February 12 2021
My generation needs Gov. Brown to get serious about getting all the state s polluters to clean up their acts. And do so before 2050
To grow up today is to grow up during the apocalypse. In the midst of a global pandemic and climate crisis, my classmates and I are just trying to finish high school. While already trapped in our homes, the record-breaking wildfire season destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and left Oregonians breathing toxic smoke for weeks. We re graduating into a world fraught with unprecedented tragedies.
Two global public health emergencies are harming Oregonians: COVID-19 and climate change. Smoke from wildfires, pollution from burning fossil fuels and a respiratory virus are all gunning for our lungs. Who is bearing more than their fair share of these burdens? The answer has always been the same: Black, Indigenous and people of color.
NOT JUST A PRETTY PICTURE: Quest for net zero emissions ‘a looming disaster and the politicians are steering us towards it with their eyes wide open – and their tongues as forked as a snake’s’.
February 12 2021
My generation needs Gov. Brown to get serious about getting all the state s polluters to clean up their acts. And do so before 2050
To grow up today is to grow up during the apocalypse. In the midst of a global pandemic and climate crisis, my classmates and I are just trying to finish high school. While already trapped in our homes, the record-breaking wildfire season destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and left Oregonians breathing toxic smoke for weeks. We re graduating into a world fraught with unprecedented tragedies.
Two global public health emergencies are harming Oregonians: COVID-19 and climate change. Smoke from wildfires, pollution from burning fossil fuels and a respiratory virus are all gunning for our lungs. Who is bearing more than their fair share of these burdens? The answer has always been the same: Black, Indigenous and people of color.
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A night view of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP (Getty Images)
Consulting is a lucrative business if you can get it. Doubly so if you can traffic in conspiracy theories with no public accountability.
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Case-in-point: a homeschooling teacher was paid a cool $27,840 to author a climate denial report for an Alberta government-backed commission.Featuring a mix of wild-eyed conspiracies about science and a cabal of journalists, world leaders, and activists, it makes the climate denial flyers put out in the waning days of the Trump administration look rigorous by comparison.
January 20 2021
After a week filled with fascinating and inspiring business pitches from ten of America’s most innovative entrepreneurs, the American Farm Bureau Federation announced the 2021 Ag Innovation Challenge winners. Launched in 2015, the Challenge is the first national business competition focused exclusively on rural entrepreneurs launching food and agriculture businesses, and it continues to focus on strengthening rural America through ag entrepreneurship today.
Right to the punch AFBF was thrilled to announce that the 2021 Entrepreneur of the Year is Harvust , a Washington-based software platform that helps farms with their most valuable resource: their people. From the moment a new employee walks in the door to the moment they are doing productive work, Harvust is making some of the most important HR tasks on a farm like hiring, training and communication simple, fast and organized.