A Spotlight series item by Lorrie Kaplan, Ashland.News March 23, 2022 In recent decades, a wide range of high-quality studies show unequivocally that the use of “natural” gas is a significant factor in global warming — and really bad for our health. Here are the facts: “Natural” gas is about 90% methane — a highly […]
Janet Eastman, The Oregonian/Oregon Live, March 31, 2022 Garden centers and nurseries are bursting with plants that are drought tolerant, pollinator friendly and deer resistant. They also have ground covers, shrubs and trees that are less likely to fuel a fire if kept healthy and growing far enough from flammable structures. No plant is fireproof, […]
Alan R.P. Journet Ph.D. Cofacilitator Southern Oregon Climate Action Now 7113 Griffin Lane Jacksonville Oregon 97530 – 9342 541-301-4107 alan@socan.eco March 8th 2022 Chair Decker and members of the Oregon Public Utilities Commission: I write as cofacilitator of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now, an organization of over 1600 rural Southern Oregonians concerned about climate change. […]
At every step of his political career, Joe Manchin helped a West Virginia power plant that is the sole customer of his private coal business. Along the way, he blocked ambitious climate action. Christopher Flavelle and Julie Tat, New York Times, March 27 2022 GRANT TOWN, W.Va. — On a hilltop overlooking Paw Paw Creek, 15 miles […]
Georgina Gustin, March 27, 2022 Inside Climate News Climate change is a “threat multiplier,” making hunger emergencies worse. Advanced modeling shows that crop yields could plummet, faster than expected. Inside dozens of bankers boxes, stacked high in a storage locker in New York City, Cynthia Rosenzweig has stashed the work of decades: Legal pads covered […]
Tyler Ridgle, KDRV-tv March 22, 2022 MEDFORD, Ore. — Wildfires spark in Northern California and Southern Oregon every year. Although everyone living in the region expects them, not everyone understands why fires seem larger each fire season. Alan Journet, Co-facilitator of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) will speak on Thursday, March 24th for Medford’s […]
Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, March 18, 2022 On the last day of February, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its most dire report yet. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, had, he said, “seen many scientific reports in my time, but nothing like this.” Setting aside diplomatic language, he described the […]
Vickie Aldous, Medford Mail Tribune, March 17, 2022 Irrigation water supplies at historically low levels Local farms and orchards are likely to face an irrigation season this year that is even worse than last year’s historically short season. After years of drought, water levels are at record-breaking lows in reservoirs that feed irrigation systems in […]
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Emission-free electricity due by 2040 By Lorrie Kaplan With this year’s Oregon’s legislative “short session” wrapping up just last week, I was eager to chat with Rep. Pam Marsh, Southern Oregon’s representative to the Oregon House, to get a fresh round-up on state climate action news. As Chair of the House Committee on Energy and […]
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