A floating blockade stretches across the Klamath River waiting to stop boats carrying Yurok and Karuk tribal officials and Berkshire Hathaway executives upriver on Aug. 28, 2020. It was a Friday in late August when four jet boats made their way up the Klamath River under a cloudless blue sky. The boats carried three tribal chairs. From the Karuk Tribe, there was Russell Buster Attebery, who d found pride as a boy catching salmon from the river and bringing them home to his family, and later come to believe some tribal youth s troubles from suicides to substance use could be traced back to their never having had that opportunity, growing up alongside a river now choked with algae and diminishing fish populations. There was Joseph James from the Yurok Tribe, who d come to see the river s declining health as a slow strangulation of his people river people who have lived along its banks and relied on its salmon as the bedrock of their diet since time im
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Environmental advocates warn of pitfalls in state climate plan March 01 2021
Group says Oregon must live up to goals Gov. Brown set after 2020 GOP legislative walkouts.
As Oregon begins to put together its plan to cap greenhouse gases, environmental advocates say the public needs to weigh in to hold everyone to the eventual goal of 80% reduction from 1990 levels by 2050 or more.
Gov. Kate Brown issued her executive order almost exactly one year ago, after Republican walkouts in both chambers blocked votes on legislation (House Bill 2020) that would have set that ultimate target and an interim goal of 45% by 2035. Democratic leaders then adjourned the 2020 session.
Study Explores Link Between Forestry Management Practices and Pesticides in Aquatic Species Details
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Pesticides used in forestry may threaten species in downstream rivers and estuaries, but little is known about the extent to which this occurs.
Pesticides used in forestry may threaten species in downstream rivers and estuaries, but little is known about the extent to which this occurs. A new study by researchers at Portland State University found mussels, clams and oysters in watersheds along the Oregon Coast are exposed to pesticides used in managing forests. The results of this study, published in the journal Toxics, have implications for developing better forest management practices that are less likely to negatively affect aquatic life.
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A shift in administration at the state or federal level comes with regulatory changes and uncertainties. Already, the Biden administration has demonstrated it will have different environmental enforcement priorities and approaches than the previous administration. So what should the regulated community expect at the national level, as well as regionally?
Increased Environmental Inspections and Enforcement, But Also the Return to Supplemental Environmental Projects as a Settlement Tool
It is likely the Biden administration will adopt regulatory changes under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act to employ more stringent regulatory programs. For example, as discussed in more detail here, the Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may reevaluate the previous administration’s guidance memo regarding regulating discharges to groundwater under the Clean Water Act. Changes to guidance documents and adopting new rules