Gosia Wozniacka

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Gosia Wozniacka

Oregon is getting ready to launch a massive new environmental restoration fund that will funnel money for conservation projects to communities and tribes harmed by pollution and to state agencies that work on pollution and environmental issues.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Gosia Wozniacka

Portland General Electric is challenging the Portland City Council’s decision to reject a controversial transmission upgrade project in Forest Park that would require the utility to clearcut more than 370 trees on about 5 acres in the park. Councilors earlier this month unanimously voted to overturn approval of PGE’s proposal by a city hearings officer. PGE on Wednesday filed a notice of intent to appeal with the state Land Use Board of Appeals.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Gosia Wozniacka

While gray whales and killer whales are the most well known whales off the Oregon coast, the state boasts many other species of these majestic mammals. That’s right. More than a dozen whale species live in Oregon’s coastal waters. But many of their populations have shrunk and may disappear if humans don’t do more to protect them. Some of Oregon’s less common whale species highlighted on the map: the minke whale, the short-finned pilot whale and the sei whale.

1 week ago | union-bulletin.com | Gosia Wozniacka

Three years ago, massive federal climate legislation led to a boom of solar, wind and energy storage projects across rural Oregon, reshaping its farming landscape and shoring up the state’s prospects to reach its aggressive emission reduction mandates. But the projects’ future may be undone by a budget bill passed Thursday by U.S. House Republicans that seeks, among other cuts, to undo clean energy incentives to pay for President Donald Trump’s proposed tax breaks.

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Gosia Wozniacka

Oregon has joined 11 other states to continue the transition to electric cars and trucks, a day after the U.S. Senate revoked a waiver that allows California to set stronger emission rules that Oregon also relies on for its policies. The federal Clean Air Act prohibits states like Oregon from creating their own, more stringent vehicle emission standards.