Chris McGinness
Reporter and Meteorologist at KGW-TV (Portland, OR)
Meteorologist & Reporter @KGWNews -Portland, Oregon. Husband, Father of 2, Penn State Meteorology graduate, washed up track & field athlete
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2 days ago |
kgw.com | Chris McGinness
CORVALLIS, Ore. — The future of artificial intelligence is bright — but it's also energy-intensive. With AI's rapid advancement, global electricity consumption is expected to nearly double over the next five years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). A significant driver of that increase? The growing demand for AI computing power. But researchers at Oregon State University may have a promising solution.
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1 month ago |
kgw.com | Chris McGinness
PORTLAND, Ore. — Electric vehicles are a small, but growing segment of Oregon's car market that's helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel costs for drivers. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will soon restart a program that could help more people buy EVs. Oregon now has over 112,000 registered electric vehicles — about 3% of all cars, trucks and SUVs on the road.
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1 month ago |
kgw.com | Chris McGinness
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. — Steelhead are returning to Central Oregon, and Portland General Electric (PGE) and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (CTWS) are calling it a "win" on the Deschutes River. It signals a potential turning point in the long battle to restore native fish runs blocked by dams since the 1960s.
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1 month ago |
kgw.com | Chris McGinness
PORTLAND, Ore. — This Earth Day marks a major milestone for Free Geek, the Portland nonprofit that has been transforming old electronics — and lives — for 25 years. What began as a small Earth Day recycling pop-up at Pioneer Courthouse Square has grown into a national model for e-waste reduction and digital equity. Inside Free Geek’s Southeast Portland warehouse, the hum of tools and soft clatter of computer parts sets the scene. Here, stacks of donated electronics are given a second life.
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1 month ago |
kgw.com | Chris McGinness
CARLTON, Ore. — On a sunny spring morning in Oregon wine country, Tabula Rasa Farms hums with quiet purpose. Chickens scratch among wildflowers and a gentle breeze rustles cover crops in fields alive with biodiversity. But what’s growing here goes beyond vegetables and pasture-raised meat. It’s a vision, decades in the making, for farming that heals the land. “We call it the 100-year plan,” said Brenda Smola-Foti, co-founder and Chief Farming Officer at Tabula Rasa.
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