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President Donald Trump delivered his budget roadmap with a promise to balance

the budget in 15 years, and once again, the Environmental Protection Agency

found itself in the Trump administration’s crosshairs, with the White House

proposing to slash its budget by 31 percent....

This past week the Pacific Northwest's three largest fracked gas projects

faced major setbacks. In Oregon the Department of Environmental Quality

issued a resounding denial of the proposed Jordan Cove LNG project and the

Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline, which have fa...

Without giving notice to Tribes, water quality advocates, citizens or fishing

families, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to

revoke its own 2016 rule that ensures protective standards for Washington

State’s citizens. If finalized, the proposed r...

Last year, Zenith Energy in NW Portland, quietly began exporting tar sands

oil from its Willamette River facility. Now Zenith Energy is expanding its

facility so that it can handle more than three times the number of oil train

cars that currently pass through the city.This ...

This Earth Day was supposed to be the day that Oregon's Clean Energy Jobs

bill was signed into law. Instead, while industry groups try to water down

the bill, environmental groups are still lobbying Oregon legislators to pass

the strongest law possible. They are being urged...

When Bob Quinn was a kid, a stranger at a county fair gave him a few kernels

of an unusual grain. Little did he know, that grain would change his life.

Years later, after finishing a PhD in plant biochemistry, Bob began

experimenting with organic wheat on his family’s farm ...

When it comes to food, Americans seem to have a pretty great deal. Our

grocery stores are overflowing with countless varieties of convenient

products. Over time this system has encouraged us to know less and less about

where our food comes from and permitted us to expect mo...

A “Sacrifice Zone” is a place where dangerous pollution, waste and

“undesirable impacts” of urban living is deposited, creating a myth that

the land is not valuable and that no one of importance lives there. In the

years, since Lewis and Clark, made their way up the Willame...

This program aired originally on February 18, 2019

On the eve of her swearing in as Portland's first Black woman city council

member, JoAnn Hardesty wrote to her supporters: "On Wednesday, January 2nd at

9 AM, I will be officially sworn into office and take on the great ...

On March 15 students around the world are going on strike. Inspired by

16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, they are walking out of school

to demand meaningful and impactful action on climate change. With their

futures at stake, young people are striking to call for...