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Cassandra Profita / OPB

Job Title

Ecotrope blogger/journalist, based in Portland, Oregon

Bio

Ecotrope blogger Cassandra Profita is an award-winning reporter with degrees in journalism and environmental studies from the University of Missouri. As the environment and business reporter for The Daily Astorian, she covered science and policy news on climate change, forestry, energy, fisheries, the Oregon and southwest Washington coasts and the Columbia River. She is a fellow with the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources and a recipient of the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting Award of Special Merit.

Contact

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Recent Articles:

Columbia River Pilot Sees No Extra Risks With Coal

March 4, 2013

Coal Export Critics Ask: What About Pollution From Trains And Barges?

Dec. 7, 2012

Kitzhaber Might Not Like It, But Voters Could Still Ban Gill Nets

Oct. 29, 2012

Clean Water: The Next Act - New Pollutants

Sept. 12, 2012

Keeping Drugs Out of Northwest Waters

Sept. 12, 2012

Polluting The Water With Toothpaste, Shampoo, And Drugs

Sept. 12, 2012

Doctors Urge The State To Re-Evaluate The Health Risks Of Coal

July 20, 2012

Columbia River Towns May Team Up To Export Coal

July 9, 2012

Scientists: Columbia's Needs To Go Beyond Salmon Recovery

June 1, 2012

New Waste Permit Under Review For Hanford Nuclear Site

May 16, 2012

Oregon Governor Wants Power Users To Help Meet Clean Energy Goals

May 10, 2012

Kennedy's Anti-Coal Message Draws A Portland Crowd

May 7, 2012

Will An Industrial Washington Town Embrace The Coal Export Industry?

May 7, 2012

Oregon Utility Vetoes St. Helens Coal Export Terminal

May 2, 2012

Solar Workers' Job Losses Blamed On Chinese Competition

May 1, 2012

Bottle Bill Expansion Helps Grow Recycling In Oregon

April 27, 2012

Kitzhaber Calls For Environmental Impact Study Of Coal Exports

April 25, 2012

Oyster Decline Linked To Ocean Acidification

April 12, 2012

Port Orford Joins Fight To Preserve Fishing

April 11, 2012

Reaction Mixed To Coal Prospects In St. Helens

April 6, 2012

EarthFix Conversations: The Economic Pull Of Coal Exports In The Northwest

April 3, 2012

Big Pipe Project Holds Up Under Record March Rains

April 2, 2012

Car2Go Launches In Portland Saturday

March 30, 2012

In Tillamook: Turning (More) Cow Poop Into Power

March 29, 2012

Salazar Sets Voluntary Rules Protecting Wildlife From Wind Farms

March 23, 2012

Oregon Delays Forest-Spraying Pesticide Investigation

March 21, 2012

How To Turn Imported Food Into Local Food

March 9, 2012

U.S. Solar Manufacturers Struggling With Chinese Competition

March 2, 2012

Pacific Power Announces Major Solar Project

March 1, 2012

A Plant, Fish And Energy Farm Under One Greenhouse Roof

Feb. 27, 2012

Company Applies For Permit To Export Coal From Longview Port

Feb. 24, 2012

Recycling The Televisions of Super Bowls Past

Feb. 3, 2012

Feds Invest In $390 Million Biofuel Refinery In Oregon

Jan. 26, 2012

Chemicals From Geothermal Project Concerns Doctor In Bend

Jan. 24, 2012

Scientists On the Watch for Bat-Killing Fungus

Jan. 19, 2012

Why the U.S. is Running Out of Organic Milk

Jan. 16, 2012

Depaving Portland: Will Your Driveway Be Next?

Jan. 11, 2012

Forestry Board: State Should Boost Logging Rules On Streams

Jan. 6, 2012

OR-7 Gets a Name, Portrait and First Public Photo

Jan. 5, 2012

In Pendleton: Newfound Well Power

Dec. 30, 2011

A Northwest Feast of Seven (Sustainable) Fishes

Dec. 20, 2011

What It Takes To Grow Organic Christmas Trees

Dec. 15, 2011

10 Shades of Green Christmas Trees

Dec. 13, 2011

Environmental Group Sues To Protect 'Forage Fish'

Dec. 13, 2011

Imnaha Wolves Kill Another Wallowa County Cow

Dec. 13, 2011

Thinking 'Climate Change' While You Shop

Dec. 8, 2011

Dog's Death Sparks a Fight Over Wildlife Trapping

Dec. 1, 2011

Portland's DIY Model For Reducing Air Pollution

Nov. 30, 2011

The Easiest Way To Compost Thanksgiving Scraps

Nov. 29, 2011

Net Cameras Help Fishermen Catch the Right Fish

Nov. 21, 2011

What Rainy Cities Can Teach (And Learn) About Stormwater

Nov. 16, 2011

Why The Northwest Is Lagging On Smart Grid

Nov. 11, 2011

EarthFix Podcast #1: Blasting Through Condit Dam

Oct. 28, 2011

Bald Eagle Eggs Show Dioxin Regulations Working

Oct. 27, 2011

Mixing Business Cash With Fashion and Trash

Oct. 12, 2011

Oregon’s Next Solar Farm: Somewhere Out There

Oct. 4, 2011

Q&A: Can 'Catch Shares' Programs Help Manage West Coast Groundfish

Sept. 15, 2011

2,000 Float Across Willamette To Celebrate Water's Quality

Aug. 1, 2011

Big Float Celebrates Portland's Cleaner, Swimmable Willamette River

July 28, 2011

ODFW kills five bighorn sheep to protect herd

July 19, 2011

Central Oregon Wind Project Moves Forward

July 14, 2011

New App Finds Green Lights for Green Drivers

July 6, 2011
 
 
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