Tree-spraying blamed in deaths of some 25,000 bumblebees
Source: Seattle Times
Wilsonville :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 20:27:42 -0700 | green-news
Ore. Thousands of dead and dying bees have been found in the parking lot of a shopping center in Wilsonville, southwest of Portland. Oregon officials investigating the kill say it appears blooming trees in the lot were recently sprayed with...
Oregon having trouble dealing with debris from 2011 tsunami
Source: United Press International
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 10:21:42 -0700 | green-news
U.S. lawmakers are pushing for legislation that would aid Oregon coastal communities dealing with the cleanup of debris from the 2011 tsunami that hit Japan...Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., said the influx of debris in the Pacific Ocean will be a...
Toxic waste left at abandoned Douglas County mine
Source: Mail Tribune
Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 02:35:51 -0700 | green-news
Taxpayers will have to spend $5.6 million to $13 million to partially clean up a defunct mining company's abandoned mess at the Formosa Mine on Silver Butte in Douglas County, according to a review by the federal Environmental Protection Agency....
USDA: Modified wheat discovered in Oregon field appears to be isolated
Source: Star Tribune
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 19:32:01 -0700 | green-news
The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field in which it was found. No genetically engineered wheat has been approved for U.S. farming, and the department...
Obama taps finance director as envoy to Denmark
Source: Miami Herald
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 01:10:04 -0700 | green-news
The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field in which it was found. President Barack Obama is tapping his former campaign finance chairman, an HBO executive...
Weather Service confirms that tornado hit Oregon town on Thursday
Source: The News Tribune
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 11:25:26 -0700 | green-news
It was indeed a tornado that damaged several buildings Thursday in the community of McMinnville, Ore., the National Weather Service has confirmed. Nobody was hurt, but three commercial buildings, all of them used for storage, were damaged, McMinnville Fire Chief...
$1.5M from FEMA helps Maine with blizzard costs
Source: Boston.com
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 09:49:50 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) Maine is getting $1.5 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help costs due to the blizzard from Feb. 8-9. A federal disaster declaration had authorized aid for Androscoggin, Cumberland, Knox, Sagadahoc, Washington and York counties.
GMO Wheat in Oregon Threatens Export Income, Japan's out, Whose Next?
Source: Salem News
Eugene :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 06:24:18 -0700 | green-news
Earlier this month it was reported that an unapproved genetically engineered wheat has been discovered in an Oregon field, and is proving itself to be a threat to our international trade with countries that have concerns about genetically modified foods....
Lawmakers host hearing on Oregon earthquake plan
Source: SF Gate
Salem :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 18:41:39 -0700 | green-news
Ore. (AP) A legislative committee heard testimony Thursday on a plan to make Oregon's coastal towns more resilient in the event of a monster earthquake and tsunami projected to strike off the Pacific Northwest coast. The House and Senate committees...
Ranchers seek court order to stop water shutoffs
Source: SF Gate
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 17:49:13 -0700 | green-news
Ore. (AP) Some of the ranchers facing irrigation shutoffs in the upper Klamath Basin are asking a judge to stop state officials from enforcing newly recognized water rights held by the Klamath Tribes. Klamath County Circuit Judge Cameron Wogan has...
Report: Forests on Indian reservations underfunded
Source: Associated Press
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 14:39:22 -0700 | green-news
A panel of experts says forests held in trust for Indian tribes across the nation are woefully underfunded by the federal government. The congressionally mandated report for the Intertribal Timber Council was released Thursday at the group's annual meeting on...
Boycott these Monsanto-pandering factory 'food' companies and help drive GMOs out of the food ...
Source: Natural News
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 00:42:42 -0700 | green-news
If Americans are truly serious about making real progress in the fight against genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), then we are going to have to take things to the next level by voting with our wallets, and boycotting every single factory food...
Klamath irrigation shutoffs unlikely until later this week
Source: Mail Tribune
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 02:22:31 -0700 | green-news
Oregon state water officials figure they won't start shutting off irrigation in the drought-stricken upper Klamath Basin until later this week. Doug Woodcock of the state Water Resources Department said Tuesday that first they must carefully measure the flow in...
Klamath Tribes and feds exercise water rights
Source: Fox News
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 03:16:25 -0700 | green-news
Ore. Tens of thousands of acres in Oregon's drought-stricken Klamath Basin will have to go without irrigation water this summer after the Klamath Tribes and the federal government exercised for the first time newly confirmed powers that put the...
(NSFW Pics) Portland Naked Bike Ride 2013 - World's Largest Ride
Posted by: faraway
Portland :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-06-09 15:19:40 -0700 | green-news
Thousands of cyclists took off their clothes and go naked under the slogan “Bare As You Dare” before swarming the streets of downtown Portland, Oregon late Saturday night, June 8 to participate in the World Naked Bike Ride event, hoping...
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