by Dylan Plummer, CW Grassroots OrganizerOriginally published in The Register-Guard, March 27, 2021. Pacific Northwest forests are crisscrossed with roads — enough logging roads alone to circle the planet 13 times. … Continue reading Op-Ed: The Slippery Slope of Hazard-Tree Logging
Op-Ed: NW Natural is Gaslighting Oregonians
by Dylan Plummer, CW Grassroots OrganizerOriginally published in The Register-Guard, Feb. 27, 2021. NW Natural is gaslighting the city of Eugene and holding our climate goals hostage in the process. The … Continue reading Op-Ed: NW Natural is Gaslighting Oregonians
Op-Ed: Nothing Recovers from Massive Timber Grab
by Dylan Plummer, CW Grassroots OrganizerOriginally published in The Register-Guard, Jan. 23, 2021. The ferns were sprouting already. Green fronds poked out in stark contrast with the charred trees of … Continue reading Op-Ed: Nothing Recovers from Massive Timber Grab
Op-ed: Hope for Action Beyond Climate Deferral
By Dylan Plummer, CW Grassroots OrganizerOriginally published in The Register-Guard, Nov. 28, 2020. In Eugene, the home of the tree-hugger, a new kind of climate denial is taking shape — climate … Continue reading Op-ed: Hope for Action Beyond Climate Deferral
Op-Ed: Same Playbook, Different Business
By Dylan Plummer, Grassroots OrganizerOriginally published in the Register-Guard, Oct. 24, 2020. People often ask why it is that the timber industry and environmentalists cannot seem to agree on anything. … Continue reading Op-Ed: Same Playbook, Different Business
Op-Ed: Industrial Forest Management and the Holiday Farm Fire
By Dylan Plummer, Grassroots OrganizerOriginally published in the Register-Guard, Sept. 26, 2020. In the midst of a historic fire season that has left millions of acres burned, thousands of homes destroyed and … Continue reading Op-Ed: Industrial Forest Management and the Holiday Farm Fire
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