The City of Bend is looking for people to apply to a committee whose goal is to reduce fossil fuel use by 40 percent in 2030 and 70 percent by 2050. The Climate Action Steering Committee is an ad hoc committee that will be appointed by the City Council. The 11-member group will be formed […]
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A Cloud Over Solar Power?
Their bodies packed deep inside layers of clothes, Carhartt jackets shielding them from the wintry mix, Rob Sloan and Travis Trondle haul solar panels up a fiberglass ladder. They clip into the protective roping attached to the metal roof and carefully make their way up the pitch, the weather threatening to turn the roof into […]
Fuel for the Fires, Inside and Out
Wildfires are a constant concern. Coal-fired power is on its way out. With biomass technologies, some say they may strike at both issues at once.

