Tag: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Groups Demand State and Federal Action on Nitrate Pollution
By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle
Nonprofit community groups in Oregon and nationwide are calling on elected leaders and officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Federal Rebates Help Local School Districts Buy Electric Buses
Four Eastern Oregon school districts are beneficiaries of the Biden-Harris administration’s latest initiative aimed at improving air quality and student health.
The U.S. Environmental Protection...
Residents Sue Port of Morrow, Businesses for Water Contamination
By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle
Several residents of Boardman in northeast Oregon are suing the Port of Morrow and businesses for contaminating their drinking water,...
Tribes to Receive $915,000 to Overhaul Recycling Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is giving the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) more than $900,000 to update and overhaul its...
CTUIR Gets Nearly $2 Million for Columbia River Basin Project
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has received nearly $2 million in federal funds for a project to prevent pollution and...
Nearly $19 Million to Oregon for Clean Drinking Water in Rural...
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced Oregon will receive $18.9 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants...
IMESD’s Director of Facilities Monitoring Radon in Schools
Ask somebody what they know about radon and they will probably say something like “isn’t that something found under some houses?”
Ask Larry Glaze and...
