Some timber producers say it's time for a cultural shift in how we think about logging and forests' role in the ecosystem The way Peter Hayes explains it, every time the timber industry makes a change to the way it harvests America’s forests, it ...
18 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
Oregon's progressive U.S. senator is separating himself from the pack in the fight against global warming, housing crisis, political corruption U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has made a big splash in his eight years in the Senate. One of the Senate’s most pr ...
3 Aug 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
The impending ‘mass direct action’ follows a global climate change campaign led by 350.org. Its founder, Bill McKibben, is coming to Portland to speak. On the evening of June 6, more than a hundred climate activists met at the First Unitarian Church in do ...
14 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
A conversation with the man who is preaching the gospel of saving the planet, curbing consumerism and ending the diabolical influence of corporate greed Ask almost anyone about Earth’s future and you’re likely to hear a litany of doom and gloom. It’s not ...
2 Jun 2016 - Stephen Quirke
To meet greenhouse gas emissions goals for 2050, we’ll need to change our eating habits, researcher Zak Accuardi explains If you want to significantly reduce your carbon footprint, it might be time to rethink your diet. Agriculture is responsible for enor ...
3 Mar 2016 - Emily Green
Seattle’s Delta 5 was first to argue in U.S. court that civil disobedience was necessary to slow down climate change On Jan. 15, Snohomish County Judge Anthony E. Howard handed down sentences to five people who say our political system is rigged to destro ...
21 Jan 2016 - Stephen Quirke
Scientist, environmentalist describes the evolution of social attitudes and what he aims to hand down to his grandchildren David Suzuki wants to share his values with younger generations. In his latest book, “Letters To My Grandchildren,” the Canadian ge ...
21 Jan 2016 - Norman Rickert
Less than two weeks before hosting a West Coast summit of his peers, Portland’s mayor talks about the critical agenda items. Street Roots recently sat down with Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and talked about homelessness and climate change. Hales will be j ...
25 Nov 2015 - Israel Bayer
Climate-change expert Katharine Hayhoe, a scientist and a Christian, is on a mission to change the minds of faith-based climate change deniers Katharine Hayhoe never goes where she’s not invited, and when she accepts an invitation, she usually finds herse ...
19 Jun 2015 - Emily Green
Climate scientist Susan Kaspari talks about our black carbon footprint As snowpack levels hit record lows, and wildfire seasons hit record highs, a geological sciences professor in Washington is studying the connection between forest fires and accelerated ...
27 Feb 2015 - Emily Green