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  • Oregon leads US with highest voter turnout

    Posted on February 02, 2023 By Backyard Bend in category Positive Newstaggedbend , Central Oregon , La Pine , Local , Madras , National , Oregon , Politics , Portland , Positive News , Redmond , Sisters , State Politics , United States , US , Voter , Voter Turnout , Voters

    Oregon had the highest voter turnout rate in the nation. Learn more here.

    By the Associated Press

    For the first time ever, Oregon had the highest voter turnout rate in the nation for last November’s elections.

    Former Oregon Secretary of State Phil Keisling, who now leads a national effort to expand voting from home, said 61.5% of all the eligible citizens in Oregon cast a ballot, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Thursday.

    “We edged out Maine by .05%,” he said.

    Keisling said Oregon has had a relatively high turnout rate since the state implemented its pioneering vote-by-mail system 25 years ago. He said the numbers have really ramped up…

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  • Earth’s ozone layer on course to be healed within decades, UN report finds

    Posted on January 16, 2023 By Backyard Bend in category Positive NewstaggedAction , Climate , Earth , Environment , Greenhouse Gas , Home , News , NOAA , Oregon , Ozone , Science , The Guardian , United States , World

    The Earth’s ozone is on track to be recovered by 2040. Learn more here.

    By Oliver Milman of the Guardian

    The hole in the Earth’s ozone layer, once the most feared environmental peril facing humanity, is set to be completely healed over most of the world within two decades following decisive action by governments to phase out ozone-depleting substances, a new UN assessment has found.

    The loss of the ozone layer, which risked exposing people to harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun, is on track to be completely recovered by 2040 across the world, aside from the polar regions, according to the report. The poles will take a little…

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