Monica Samayoa
Oregon Public BroadcastingMonica Samayoa is a reporter with OPB’s Science & Environment unit. Before OPB, Monica was an on-call general assignment reporter at KQED in San Francisco. She also helped produce The California Report and KQED Newsroom. In 2017 she studied abroad in Sydney, Australia, where she attended University of Technology Sydney to finish her degree. There, she was able to get her first taste in radio while producing and hosting for 2SER, Sydney Educational Radio.
Monica holds a bachelor's degree in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts from San Francisco State University.
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Oregon fell short in meeting its 2020 climate benchmarks by 13% and will also miss its 2021 reduction target by 19%, according to preliminary data. -
For the first time since Oregon’s Bottle Bill recycling program began, Oregonians returned more than two billion beverage containers, as the program paid out more than $205 million to consumers and local nonprofits in 2022.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will temporarily suspend the Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate program starting May 1 until funds for the program are replenished next year.
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In Oregon, some utilities have begun ramping up renewable energy to meet the state's clean energy goals, but there’s a problem: The energy generated from these sources can only be used when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining.
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Oregon lawmakers are back in session, and climate advocates say passing laws on building efficiency and grabbing federal funding are critical this year.
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Oregon ranked No. 2 in the nation, after California, for the share of new vehicles sold that are electric and with more fast chargers and federal tax credits on the way, sales are expected to increase.
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Building more wind farms and buying more electric vehicles won't get carbon off the power grid unless we fix the grid itself. Experts say the grid needs to be modernized to be able to handle the clean-energy transition.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will be offering free well testing in Deschutes County next year to collect more data for a statewide groundwater contamination study.
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Air pollution monitoring to increase for diverse communities on Oregon's south coast and in PortlandTwo of Oregon’s most economically disadvantaged and racially diverse communities — one in Portland and the other near Coos Bay — are getting a boost in their fight against air pollution.
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State and local organizations are building programs to connect EVs with more rural and low-income people, as well as communities of color.
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As California adopts the nation’s strictest law to transition to zero-emissions vehicles in the next decade, Oregon officials say they’re set to follow suit.The California law bans the sale of new gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs in the state by 2035 as a way to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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The federal Inflation Reduction Act offers car buyers with low-to-moderate incomes up to $7,500 for purchasing a new electric vehicle, in addition to the maximum $7,500 Oregon offers through its programs.
