1. Friends of Baltimore Woods - Protecting Oregon Wildlife and Building Green Classrooms

   smithrt3 | Posted January 8, 2012 in Restoration

   A Portland area environmental group is working with their local government to protect the Baltimore Woods, and also to provide an outdoor green classroom for local children and schools.…

2. Victory Over Liquefied Natural Gas at Bradwood Landing was 5 Years Coming

   Johnny Kilroy | Posted January 8, 2012 in Renewable Energy

   The LNG terminal proposed since 2004 for construction at Bradwood Landing, near Astoria, Oregon, has been suspended by its developer. Grassroots opponents to the project are riding the momentum of their win.…

3. An Illuminating Lecture on Environmental Journalism from Andrew Revkin, of the NY Times

   Johnny Kilroy | Posted May 14, 2010 in The Arts

   The author of the Dot Earth blog, and a fifteen year veteran of the Gray Lady, stopped by Eugene to discuss our favorite topic...bringin tha ruckus on environmental matters.…

4. Local Watchdog Reports Status of Air Quality in Lane County, Oregon

   Johnny Kilroy | Posted January 8, 2012 in Restoration

   The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency released its 2009 Annual Report, its 41st installment. It's like the more responsible, one-year-older brother to the Oregon Country Fair.…

5. Restoring North Portland’s Willamette River

   smithrt3 | Posted January 8, 2012 in Restoration

   Thanks to efforts from the Willamette Riverkeeper, the Willamette River will hopefully begin to recover from years of industrial activity and neglect.…

6. FERC Conducts Fact-Finding Hearings in Oregon Over LNG Pipeline Company’s Possible Misconduct

   Johnny Kilroy | Posted April 23, 2010 in Policy

   Many property owners who live on a proposed natural gas pipeline route fear that it would permanently injure their lands value. They are resisting the company's efforts to gain right-of-way.…

7. Public Hearing on Permits for Placer Mining in Oregon Streams Bitterly Received

   Johnny Kilroy | Posted April 14, 2010 in Policy

   Three dozen stream bed miners, from all over Oregon and even as far as Florida, gathered in a small conference room in the Portland office of the Department of Environmental Quality, hoping to get some answers about proposed strictures on their business. They didn't get many.…

8. One Wave or Another

   Jcottingham | Posted May 14, 2010 in Renewable Energy

   Ocean Power Technologies is building the first utility-scale, commercial wave park in North America, which aims to harness the motion of the ocean and convert it into green energy.…

9. Oregonians Get Together to Save the Willamette River

   Johnny Kilroy | Posted May 17, 2010 in Restoration

   The Willamette River, the mighty "blood vein" connecting all life in the basin, badly needs help. Two million Oregonians are connected by the common thread of the Willamette River. …

10. Help Restore Oregon’s Rivers, Parks and Wildlife Habitats

    Stewart Mills | Posted May 17, 2010 in Restoration

    The dedication of 15 percent of Lottery revenues to protect parks, habitats, and watersheds - Oregon’s only source of funding for these important areas - is set to expire in 2014. That is, unless we act to renew this vital protection and restoration program. …

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