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Buffy Pollock

Journalist/photographer.
I have worked for for nearly three decades as a journalist and photographer. Along the way, I've worked on a contract basis in a variety of capacities ranging from work as a legal assistant to for-hire research and ghost writer.

Environment

Ashland to Be the Center of Wildfire Resilience Research After a $750,000 Grant

Buffy Pollock Dec 14, 2023

Ashland is a community that still feels the effects of the 2020 Almeda wildfire. While it’s a devastating event that everyone still remembers, some good is coming from it. Oregon State University researchers are receiving $750,000 in…

Environment

More Electric Vehicle Charging Ports to Be Installed in Ashland in 2024

Buffy Pollock Dec 7, 2023

Love them or hate them, electrical vehicles have been on the rise. So much so, in fact, that Ashland is due to see a few more electrical vehicle charging ports in town come 2024. 22, to be exact, and Ashland isn’t the only one getting these…

Environment

The Many Ways Ashland’s Climate and Environment Policy Committee is Working to Reach Net Zero

Buffy Pollock Nov 14, 2023

As the disastrous effects of climate change continues to make itself known around the world, Ashland’s Climate and Environment Policy Committee is trying to do their part to halt its progress. How so? Well, for one, they’re aiming for net…

Toxic Vapors Could Kill Thousands If an Earthquake Were to Hit Portland, Report Says, Prompting…

Buffy Pollock Nov 4, 2023

It almost feels as though the amount of natural disasters is starting to climb as time goes on, and that’s because it is. Climate change has done its part so that natural disasters are becoming more of a constant than they have ever been.…

Environment

Oregon Leads The Way in Sustainable Textiles

Buffy Pollock Nov 1, 2023

The University of Oregon is developing a sustainable textile factory close by its Northeast Portland campus. It is a joint venture with NTX, a Singapore-based company, which is a leader in this field: having developed an environmentally…

Environment

Oregon State University Researchers Find the Answer to Rise in Gray Whale Deaths

Buffy Pollock Oct 20, 2023

The only thing harder to miss than a gray whale itself is the fact that their deaths have been on the rise as of late. These animals, some of the largest to have ever existed on earth, are washing up on the shores of the United States,…

News

Monstrous 25-Foot Waves May Be Hitting the Oregon Coast in the Near Future

Buffy Pollock Oct 12, 2023

Issued on Wednesday was a high-surf advisory, as it’s possible that there may be 22-25 foot waves within the near future. The areas that might be hit are around central Oregon just north of Port Orford. Beachgoers were advised to stay…

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Found in Seals, Beachgoers Told to Avoid Contact with Wildlife

Buffy Pollock Sep 13, 2023

If you live on the west coast and frequent the beach, you’re going to want to keep away from any and all wildlife for the foreseeable future. Keep your kids from poking around and keep your pets on a leash, because The U.S. Department of…

Environment

Oncoming Heat Wave Threatens to Exacerbate the Current Oregon Wildfires

Buffy Pollock Aug 15, 2023

There are currently 25 different wildfires across the state of Oregon, which have burned a combined 51,000 acres and injured 33 people. Only two have reached 50% containment. At least, this is the information as of writing this. I say…

3D-Printed Homes are Coming to Medford

Buffy Pollock Aug 2, 2023

Remember when 3D-printing was one of those things you heard about distantly? There were concerns about people printing gun parts or making absurd creations; skip forward a decade or so, and it’s finally happening: 3D-printed homes.…

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