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12,000 Oregonians: “Protect Crater Lake Wilderness from Clear Cuts”
US Senators urged to create longterm protection for Oregon’s national park

Old growth forest around Oregon’s only national park could be on the chopping block next month. That’s why Environment Oregon delivered 12,000 petitions to US Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today in support of a proposal to designate nearly half-a-million acres in and around Crater Lake National Park as a federal Wilderness area.

News Release | Environment Oregon

Senator Vitter Does Polluters’ Bidding in Boycotting Gina McCarthy’s Confirmation to Head EPA

Today, Senator Vitter (R-LA) and other Republican senators on the U.S. Senate Committee for Environment and Public Works boycotted a scheduled committee vote to move Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Nominee Gina McCarthy’s confirmation to the full Senate, thus delaying her confirmation. Sarah Higginbotham, State Director with Environment Oregon, issued the following statement in response

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News Release | Environment Oregon

8 out of 10 Oregonians Live in Areas Hit by Recent Weather Disasters

After yet another year in which many parts of the country were hit by scorching heat, devastating wildfires, crippling drought, record floods and severe storms like Hurricane Sandy, a new Environment America Research & Policy Center report finds that weather-related disasters are affecting hundreds of millions of Americans, and documents how global warming could lead to certain extreme weather events becoming even more common or more severe in the future.

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Report | Environment Oregon Research and Policy Center

In the Path of the Storm

After yet another year in which many parts of the country were hit by scorching heat, devastating wildfires, crippling drought, record floods and severe storms like Hurricane Sandy, a new Environment Oregon Research & Policy Center report finds that weather-related disasters are affecting hundreds of millions of Americans, and documents how global warming could lead to certain extreme weather events becoming even more common or more severe in the future.

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News Release | Environment Oregon

Environment Oregon to Congress: Keep Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Safe from Development

Portland, OR – On the first full week of spring, Environment Oregon unveiled a list of the top ten reasons the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument deserves additional protection through the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

With funding for key conservation programs chronically underfunded, Environment Oregon urged Congress to keep the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and other Oregon treasures safe from development.

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News Release | Environment Oregon

10,000 Oregonians Tell Forest Service: “Protect Crater Lake Wilderness”

Environment Oregon, wildlife organizations, and concerned citizens spoke out today in three cities on their way to deliver more than 10,000 public comments in opposition to the Bybee Timber Sale, a reckless logging proposal on the edge of Crater Lake National Park. In Portland, Eugene and Medford, the coalition also presented a giant postcard to the Forest Service featuring several of the over 100 photos and testimonials submitted by Oregonians of their visits to Crater Lake.

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