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Students all over the state rallied to demand Oregon Governor Tina Kotek declare a climate emergency.

Demonstrators gathered in Eugene to call on the federal government to take action on climate change.

Would-be oligarchs are hoping to defang one of our city’s strongest fighters for working people and our climate, writes Ryan Kounovsky and Aeron Lerch.

The longer Sahara Valentine fights the climate crisis, the bigger that fight becomes. The struggle for a more livable future has become more urgent since she joined the cause at 10 years old. For her, it has become a fight for the future of the worlds most vulnerable people. A sense only her generation is willing to fight has become more real. "Climate change is really the biggest threat facing the youth right now," Valentine said.  Valentine, 16, is one of the youngest plaintiffs in  Ju...

Activists in the Pacific Northwest have warned for years that communities of color and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, and less well-positioned to take advantage of jobs and other benefits likely to result as the regions economy moves away from fossil fuels.  For evidence, look no further than the fire that ripped through Southern Oregon last September. People in the relatively affluent town of Ashland received faster and clearer war...

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...