After $51M Tourism Loss To Wildfires, Oregon Wants Visitors To Come Back Nearly $51 million in tourism revenue was lost in Oregon last year because of wildfires. NPR Staff
Will smoky Northwest skies yield America's first carbon tax? Almost all (99.9 percent) of the $8.7 million dollars raised to block the ballot measure has come from the oil industry. John Ryan
Trump Administration Set To Unveil Its Replacement For Obama's Clean Power Plan President Trump is expected to announce a new plan this week for regulating carbon emissions from coal plants. It will weaken one of President Obama's signature policies for addressing climate change. Nathan Rott
Environmentalists Push For Ban On Balloons First it was plastic bags, then plastic straws. Now environmental groups are urging a ban on balloons. The anti-balloon campaign is happening at Clemson University football games, and in a small Rhode Island community. Lakshmi Singh
Oil And Gas Drilling Could Endanger U.S. Archaeological Sites A loophole in Pennsylvania law lets companies drill oil and gas wells in farms and fields where Native American and Colonial artifacts are buried. NPR Staff
Mountain Gets A Downgrade To A Hill A mountain in Wales has been downgraded to a hill after a new satellite survey.
OSU Scientists Need Money To Retrieve A Blue Whale Skeleton They Sunk OSU scientists are having trouble finding the money to retrieve the rare blue whale skeleton they sunk years ago. NPR Staff
How To Clean Sand: Volunteers Take On Microplastics At Oregon Coast How do you clean all the sand on a beach? A group of volunteers didn’t do it grain by grain, but took on the task screen by screen. NPR Staff
Wild Bees May Benefit From Cleaning Up After Clearcuts After cutting down trees in a section of forest, logging crews can do their local bees a favor by sticking around to clear the debris and flatten the ground. NPR Staff
Oregonians Can Weigh In On New Proposed Smoke Management Rules Oregonians will have the chance to weigh in on proposed new smoke management rules that could ease the way for more controlled burns aimed at reducing the threat of major wildfires. NPR Staff