Monica Samayoa

1 week ago | ijpr.org | Monica Samayoa

Oregon’s clean trucks rules sought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from medium- and heavy-duty trucks and to increase sales of electric trucks over the next ten years. But last week Congress voted to revoke a waiver that allowed California to adopt stricter vehicle standards – and that allowed Oregon and other states to follow that lead. Oregon environmental advocates say losing this waiver could set back the progress the state has made to reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

1 week ago | propublica.org | Emily Schwing |Tony Schick |Monica Samayoa |Mollie Simon

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. This story is not subject to our Creative Commons license. NEWTOK, Alaska — A jumble of shipping containers hold all that remains of the demolished public school in Newtok, Alaska, where on a recent visit, a few stray dogs and a lone ermine prowled among the ruins.

2 weeks ago | opb.org | Monica Samayoa

Oregonians looking to purchase or lease an electric vehicle can now apply for some cash back, as the state reopens its popular rebate program this week. On Thursday, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality officially reopened the Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate program. An electric vehicle is charging at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's parking lot, Nov. 11, 2024.

2 weeks ago | propublica.org | Mollie Simon |Cassandra Garibay |Tony Schick |Monica Samayoa

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When Hurricane Helene plowed over the Southeast last September, it caused more inland deaths than any hurricane in recorded history.

2 weeks ago | propublica.org | Cassandra Garibay |Tony Schick |Monica Samayoa |Anna Clark

In their last phone call before bed, Janicke Glynn tries to reassure her husband. He is away visiting a sick relative, and a Weather Channel forecast of Hurricane Helene’s imminent collision with the North Carolina mountains is leaving him uneasy. The storm, more than 400 miles wide, is expected to strike their small community the next morning, Sept. 27. Janicke encourages him to focus on his family up in Boston. That is more important. She is fine.