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Inspired by the carbon-rich soils of Amazonia
Transforming plant matter into biochar and using it as a soil amendment could store that carbon for hundreds if not thousands of years, and is a path to actually reducing atmospheric carbon. New standards for sustainable biochar production have just been approved.
This is why we do what we do
Working to stop climate change seems so daunting and our lives busy, that we forget about why we're working so hard in the first place. Mother's Day seems like a good day to pause and remember.
Climate change accelerating, complicating Idaho's spring runoff
The effects of global warming are making it more difficult for reservoir managers to control floods and manage flows for irrigation, recreation and fisheries.
PDX and .xls: What my spreadsheets tell me about coal in the Northwest
I decided to look up from my spreadsheets on Monday and attend the Power Past Coal rally in downtown Portland. With my hippie, street vendor burrito in hand (filled with things that only rabbits should eat), I arrived to join a crowd of 600 folks in Pioneer Square.
Activists rally in Portland against exporting coal from Northwest ports
Several hundred activists gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square today to rally against exporting Montana and Wyoming coal from Northwest ports, an effort to signal the industry that it's in for a no-holds-barred fight.
