Hotter, drier summers mean grasshopper and Mormon cricket swarms are more frequent and more devastating to Oregon crops than ever, leading farmers and ranchers to collaborate with state and local governments to avoid being overrun.
Federal funding will assist the Rogue Valley to create water infrastructure capable of mitigating the impacts of climate change.
Environmental and labor groups offer measured praise for the rules but say they still contain too many loopholes.
Climate change means new farming techniques and equipment. But having less severe weather than other states could give Oregon farmers an edge.
Some small farmers say Oregon’s new farmworker overtime law has them planning their exit strategy. Others hold out hope for a solution which accommodates them.
With the climate crisis here, water management becomes big business — and part of big tech.
Five Oregonians died during record-shattering temperatures — though only two have been linked to heat.
Environmental disasters and new federal policy spike demand for renewable energy.
The wildfires that destroyed communities and businesses in September pose a threat to the economy if nothing is done to prevent their spread.
