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The Blob and Oregon’s Drought

Spoiler alert: It doesn’t end well for the climate

By Camilla Mortensen If you slowly boil a frog in a pot of water, it won’t really stay in the water and die. Given a chance to jump out, it will. Even so, that boiling frog anecdote has been used endlessly to describe people who don’t react to negative changes if they happen gradually. And […]

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Mining Rush?

Oregon hit by gold, uranium and coal proposals

Until recently, as other states, to the dismay of environmentalists, cashed in on their natural resources like coal, precious minerals and underground oil fields, Oregon seemed quietly removed from such industries and debates. But suddenly, Oregon is in the fray, with several major projects to extract and ship natural resources in the works: For the […]

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