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The company picks up hard-to-recycle items for members around Portland. Local trash haulers argue it is skirting regulations their companies have to follow. → Read More
"We're seeing an increase in the number of landslides and the sizes and the people killed," said Scott Burns, a professor of geology at Portland State University. → Read More
In June, Portland broke its all-time record high temperature three days in a row, reaching 116 degrees. → Read More
There are about 200 glaciers in Oregon. According to Andrew Fountain, a glacier expert at PSU, they're all about a quarter smaller than they were in the 1980s. → Read More
KGW asked Dr. Richard Corsi, an expert on indoor air quality, about the best ways to protect one another. Corsi recommended people ditch cloth masks. → Read More
A winter wildfire is a rare event, but weather experts say as the climate warms and droughts become more common, they won't be all that rare in the future. → Read More
It has been one year since COVID-19 vaccines first became available in Oregon. Health officials are still urging people to get vaccinated and boosted. → Read More
Oregon State University researchers published a study this week showing that preserving forests can protect biodiversity and mitigate climate change. → Read More
Conservation group Columbia Riverkeeper filed the lawsuit last week. It claims the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dumping hot water and toxic oils into the river. → Read More
New research shows fleece clothing might be breaking down into tiny microplastics in the laundry, which end up in the region's waterways. → Read More
Climatologists create climate maps every 10 years to show the normals of the climate across the country and experts say everywhere is heating up. → Read More
The extremely high tides happen every year. Scientists hope volunteers will help document them to help prepare for the future. → Read More
Some important species off Oregon's coast have been dying off at an alarming rate. → Read More
Columbia Pulp, a first-of-its kind company in the Pacific Northwest, is back in business taking what would be agricultural waste and turning it into paper products. → Read More
A new study led by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests there might not be enough snow to ski on Mt. Hood in the coming decades. → Read More
Scientists agree wildfires will be bigger and happen more often due to climate change. → Read More
No one was injured in the fire and the cause is under investigation. → Read More
The bomb cyclone did some major damage in Northern California in areas burned by wildfires. And it gave us a glimpse what we're in store for as our climate changes. → Read More
A Travel Portland report said large conventions are choosing other cities because of Portland's poor reputation. → Read More
Climate change is making Greenland's glaciers melt faster. Researchers at the University of Oregon were recently awarded a $3 million grant to study the impacts. → Read More