“It feels like we’re in a war quite often at Fairy Creek. Like we’re in this war of the woods,” said Shy-Anne Gunville. In a remote rainforest at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, land defenders like Gunville are putting their bodies on the line to stop the logging of centuries-old trees.
Climate Change
VICE: Rescuing Animals during a Wildfire
Meet the Family Rescuing Animals Left Behind from Oregon’s Wildfires A 23-acre family business has turned itself into a volunteer refuge for evacuees from the Holiday Farm Fire. One of the family members– Garett Vollstedt– says his phone number has basically become a dispatch for people in the area since the fire started. Since it’s…
Vice: Runaway Senators
How Oregon Republican Senators Killed a Bill by Running Away from the Police A climate change bill was pronounced dead in Oregon Tuesday, without anybody ever voting on it. Last Thursday, the Oregon Senate was supposed to vote on HB 2020, a bill aimed at capping greenhouse gas emissions. Senate Republicans opposed the bill, but…