Oregon’s newest kid governor wants to the state to focus on addressing climate change. That’s the platform on which Rosie Lanenga, a fifth-grader at Portland’s Riverdale Grade School, was elected by her peers from across the state.

Conflicts of interest between NW Natural and a number of government bodies and nonprofits were analyzed in a new report from the Pennsylvania-based nonprofit climate group F Minus and the Oregon-based nonprofit climate advocacy group Breach Collective.

Oregon is getting hotter for everyone, according to a new report, but it's not affecting all Oregonians equally.Why it matters: The sixth Oregon Climate Assessment was released last week, finding that the state has warmed by 2.

Oregon State University's "Oregon Climate Assessment" forecasts higher temperatures, more frequent and local ice storms, and melting snow packs in the next several decades of climate change's impact o

The increased threat of wildfires and potential damages to timberlands from drought, fire and smoke are expected to reduce timber prices in Oregon, Washington and California in the coming decades, according to Oregon’s 2025 climate assessment.

Oregonians born today are likely to experience a future of more drought, more rain and less snow under warming average global temperatures due to human-caused climate change. That’s one conclusion in the 314-page Seventh Oregon Climate Assessment,

Rosie Lanenga is a 5th grader at Riverdale School in south Portland. She was sworn in on Thursday at the State Capitol in Salem after being elected by other fifth graders across the state. Rosie's three-point climate change plan include acting at home,

Rosie Lanenga, a fifth grader at Riverdale Grade School, has been sworn in as Oregon's 2025 Kid Governor.

In Oregon, the new building and so-called defensible space codes will affect only about 106,000 tax lots. Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building codes and reduce vegetation around their homes under new “wildfire hazard maps” unveiled Tuesday.

The main topics Kotek touched on were homelessness and housing supply, mental health and addiction, funding education and fighting climate change.

Oregon homeowners who live in certain high-risk wildfire areas defined by the state must now meet new building and so-called defensible space codes

The threat of future wildfire risks are expected to continue driving down costs as timberland owners and buyers anticipate increased risks due to climate change, Oregon State University rural ...