When it’s 104 degrees in the shade outside, and the air conditioning is going full blast inside along with an electric fan, you kind of wonder how all this is going to work out on a similar day 19 years from now. Will there be enough electric power to keep people in the mid-valley from […]
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Tags: climate change, coal and gas, electric generating capacity, excessive heat, fossil fuels, HB 2021, Oregon legislature, Pacific Power
Tags: climate change, coal and gas, electric generating capacity, excessive heat, fossil fuels, HB 2021, Oregon legislature, Pacific Power
Behold ‘new’ streets in this old neighborhood
When you’re on a bike, the quality of the road surface below your tires is something you notice. And on the evening of June 28, the hottest day in recorded history in the Willamette Valley, the newly surfaced streets in Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood caught my attention.
Tags: Albany streets, Burkhart Street, chip seal treatment, street paving, Willamette Avenue Chicago Street, Willamette neighborhood