Climate Events
Mar
5
Global Warming Commission Meets
March 5, 2021
Eroding shoreline south of Fishing Rock.\Photo by Linda Fink.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Friday, March 5, from 1 to 5 p.m. online.
During the meeting, the Commission will discuss policy options associated with establishing a natural and working lands goal. The Commission...
Mar
23
Offshore Wind Energy Webinar
March 23, 2021
Offshore wind energy development.\Photo courtesy of NOAA.
Proposals for wind energy development off Oregon’s coast have been made in the past, but haven’t gone anywhere. But planning for a potential wind power future in taking place. Wind power is a renewable energy source and doesn’t...
Mar
30
Panel on Climate-Resilient Future
March 30, 2021
Climate protest.\Photo courtesy of Compact.
The Climate Impacts Group, based at the University of Washington, is celebrating its 25th year with a series of talks. The CIG, a pioneering effort to study the effects of climate at the local level when it began, studies likely impacts of climate...
Apr
6
Northwest Climate Conference
April 6, 2021
Ona Beach during a king tide surge, a preview of sea level rise due to climate change.\Photo by Rena Olson, with support fom Lighthawk.
The 11th annual Northwest Climate Conference, which in the normal course of things would have taken place in October, 2020, has been moved to Tuesday, April...
Apr
14
Talk on Climate and Conservation
April 14, 2021
Onion Peak in the north coast rainforest reserve.\Photo by Tom Horning.
The “World of Haystack Rock” speaker series will take a look at how climate change may affect the coast with a talk on “Climate Change and Conservation” on Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. The virtual presentation is free...
Past Events
Mar
1
Virtual Environmental Conference
March 1, 2021
Yaquina River during a king tide, a preview of climate-change-related flooding.\Photo by Rena Olson, with support from Lighthawk.
The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), founded and run by University of Oregon law students, has evolved into the state’s most broad-based...
Feb
21
Climate-Friendly Communities Meeting
February 21, 2021
Seaside during a king tide, photo by Briana Goodwin.
The fourth meeting of Oregon’s Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities Rulemaking Advisory Committee will be held Monday, Feb. 22, beginning at 1 p.m.
The meeting will include a discussion of the final draft of the Equitable Outcomes...
Jan
30
Workshop on Climate Advocacy
January 30, 2021
King tide at Pacific City.\Photo by Steve Gehring.
If you would like suggestions about how you can use your time and talents to become a more effective advocacy on climate change issues at the federal level, Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) volunteers are offering a workshop on Saturday, Jan....
Jan
29
Global Warming Commission Meets
January 29, 2021
King tide fills Nestucca Valley.\Photo by John Bauer.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Friday, Jan. 29, from 1 to 5 p.m. online.
During the meeting, the Commission will hear about the Governor’s climate-related priorities for the legislative session and gather preliminary input...
Jan
27
Film on Heceta Bank
January 27, 2021
Black-footed Albatross.\Photo by Scott Carpenter.
The little-known Heceta Bank is one of the most productive areas in Oregon’s nearshore ocean, and a hotspot for biological productivity due to its position and the influence of northern coastal currents in summers. Join Oregon State...
Jan
27
Discussion on Climate Resilience and Covid
January 27, 2021
The Climate Impacts Group, based at the University of Washington, is celebrating its 25th year with a series of talks. The CIG, a pioneering effort to study the effects of climate at the local level when it began, studies likely impacts of climate change on the Pacific Northwest.
The second...
Jan
11
King Tides Project, Third Series
January 11, 2021
King tide in January, 2020, at Del Rey Beach access in Clatsop County.\Photo by Jim Stewart.
The final round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Jan. 11-13, 2021. The project reveals areas currently...
Jan
7
Talks on Climate, Beaches, and Dunes
January 7, 2021
King tide threatens Rockaway Beach.\Photo by Lawrence Soto.
The final round of this winter’s King Tides Project is coming up Jan. 11-13. To provide some context for this effort by volunteer photographers to document the reach of the year’s highest tides, three of the Northwest’s leading...
Dec
14
King Tides Project, Second Series
December 14, 2020
From the King Tides archives--a January, 2020 king tide at Cape Kiwanda.\Photo by Day Tooley.
The second round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Dec. 13-15, 2020. (The final high tide series which...
Dec
9
King Tides Presentation
December 9, 2020
Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach during a king tide.\Photo by Briana Goodwin, with flight support by Lighthawk.
The King Tides Project will be featured in the Dec. 9 online talk that is part of the World of Haystack Rock lecture series sponsored by the Friends of Haystack Rock. Speaking will...