Climate change
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Too Little, Too Late, and Probably Not At All

With little hope for stopping global warming, the question becomes how to adapt and survive
Avatar photo Phil Busse

The good news is they didn’t go up,” says Angus Duncan, speaking about greenhouse gas emissions. He adds, “The bad news is they don’t go down.” For the past 40 years, Duncan has been working with local and national agencies to modify energy policy, and for the past eight years has chaired the Oregon Global […]

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A Sign of the Apocalypse

Droughts, droughts everywhere, but how many drops are being conserved?
Avatar photo Phil Busse

One of the impacts of global warming is the prolonged droughts on the West Coast—and the corresponding shortage of water for growing food and flushing toilets. In California and Oregon, snow packs have traditionally been critical water sources when they melt in the springtime. But, reduced to less than one-tenth of normal levels, those resources […]

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It’s Not the End of the World

Why planning and resilience trump panic and retreat
Avatar photo Erin Rook

As climate change becomes a more pressing reality than looming threat, those still sitting pretty are starting to take note of the devastating impacts of changes in weather patterns across the globe. As close to home as Alaska, the first domestic so-called “climate refugees” are grappling with the fact that the land they’ve called home […]

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Growing Like a Downhill Snowball

Sustainability at ski resorts is ever more common, but is it too late?
Avatar photo Phil Busse

This is not the winter that the ski industry, nor skiers, in Oregon wants—and, more broadly, many are worried that this year is a sign of winters to come. Mt. Ashland, which was closed all last season, has eeked open for a few days, and snow coverage at Hoodoo has been spotty. Nordic ski areas—notably […]

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