Natalie Fertig
Cannabis Beat Reporter at POLITICO
Reporter @POLITICO covering weed + the West 🌲 Washingtonian 🏔️ Jesus fan | Alum @McClatchy @NewmarkJschool @portland_state • [email protected]
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1 week ago |
treefrogcreative.ca | Natalie Fertig |Jordan Wolman |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
President Donald Trump wants to create a new federal agency that will be responsible for “all wildland fire fighting nationwide” by 2026, according to a draft executive order currently under review at the White House. The draft order, which was obtained by POLITICO and confirmed by three people familiar with the situation, would launch a national wildland firefighting task force in the next 90 days, combining resources from the Departments of Agriculture, Interior and Homeland Security.
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4 weeks ago |
politico.com | Natalie Fertig
The Biden administration awarded more than $50 million to revitalize the port on Oregon’s southwest coast, but Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending have put the project in jeopardy. A log truck drives by the Stellar Symphony, a ship that regularly hauls wood chips to Japan, in Coos Bay, Oregon, on Jan 30, 2025.
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4 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Natalie Fertig
TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical …
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Natalie Fertig
COOS BAY, Oregon — More than a dozen lumber mills once dotted the landscape around Coos Bay, a horseshoe-shaped estuary on Oregon’s remote southwest coast. Now, there is just one. The timber industry dominated the state’s economy for more than 100 years. Then in the 1980s and 1990s, trade and environmental policies decimated timber country, permanently altering Oregon’s economy.
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1 month ago |
scientificamerican.com | Natalie Fertig |Jordan Wolman
CLIMATEWIRE | Lawmakers and officials from Western states are warning that President Donald Trump’s firings and funding freezes will leave the region woefully unprepared for the coming wildfire season, just two months after blazes ravaged Los Angeles. The new administration’s moves to terminate nearly 10 percent of Forest Service personnel and pause grants intended to reduce the risk and intensity of fires have left states scrambling to make sure they don’t lose valuable preparation time.
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NEW from me and @jordanwolman: President Trump wants to create a new federal agency that will be responsible for “all wildland fire fighting nationwide” by 2026, according to a draft EO that’s currently under review at the White House. For @politico: https://t.co/uS260BnYEX
RT @akarl_smith: Trump on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is in the Oval with him right now: "She's really done an excellent job. Very good pers…
this is the modern definition of a wolf in sheep's clothing
Universal is putting dragon costumes on the Boston Dynamics robots, and they are insanely cute https://t.co/grVLzL6Wbs
