Courtney Sherwood
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Courtney Sherwood is editor of OPB's climate and environment reporting team.
She began contributing to OPB special projects, filling in as a radio editor, and contributing to the digital team starting in 2012, and served as managing editor for digital content from 2022 through January 2024.
Courtney spent a number of years specializing in data journalism, with a focus on business, banking and health care reporting. Her byline has appeared on the front page of the New York Times, as well as on stories for Reuters, Vice, Science magazine, the Seattle Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Portland Business Journal. She previously served as the business and features editor for The Columbian and editor-in-chief for The Lund Report.
She is a past recipient of a Wharton Business Journalists Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Grinnell College.
Latest Stories
PGE’s push to upgrade transmission through Portland’s Forest Park is heading to City Hall
Portland General Electric’s Harborton Reliability Project could remove about 400 mature trees to upgrade one transmission line and build a stretch of new line.
Oregon is sending corrected tax forms to 12,000 people who claimed unemployment last year
If you received jobless benefits in Oregon last year and you’ve already filed this year’s taxes, you may need to amend your returns.
Trump administration funding freeze creates uncertainty for Oregon urban tree canopy programs
The Trump administration appears to have frozen at least $40 million in federal payments for Oregon-based urban tree canopy programs, as part of a broader push by the president to cut support for programs related to climate change.
Bonneville Power Administration offers jobs back to staff fired by Trump administration
Roughly 120 employees were fired from BPA last month - raising alarms from experts in the power grid and Gov. Tina Kotek. They've now been asked to return, but the agency will still be down hundreds of positions since the start of the Trump administration.
Columbia River Bar pilots report slowed commerce as tariffs go into effect
Tariffs and job cuts at federal agencies are making life more complicated for the Columbia River Bar pilots who play a critical role in connecting Pacific Northwest agriculture with buyers in the rest of the world.
NOAA, federal weather and research agency, is firing workers in Oregon and Washington
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest U.S. government agency to face layoffs as the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce. Some of the cuts are in Newport, Oregon.
Dams, power lines and statistics: What the Bonneville Power Administration is and does
Eighty-eight years after its creation by an act of Congress, Bonneville Power is widely viewed as both an engine of prosperity in the Northwest, and — at times — an obstacle to environmental goals and economic growth.
Bonneville Power Administration reverses 30 job cuts, continues with plans to eliminate 430 positions
Roughly 130 of BPA’s more than 3,000 employees were told they’d been dismissed last week, as part of large-scale job cuts initiated by the Trump administration. But 30 of those workers were later deemed critical to BPA’s core work to manage power across the Pacific Northwest, strengthen the electrical grid and keep the lights on.
Bonneville Power staff departures under President Trump raise concerns about Northwest electrical grid
The Bonneville Power Administration could lose nearly 20% of its workforce because of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal government, raising concerns about the agency’s ability to ensure the reliability of the region’s electrical grid.
When it comes to winter temperatures, don’t believe what you feel
If Oregon’s recent cold snap has you shivering, and the ice and snow in the forecast seem unusual, take solace. The state climatologist feels it too – even when he’s looking at data that seems to contradict the way he feels.