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The Climate Front: People Who Live There - Dan Kammen Ph.D.

We're on a pace right now where when we get this done it'll be decades too late.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - It's really going to be this question of which utilities step up their game and become enablers of not only clean electricity, but also clean consumption.

There are huge profits for them if they enable electric vehicles.

The Climate Front: People Who Live There, Part 2

Alaska's many cultures developed their own way of doing things over tens of thousands of years.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - My conversation with Patrick Anderson (Tlingit) is about how trauma, both intergenerational and acquired, is compounded by difficulties, logistical, economic, and elemental, along the front lines of climate change in America.

In one Alaska village, Kivalina, survival itself can be overwhelming.

The Climate Front: People Who Live There

Explore the climate impacts to front-line communities in Alaska and the Lower 48.

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) - The story of humans and Climate Change, that is, for the most part, not on CNN, became tangible over the course of a year.

It began by dropping in on National Geographic Senior Producer Scott Ressler’s film, “The Last Ice,” for a “behind the scenes” interview about his five years in Greenland and Nunavut, Canada, around the Arctic Circle, where Inuit people hunt on the sea ice.

Climate Change on the Back Burner

We have the knowledge, money, technology and affordable clean energy needed to cut our carbon emissions in half by 2030. But WILL WE?

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - According to the April 2022 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc), the window for limiting global warming to relatively safe levels is rapidly closing.

Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health.

Developer Fined for Removal of 100 Trees in South Salem

Many Oregon white oaks live 500 years.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Following a comprehensive investigation, commercial developers (et al) at 2792 Marietta St SE in South Salem have been cited with a total of $138,187.50 civil penalty after removing more than 100 trees from a property last December.

Forty-eight of those trees were determined to be Oregon White Oaks.

The Best Locations to Watch Sports in Oregon

Most sports wagering occurs at Oregon's state-operated Scoreboard website and tribal casinos.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Considering that Oregon can seem somewhat hidden in the Northwest, you’d be surprised to know that there are many die-hard sports fans that truly know how to get behind their teams.

Oregon has some of the best locations to watch sports: there’s always a game going on and never a dull moment.

Oregonians in Unrestricted Areas Allowed to Celebrate Safely with Fireworks

Nonprofits throughout Oregon depend on revenue from fireworks sales.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Although extreme heat and dry conditions have caused fireworks bans in some Oregon cities ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, areas not affected by bans can celebrate with their traditional zest of sparks and splendor!

Limit your fireworks use to the evening of the 4th of July, or those dates designated by your local jurisdiction.

Marion County Fire Agencies Enact High-Fire Danger Burn Ban

It is everyone’s responsibility to prevent and be prepared for wildfires.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Beginning Friday, June 25, 2021, at 7:00 a.m. and until further notice, all fire agencies within Marion County will enact a High-Fire Danger Burn Ban.

The burn ban does not prohibit small outdoor cooking, warming, or recreational fires.

Record-Breaking Heat Wave Health Advice for Oregon

Only 59% of Oregon households are equipped with air conditioning

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The hot daytime temperatures, combined with warm overnight lows, will result in high heat risk and heat related stress.

As the extreme heat wave moves into the Portland metro area and Willamette Valley this weekend, it’s important to be aware of heat-related illnesses, such as heat rash, heat exhaustion or heat stroke, and how to prevent them.

How to Better Prepare Your Property for Natural Disasters

Limit the amount of damage involved with severe weather events

(SALEM, Ore.) - After witnessing the destructive wildfires in the West and hurricanes in the Southern coasts of the United States, you may have wondered if there is any way to protect your home or business from these natural disasters.

Here are some ways to better prepare your property for extreme weather.