Tag: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon officials have released a comprehensive plan for curbing years of water pollution in northeast Oregon that “will take decades”...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Smoke and smog is clogging much of the air in Oregon, state officials said Wednesday. At mid-day, the Oregon Department of...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Wildfires burning across much of the western U.S. and Canada are causing smoke to stretch across parts of central, eastern...

By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle The nonprofit Oregon Rural Action, along with former state environmental regulators and a large coalition of nonprofit groups, is again...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is seeking written comments from the public on the conditions of renewal of Hermiston Generating Co.’s air quality...

Nitrate contamination of residential well water was the hot-button issue at Sen. Jeff Merkley’s town hall in Boardman. About 20 people came to the event...

The Morrow County Planning Department is ready to take the first official steps in a plan to address the drinking water crisis in the...

By Grant Stringer/Oregon Capital Chronicle More Oregonians than ever are buying electric cars and the state is poised to see a major influx, in part...

The Port of Morrow on Friday, May 12, announced it has met a 30% design milestone in the planning for a major investment to...

For months, the residents of Boardman have been asking Gov. Tina Kotek to visit their city and hear first-hand how contaminated water from their...

By Alex Baumhardt The Port of Morrow, the state’s second-largest port, faces a new violation over contamination in eastern Oregon that may have been going...

By Alex Baumhardt A cash rebate program rewarding purchasers of electric vehicles is running out of money and will temporarily be suspended after April 30,...

Last week, seven organizations in the Stand Up to Factory Farms coalition submitted comments blasting an Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) proposal to reduce certain...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has granted the Port of Morrow a modified permit for industrial wastewater treatment and land application. To comply with...

Interstate 5 was closed down most of Wednesday following a pileup involving more than 60 vehicles. Around 8 a.m., Oregon State Police troopers responded to...

By Alex Baumhardt A Lamb Weston plant in Hermiston allowed hundreds of tons of excess nitrogen to be spread on two farms, potentially adding pollution...

By Alex Baumhardt State lawmakers granted nearly $6 million to address well water issues in eastern and southern Oregon. The money was approved at a meeting...

By Alex Baumhardt Clean energy developers, farmers, ranchers, forest and home owners in Oregon are slated to get hundreds of millions of dollars in grants,...

The state of Oregon recently passed a milestone in its effort to bolster public opinion of electric vehicles. In April, the state surpassed 50,000 registered...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has released a new online tool that will give the public greater access to water quality monitoring data....