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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Divided Oregonians agree: Climate change is a problem
In recent poll,
people from both
parties also say
wrong measures
are being taken to
address it
By KALE WILLIAMS
The Oregonian
SALEM — Oregon and
Washington residents across
the political spectrum agree
climate change is a problem,
but many think the mea-
sures that their state govern-
ments are taking to address
the issue are the wrong
approach, according to a
survey.
The survey found 97%
of Democrats, 86% of Inde-
pendents and 64% of Repub-
licans said they think cli-
mate change is “definitely”
or “probably” happening,
according to the poll.
The results represent a
stark contrast with national
opinions on global warm-
ing, which 97% of climate
scientists agree is being
caused by human activ-
ity. While a gap remains
between Democrats and
Republicans, in the Pacific
Northwest the divide is only
33 points, as opposed to a
46-point chasm nationwide.
That might be due to a
long history of bipartisan
Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian, File
Students participated in a climate march in downtown Portland on Dec. 6, 2019, as part of a
national series of climate strikes.
concern for the environ-
ment in the region, said Paul
Manson, a visiting political
science professor at Reed
College.
“In the Pacific North-
west, there has long been a
broader tradition of conser-
vation values that bridges
party affiliation, most
famously linked to Oregon
Gov. Tom McCall,” Manson
said. “Despite the height-
ened partisanship of our
current era, this tradition
persists in our region and
might be a path forward for
meaningful policy change.”
Experts have long pre-
dicted the Northwest would
see increased tempera-
tures, prolonged periods of
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drought and more intense
fire seasons as carbon diox-
ide concentrations in the
atmosphere grow.
Many of those predictions
have come to pass recently,
with more than two-thirds
of Oregon in severe drought
and thousands of resi-
dents reeling from massive
wildfires exacerbated by
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the climate problem like
carbon taxes and cap and
invest. Instead, the survey
found Oregon and Wash-
ington residents preferred
direction action by the gov-
ernment, including strict
limits on the amount of car-
bon emissions and enforce-
ment on those who fail to
comply. Respondents also
favored raising taxes on
high-income earners to fund
environmental initiatives.
Chris Koski, a professor
of political science and envi-
ronmental studies at Reed
College, said the results
came as a bit of a shock.
“Washington and Ore-
gon climate politics over
the past two legislative ses-
sions have focused heavily
on failed efforts to create
carbon markets and failed
ballot initiatives to levy car-
bon taxes,” Koski said in a
statement. “It is somewhat
surprising, then, Democrats
and Republicans favor reg-
ulation over markets. This
stands in contrast to multi-
ple campaigns at the state
and federal level over the
past two decades for cap-
and-trade legislation.”
The survey, which was
conducted by Northwest
Policy Priorities Project,
polled 500 adult residents
in both Oregon and Wash-
ington between Sept. 1 and
Sept. 11. The margin of
error was 4 points.
New birds arrive at Walla Walla aviary
By CHLOE LEVALLEY
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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warming conditions.
Though the evidence of
a warming climate has been
enough to convince people
of both parties in the North-
west, finding workable solu-
tions has proved difficult.
Twice in the past three
years, Republican lawmak-
ers in the state have fled
the Oregon Capitol to deny
Democrats the opportu-
nity to vote on a measure
that would implement a
so-called “cap and invest”
strategy to cut the state’s
carbon emissions. The bill
would have put a cap on
emissions that would have
steadily decreased over time
and required large pollut-
ers to acquire “allowances,”
either in a state auction or
from other participants trad-
ing on a secondary market.
After the second Repub-
lican walkout, the governor
issued an executive order
earlier this year that codi-
fied many of the goals of the
failed legislation, but she
did not have the authority
to implement the cap-and-
invest system, instead tell-
ing state agencies to make
curbing emissions their top
priority.
In Washington state, a
2019 bill that would have
imposed a tax on carbon
emissions also failed.
