Beaver-inspired structures could limit flooding and benefit wildlife habitat, but state permitting is arduous.

On the northern tip of the 5,200 acre Forest Park, PGE is proposing a project to improve its power grid. It would cover ...

PGE’s plans include shifting the location of one power pole and rewiring a segment of existing transmission line to it, and ...

A Portland General Electric proposal to upgrade existing transmission lines in Forest Park would cut down too many trees, harm local efforts to combat climate change and fails to adequately consider ...

Jim Hoffman, owner of Hoffman Construction, is busy with his latest project -- and it doesn't include heavy roadwork.

Many climate experts see its deserts as a place to build the green-energy future. For two local activists, the price is too ...

There is a shrinking potential to increase the amount of official wilderness in the country. The possibilities are waning ...

New research has revealed the unique ecological role of coastal wetlands in the face of rising sea levels, capturing carbon, ...

"We wanted to understand the capacity of coastal wetland plants to store carbon and build soil elevation through root growth." "We set up a field-based experiment across a tidal landscape with ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and ...

The ruling marks the latest challenge to the Portland Water Bureau’s marquee public works project, which has faced numerous ...