If passed, the measure would tax large corporate retailers to help the Oregon city meet its climate goals and improve quality of life for residents.
Amal Ahmed
Amal Ahmed is a freelance journalist based in southwest Washington. She’s previously covered environmental and climate policy from Texas.
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Would you pay 1% more for wildlife?
A bill in the Oregon Legislature would tax tourists for conservation.
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Western climate litigants keep fighting
After disappointing losses in Alaska and Montana, an Indigenous-led climate case is making strides in New Mexico.
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How one California community is turning an old oil field into protected habitat
Despite federal policies complicating Fullerton’s conservation success story.
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A renewable diesel plant may put the Columbia River at riskÂ
Farmers, tribes and environmental advocates in rural Oregon raise alarms about the empty promises of biofuels.