Advocates for migrant farmworkers say a new worker protection rule under OSHA’s consideration may cause more harm than good The condition of housing that farmers provide or rent to migrant workers has long been a source of concern in Oregon, which is home ...
10 Dec 2016 - Emily Green
They pulled off the most expansive, coordinated takeover of fossil fuel infrastructure ever attempted in the U.S. Leonard Higgins was starting to panic. The industrial chain he was attempting to cut loose was made of case-hardened steel. It was thicker a ...
1 Dec 2016 - Emily Green
The local rally is one of more than 100 being organized worldwide in a 'massive day of action' Portlanders who checked into Standing Rock, N.D., on Facebook last week in a virtual show of solidarity will have another opportunity to turn their sl ...
10 Nov 2016 - Emily Green
Burns Paiute tribal councilman Jarvis Kennedy sees differences between Malheur refuge occupation and Dakota Access Pipeline protest At the beginning of this year, the small town of Burns made national headlines after it came under siege by anti-government ...
22 Sep 2016 - Stephen Quirke
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