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Please consider a vote for change. It’s time for a more diverse school board. We ask you to learn about and vote for Laural O’Rourke, Tom Di Liberto and Maya Rabasa. They are skilled folks who engage heavily in our schools, are parents, have life experience and have an unyielding commitment to better inclusion and equity for all our children. These are not simply words. These people walk the talk. David and Kitty Piercy, Eugene  Burning desires  Last summer’s wildfires were a shocking a...

We are honored to take part in transforming natural gas infrastructure into renewable gas infrastructure, write Maureen Goldberg and Jeff McGillivray.

Register-Guard Rollout speedbumps While the county is commended for its vaccine rollout efforts, a number of problems with the system are apparent.  First, the rate people are being vaccinated is controlled by the availability of vaccines. As a result, The R-G cautions that everyone should be patient. One goal of the program is to prioritize the most vulnerable — those over 70. Scheduling appointments for vaccination has proved daunting for seniors, particularly for those of advanced a...

Letters to the editor for Friday, March 5 Register-Guard Rollout speedbumps While the county is commended for its vaccine rollout efforts, a number of problems with the system are apparent.  First, the rate people are being vaccinated is controlled by the availability of vaccines. As a result, The R-G cautions that everyone should be patient. One goal of the program is to prioritize the most vulnerable — those over 70. Scheduling appointments for vaccination has proved ...

Home » Environment » Decarbonizing Cascadia » Will race, income inequalities trip up Cascadia’s fight against climate change?   The heavy wind woke Niria Garcia about 5 a.m. It whipped against her home, leaving her restless as she fitfully tried to get a little more sleep. “Something doesn’t feel right,” Garcia thought to herself. On that day last September, a devastating fire ripped through Southern Oregon, whipped by those very winds that woke Garcia, a Xicana climate activist bas...

Register-Guard The city and the unhoused: a win-win  Thank you, Eugene! No sweep under the Washington-Jefferson bridge. The city can continue to humanize life for the unhoused and at the same time save tax-payer money. Here’s how: The four most common “quality-of-life” laws in Eugene disproportionately affect people experiencing homelessness, a significant percentage of whom are disabled and/or seniors:  Prohibited camping for resting in public places  Criminal trespass II for resting...

Environmentalists immediately decried the move and accused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under President Donald Trump of taking a parting shot at protections designed to help restore the species in favor of the timber industry.