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The Silenced: Meet the climate whistleblowers muzzled by Trump

Six whistleblowers and ex-government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury climate science – and why they won’t stay quiet
Oliver Milman

This story originally appeared in The Guardian. It is republished here as part of the Source Weekly’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. The U.N. Climate Action Summit begins Sept. 23, with the Youth Climate Summit—the first of its kind—beginning Sept. 21. From weakening vehicle […]

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Wasted in Bend: Bagging the Bombs

The dirty secret of a dog-friendly town
Suzanne Johnson

Spend time at any dog park in Bend and you’ll soon experience the dirty secret of this dog-friendly community: People don’t pick up after their pups. It’s not just a Bend problem: A study by the Center for Watershed Protection found that 40% of Americans admit to not scooping the poop. Just how much poop […]

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Building Green

Transportation, heating and cooling are some of the largest contributors to air pollution. Here’s what some local entities are doing to resize their carbon footprint
Chris Miller

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, transportation and the burning of fossil fuels to heat and cool our homes and businesses are some of the biggest contributors to air pollution in the U.S. Local builders, schools and governments are taking aim at reducing their carbon footprints—and some are winning awards while doing it. Green Homes […]

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Humans caused—and then fixed—a climate threat under a Republican president. We can do it again

The Source Staff

Each year, we dedicate the issue that falls on Earth Day to examining issues around sustainability and the environment. The notion of sustainability is often thought of as a realm only visited by progressives—environmentalists waving a partisan banner in favor of going green for going green’s sake. But discussions of sustainability and the human impact […]

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When every drop Count$

Proposed changes to the Clean Water Act could affect the health of rivers—and drinking water in Central Oregon and nationwide
Chris Miller

Flint, Mich. might be considered the modern-day poster child for contaminated water; images of murky brown fluids, pouring out of taps like chocolate pudding, splattered all over the news. Then-President Barack Obama called a state of emergency over the city’s water supply. Children contracted mysterious illnesses. Lead, byproducts of disinfectants and a cancer-causing slurry of […]

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Say What, Science?

EPA head Scott Pruitt announces a change to research policy, and Oregon leaders are pissed
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

This afternoon, Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt announced a proposed change that stands to limit what types of scientific research can be used when writing regulations for the agency. Under the newly-proposed change, the EPA would only be able to use studies that include publicly-available data. Pruitt’s move is intended to foster […]

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What in the World

Avatar photo Erin Rook

The U.S. Supreme Court has released decisions in three cases, including Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, in which it ruled that, while the Environmental Protection Agency was getting a little big for its britches  it should still be able to tell 83 percent of greenhouse gas emitters to clean up their act. The Sudanese woman sentenced to […]

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