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'Unhealthy air' days increasing in Oregon as wildfire season lengthens
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWildfire smoke impacts are increasing across Oregon, and broke at least one record last year, a new...
Oregon wildfire forecaster ‘optimistic’ due to amount of rain with thunderstorms
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOregon’s fire season sprang to life over the past week, fueled by 5,800 lightning strikes in the...
On the headwaters of the Klamath River, water shortages test tribes, farmers and wildlife
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRestoring a River: CHILOQUIN, Ore. — Don Gentry stood under a pine tree on a late summer day...
California wildfires wiped out nearly 20 years of greenhouse gas emission reductions – in 2020,...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCalifornia's catastrophic wildfires in 2020 put twice as much greenhouse gas emissions into the air...
Logging does not inhibit fire spread, it increases it
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA recent commentary, "30x30 not the answer to stop destructive wildfires," by Jerry G. Schickedanz,...
Editorial: Gov. Newsom's plan to prevent power outages has a big downside: fossil fuels
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA gas-fired power plant in Redondo Beach, where units are scheduled to retire in 2023, is one of...
How bad was the 2023 Oregon wildfire season? Acres burned, air quality impact
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBy the numbers, the 2023 wildfire season in Oregon was a quiet one — with the smallest number of...
The Problems With Carbon Offsets Are Even Bigger Than You Might Think
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen you go to buy something off Etsy, you’re assured that “Etsy offsets carbon emissions from every...
Confronting the wildfire crisis in the West
The Register-Guard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRecently the federal government released its Confronting Wildfire Crisis plan to control wildfires in the West. As with all previous programs, it focuses on removing "fuels" as its solution ...
Cascade Lakes Relay plans new date
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 5—This weekend's Cascade Lakes Relay is its final year for cross-country running and walking in August. Organizers announced plans to move Central Oregon's largest annual sporting event ...
