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theashlandchronicle.com
Eugene, Oregon Soon to Vote on Whether to Set Up a Climate Fund Paid for By Fees From Companies Like Amazon
Will a second US city tax billion-dollar firms to fund clean energy?. Eugene, Oregon, will soon vote on whether to set up a climate fund paid for by fees on companies like Amazon. Nearby Portland has already put the idea to the test. By Alison F. Takemura. Amy Winton doesn’t...
diggermagazine.com
IR-4 Environmental Horticulture program can have impact on nursery industry
Since 2025, I have served as leader of the IR-4 Pesticide Registration Field Research program at Oregon State University. The program is based at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center (NWREC) in Aurora, Oregon, and runs all the field trials necessary for registering new pesticides in specialty crops. In...
springfieldbottomline.com
The Register-Guard
lookouteugene-springfield.com
Clean Energy Fund backers allege opposition broke campaign finance rules
A complaint filed Tuesday, Oct. 20, with the Oregon Secretary of State’s office alleges that the political action committee opposing the Eugene Clean Energy Fund ballot measure failed to report $40,000 in contributions on time. The Eugene Clean Energy Fund, also known as Measure 20-388, would charge large retailers...
eugeneweekly.com
Eugene is a Union Town
For too long, big billion-dollar corporations have been bringing in record profits while working people are squeezed tighter and tighter. Eugeneans are facing an affordability crisis, with the cost of living continuing to increase while the job market tightens and wages stagnate. Between 1980 and 2021, incomes have grown only...
KVAL
Eugene locals share what's draining their budget
EUGENE, Ore. — Struggles with the cost of living and affordability are front of mind for millions of Americans, especially heading into election season. | Rising housing, child care costs drive affordability struggles in Oregon. Reporter Sophia Takla stopped by the Eugene Farmers Market to ask people what has...
springfieldbottomline.com
Emerald Media
Former LCC building to become mixed-income housing in downtown Eugene
The city of Eugene and developer deChase Miksis and Edlen & Co. closed a deal on Sept. 30 to begin redevelopment of the former Lane Community College Downtown Center into mixed-income housing. The downtown building has sat vacant since 2012, but was purchased by the city of Eugene in 2020,...
eugenedailypost.com
Eugene Springfield Fire thanks local businesses for helping families learn about battery safety and proper disposal
Eugene, OR – Eugene Springfield Fire is thanking Jerry’s Home Improvement and Waste Wise Lane County for helping share battery safety and disposal information with local families during a recent Jerry’s Battery Safety Day event. In a public post on October 17, the fire agency expressed appreciation...
lbcommuter.com
NASA Space Grants Put Student Ideas to Work
Building a scientific instrument, sending it aboard a rocket and examining the data afterward might sound like an opportunity reserved for professional engineers. For OSU senior Logan Olbrich, it became part of his college experience. Olbrich was among the presenters at an Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium panel hosted by...
hh-today.com
New lab growing at Albany Research Center
Social media, namely Nextdoor, this week contained questions about the construction going on at the Albany Research Center of the National Energy Technology Laboratory. The answer remains the same as last February, when people wondered about the demolition that was then taking place. “NETL has started construction on a new...
thelundreport.org
Samaritan-MultiCare merger wins final approval
Almost 12 months after Corvallis-based Samaritan Health Services said it wanted to be absorbed into Tacoma-based MultiCare, the deal has cleared its last regulatory hurdles. On Friday, Oregon regulators approved the final parts of the proposed transaction, which involved Samaritan’s health insurance plans and its organization serving the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan arm, known as the InterCommunity Health Network. Last month, the Oregon Department of Justice also approved the deal.
The Register-Guard
Eugene Clean Energy Fund backers outraise opponents 8-to-1
Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated to correct Aya Cockram's title. As Eugene voters consider the Clean Energy Fund ballot measure, Oregon's campaign finance database illustrates a reversal of the fundraising dynamic seeking to influence voters this spring , with the proponents of an environmental ballot measure outraising the opponents 8-to-1. The "yes" campaign received large contributions from environmental organizations both inside and outside of Oregon, including $100,000 from the Oregon League of Conservation Voters and smaller donations from Breach Collective, Sierra Club and the Preston-Warner Revocable Trust . The "no" campaign is almost exclusively funded by two political action committees representing businesses, one local and one statewide. Major donors to those committees include Koch industries, Pape Group and a Eugene property rental company. Yes for Eugene Clean Energy Fund Total Contributions: $302,182 ($278,789 cash plus $23,393 non-monetary). The Eugene Clean Energy Fund has attracted significant support from several environmental nonprofits. The Oregon League of Conservation voters endorsed the measure and gave $100,000 to the campaign and a Breach Collective organizer is a chief petitioner of the Clean Energy Fund. The Breach Collective is a unionized, worker-led non profit founded in 2020 to build power across climate and