  7. Lucille McNamara

    Bipartisan Backlash Stops Dismantling of Oregon Coast Scientific Monitoring Instruments

    The Trump administration’s latest attempt to cut funding to a climate-related program – dismantling 900 scientific weather monitoring instruments off the Pacific…

  8. Diane Megaw

    Klamath River Dam Removal Was Not an Instant Cure as Fish Parasite Threatens Young Salmon

    Monitoring of the Klamath River continues after elevated levels of a potentially dangerous fish parasite were detected. The Karuk Tribe confirmed that the river still…

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