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The USDA decision to rescind the 25-year-old forest and wildland protections was made without officials hosting any public meetings.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging and other development on national forest lands, including about 2 million acres in Oregon.

Nearly 45 million acres of America's national forests are at risk of being opened up to roads, logging, and destruction. Once they're gone, we can't get these untouched forests back. Add your voice no...

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The Portland City Elections office announced Tuesday that backers of the Enhanced Community Safety initiative did not submit enough valid signatures.

A ballot initiative that sought to direct 25 percent of Portland’s Clean Energy Fund toward hiring additional police officers failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballo...

Portland leaders may redirect Clean Energy Fund dollars to police or Moda Center upgrades. KATU spotlights current PCEF grants like Girls Build, a green construction camp for foster and unhoused girls...

The policy would require property owners to report and incrementally reduce the carbon emissions of commercial buildings.

Jim Plantico is one of the Community Energy Project’s program directors. He joins us to share more about the program, what the money is being spent on more broadly and the specific projects that CEP h...

Portland is offering residents free trees in hopes of expanding its tree canopy.

The proposal could bring drastic changes to 5 million acres of forests and grasslands in northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington.

During a historic drought, half of Central Oregon’s lifeblood river was diverted to a wealthy agricultural region that got a lot more water than its plants could drink. These water-rich landowners gre...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson had critiques and a sharp tongue in a Tuesday newsletter that took jabs at city councilors as well as a data analyst who’s become one of the most influential sources of inf...

As the five year anniversary of the tragic 2021 heat dome in Oregon approaches, lawmakers will hear from advocates about for affordable cooling programs.

Last month, canvassers began collecting signatures for a Portland ballot initiative seeking to use clean energy funds to hire police. Since then, the Oregon Secretary of State has received 28 complain...

A new Portland State University study warns that heat-related illnesses resulting in hospital and emergency room visits could double across big metro areas in the U.S. by 2040. The Pacific Northwest c...