By Julia Shumway | Editor

Can Oregon’s forests, grasslands and wetlands scrub the emissions from 13 million cars annually? The governor-appointed climate commission would like to try. Alex Baumhardt reports today on the commission’s ambitious new goals, which would require legislative action or agency rulemaking to actualize and which come as federal land management favors logging, grazing, mining and other extractive industries.

Also in today's edition:

  • Study finds Oregon emergency alerts system used more in rural areas that deal with fires, floods and earthquake risks

  • Columnist Randy Stapilus on the Trail Blazers

  • Oregon’s death rate is up while nation trends down

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Climate Commission proposes bigger goals for storing planet-warming gas in Oregon lands, waters

Climate Commission proposes bigger goals for storing planet-warming gas in Oregon lands, waters

by Alex Baumhardt

As the federal government pushes for more logging and grazing on Oregon’s lands, state climate commissioners are calling for more ambitious goals to protect the state’s land and water so they can capture carbon dioxide.

Oregon emergency alert system more popular in rural areas than metro area, study says

Oregon emergency alert system more popular in rural areas than metro area, study says

by Shaanth Nanguneri

Participation in Oregon’s voluntary statewide emergency alert system designed for natural disasters and public safety threats has been far higher in rural counties than in the Portland metro area, according to a new study.

What are the Trail Blazers worth to Portland and Oregon?

What are the Trail Blazers worth to Portland and Oregon?

by Randy Stapilus

If Portland offered the Trail Blazers a blank check to stay, how much would be enough?

As national death rate dips, some states did better than others

As national death rate dips, some states did better than others

by Tim Henderson

The nation’s death rate may have fallen to a historic low last year as many of the killers of young people such as drug overdoses, gun homicides and traffic accidents continued receding in 2025, according to new federal statistics.

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