Articles written by Jamie Pang

Jamie Pang, Environmental Health Program Director for Oregon Environmental Council|Oct 28, 2021

As a result of climate change, the United States experienced a particularly dangerous and hot summer this year. New record highs were set all over the country and the Pacific Northwest was particularly hard hit. As of September 2021, according to the National Weather Service, the state of Oregon had a record 88 days over 80 degrees (considered the high heat threshold for our state) and suffered through three triple-digit heat domes. In June, temperatures reached 124 degrees and more in some...