The survey found that
respondents did not favor
market-based solutions to
WALLA
WALLA,
Wash. — Eight new birds,
primarily geese and pheas-
ants, arrived recently in the
large enclosure at Pioneer
Park Aviary from an aviary
in Spokane, Washington.
The birds were bought
with $5,000 in donations
from the community after
several birds were killed
in May during a series of
break-ins at the Pioneer
Park Aviary.
Donations of just over
$30,000 have been com-
mitted to the operation
since then, including sup-
port through Friends of the
Pioneer Park Aviary and a
donation of $24,000 from
Walla Walla native, busi-
nessman and philanthropist
Mike Murr and his wife,
Eva Murr.
Security cameras have
been installed on the exte-
rior of the Pioneer Park
Aviary, and security light-
ing is now set up to try and
prevent future criminal
activity at the site.
Recent new arrivals to
the bird habitat include a
pair of red-breasted geese,
with white cheek lines, red
cheeks and a red breast.
They are brown, russet-col-
ored, black and white.
The new pair of barnacle
geese are gray and white
with a black neck.
A new common shelduck
was brought in and has
taken a liking to the lone
male in the Pioneer Park
Aviary. A Temminck’s tra-
gopan hen was also pur-
chased for a lone male.
A pair of Szechuan
white-eared pheasants can
be found in a smaller enclo-
sure nearby, but they are
still timid are getting used
to their environment, staff
said.
Pioneer Park Aviary
caretaker Becky Donley,
who found the birds on
a Facebook page, picked
them up from Spokane and
said she brought back more
than she was expecting.
“I used to have a blue-
eared pheasant here, but
she passed away earlier this
spring, and I had been troll-
ing the pages looking for a
replacement and just could
never find anything,” Don-
ley said.
“So when he said he had
a pair of eared pheasants
who weren’t blues but the
whites, I was like, ‘I’ll take
them, I’ll take them.’”
“I was able to replace the
white peafowl,” she said. “I
am still on the hunt for a
paradise shelduck hen.”
One of the last hens who
hatched from the eggs of a
peafowl killed this spring
was released into the main
enclosure, Donley said.
The city-owned Pioneer
Park Aviary hosts about
200 birds of between 30-35
species and about a month
ago also became home to
a tortoise 8-9 years old,
donated by a community
member.
The tortoise will be visi-
ble until the winter weather
sets in.
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NATIONAL EXTREMES
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High 107° in Palm Springs, Calif. Low 18° in Angel Fire, N.M.
IN BRIEF
Prep football game canceled
after Ammon Bundy refuses
to wear mask
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
EMMETT, Idaho — An Idaho high
school football game was canceled after
anti-government activist Ammon Bundy
refused to wear a mask or leave school
grounds.
The game Friday, Oct. 2, in Caldwell
between the Emmett Huskies and Cald-
well Cougars was called off after Bundy
refused to wear a mask in violation of
coronavirus health protocols, KTVB-TV
reported.
The Emmett resident ignored a request
by school officials to wear a mask in the
stands, and then moved to a fence near the
field to continue watching the game.
A school principal and athletic director
repeatedly asked the 44-year-old to wear
a mask, and then requested that police
arrest Bundy for trespassing, authorities
said.
Officers told school officials they
would not arrest or remove Bundy
because he “wasn’t out of control and
didn’t appear to be a threat to anybody.”
School officials canceled the game at
halftime after Bundy refused school and
police requests to leave the property.
Police said they planned to submit a
report to the Canyon County prosecutor.
Bundy led a 2016 occupation of the
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in
Oregon as a show of support for state
rights, planning to dissolve the federally
managed refuge. He and others were ulti-
mately arrested, ending the 41-day occu-
pation. Bundy was acquitted of all federal
charges by an Oregon jury.
Bundy was arrested twice in two days
in August 2020 for protests at the Idaho
Legislature.
— Associated Press
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