Labor and Business Leaders Call for Reasonable Reviews of Proposed Export Projects Alliance for NW Jobs & Exports More bureaucracy will harm job creation and trade sector Labor and business leaders responded forcefully to the call from Governors of Oregon and Washington for expanded federal review in the approval of […]

By Oregon Farm Bureau Required Employee Sick Leave Receives Hearing  The House Business and Labor Committee is holding a hearing on HB 3390 which require employers to provide sick leave to their workers. According to the bill, employers, “…who employ six or more employees in this state for each working […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Senate Bill 800 is being heard in the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources April 1 at 3:00pm at the Capitol. Your input is imperative! Please weigh in and let legislators know you OPPOSE this bill. What does SB 800 do?  This bill […]

Oregon Forestry Department Lays Off Workers By Natural Resource Report News Note, Seven forestry department positions will be cut at the Coos District Office which handles the Elliott State Forest Management plan. Due to an injunction by a federal judge in November, logging at 11 timber sales, including Elliott, has […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation A crop report issued today by the Agriculture Department indicates that America’s farmers are preparing to plant 97.3 million acres of corn, one of the largest crops in history, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The forecast is on target with what grain industry […]

RFA Requests Multi-Agency Investigation into Oil Industry’s Discriminatory and Unlawful Conduct Renewable Fuels Association In a letter sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) requested a multi-agency investigation into […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The Public Lands Council (PLC), National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association (ACGA) expressed strong support for the Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 (H.R. 1345), reintroduced with bipartisan support by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.). This bill, familiar from the last session of […]

Oregon’s wave energy faces setback By Natural Resource News Note: From Coos Bay World, “A much vaunted wave energy park off the South Coast may not be finished this year in part because of financial issues.  In its third quarter financial results, Ocean Power Technologies said “regulator, business and financial […]

  Christine Souza By California Farm Bureau Illegal marijuana grows cause significant environmental degradation in California, a Department of Fish and Wildlife official says. (Photo courtesy of Lt. John Nores Jr.) For years, farmers and ranchers living in the “Emerald Triangle” of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties have dealt with […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Several important bills are up for a hearing Tuesday March 26 at 8:00am at the Capitol If you grow, or ever plan on growing, genetically engineered (GE) crops, tuesday’s hearing on three anti-biotechnology bills is extremely important. HB 2319 – Declares that the planting, […]