USDA leaders spent six months defying the spending laws Congress wrote to stop them. On Tuesday, a federal court caught up with them. Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks, October 15
Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to pause air and water pollution permits until July 1, 2027. Alex Baumhardt-October 13, 2026 Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s governor has
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The climate is warming up faster than we can respond. According to a new report published Oct. 14 in the journal BioScience, “Earth’s climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory.” Abstract Earth’s climate system
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A hard calculation at a hard moment A Bill McKibben Substack Commentary on the crock known as the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) I’m bleary-eyed on a westbound
You may have notice a lengthening of our growing season. This site confirms the trend. Look for Medford in Oregon. https://www.climatecentral.org/graphic/warming-climate-more-pollen-worse-allergies?graphicSet=Freeze+Free+Growing+Season+Trends&location=Hartford&lang=en&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newspack+Newsletter+%28143119%29&utm_source=e007cd04ee&utm_source=Weekly+News+from+Yale+Climate+Connections&utm_campaign=148a770429-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_10_05_01_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-148a770429-59439339
Chuck Slothower//September 24, 2026 DJC Oregon Thanks to Joel Gerston of Ashland’s Allison Street Climate Club for bringing this to our attention. Oregon data centers accounted for nearly a quarter
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JENNIFER McDERMOTT (Associated Press) via OPB Thanks to Joel Gerston of the Ashland Allison Street Climate Club for bringing this to our attention. The modeling projects federal policy changes will increase
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About Chris Hoeber Chris is almost fully retired from the space business. Over the course of his 55 year career, he helped build the world’s largest commercial space company, He
United Nations Environment Programme September 2, 2026 Limiting global warming to 1.5°C remains a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, yet under current policies and alternative near-term trajectories, exceedance of 1.5°C
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Europe’s nuclear fleet feels the heat from rising temperatures. Nicolas Camut, Elena Giordano and Zia Weise Politico, September 1 2026 PARIS — European governments are planning to fight climate change with a major
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