WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The United States has already seen more billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2023 than ever before. So far this year, the US has been hit with 23 disasters that each cost at least a billion ...
Author: Thomas Shults (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — A summer heat wave two years ago was unlike anything many Oregon residents had ever seen. Temperatures reached 116 degrees, with nearly 100 people dying over three days of record-breaking heat. Now ...
Author: Kale Williams (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — In Northeast Portland, what was once a landfill is now home to rolling lawns, a fenced dog park and a community garden. Thomas Cully Park, opened in 2018 off Northeast 72nd Avenue, has ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– The cities of Medford, Ashland and Talent are holding a joint zoom Thursday night to discuss each city’s plan for developing climate friendly areas. In 2022, former Governor Kate Brown established rules for climate friendly and equitable communities. ...
Author: Kale Williams (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — As world leaders continue to meet at the U.N. COP 27 climate conference in Egypt, two members of Oregon’s congressional delegation, who recently returned from the meetings, said this meeting felt different than ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) CORVALLIS, Ore. (KGW) — There is so much we still don’t know about our oceans and how they relate to climate. But expeditions to the North Pacific by Oregon State University researchers from the College of ...
Author: Kale Williams (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — A pair of new reports from Oregon State University and the United Nations paint a sobering picture of the progress on combatting climate change, suggesting the world appears to be at risk ...
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed on to a climate partnership with other West Coast states and a Canadian Province. In the latest climate agreement among Pacific Coast governments, Oregon, California, Washington, and British Columbia signed a new ...
Author: Keely Chalmers (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon State University researchers are calling attention to some concerning climate trends. They have released new maps showing which areas are getting wetter and which could face more drought in the future. ...
Author: Keely Chalmers (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Excited for the ski season? Be sure to savor it while you can. A new study led by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests there might not be enough snow to ...