Climate change dominates business leadership talks
Private sector seeks solutions to declining snowpack, wildfires, and water scarcity.
Energy and Environment
Walking on a Knife’s Edge
The trail that cuts through the Wild West of rural land-use politics in Oregon’s high desert.
Forestry carbon offsets create opportunities for rural landowners
Tweaks to Oregon’s cap and invest bill could generate revenue for forestry.
Benefit Company label marred by confusion and lax reporting practices
In Oregon and elsewhere, benefit companies go largely unregulated.
Superfund dispute rages as cleanup moves into the next phase
The subject of debate is a site managed by utility NW Natural.
Lawmakers and business leaders take on cap and invest proposals
Carbon reduction strategies take center stage at coastal legislative summmit.
What’s next for the Portland Harbor Superfund site
A communications plan and water testing will move forward this Fall.
Judge dismisses water quality case against PGE
A U.S. District Court judge has thrown out a case against Portland General Electric (PGE) that alleges the utility is violating water quality standards at a large hydroelectric project in central Oregon.
The Airbnb of camping comes to Oregon
A San Francisco-based platform has big ambitions for Oregon: Ease the overcrowding of public lands and close the urban-rural divide.