Department of Environmental Quality

In the last two weeks, two class action lawsuits against the J.H. Baxter company have been reclassified as civil suits. Both filed in the spring of 2021, they stemmed from noxious odors and dioxins from its now-shuttered Eugene plant.

A report released Thursday uses data submitted by the nonprofit Willamette Riverkeeper, whose staff say the mounting trash pollution appears to be tied to increases in homelessness.

The agency anticipates the mattress recycling will be up and running by the end of 2024, or early 2025.

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission approved rules meant to reduce carbon emissions from heavy-duty trucks and buses, which account for 23% of Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Oregon lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow the state’s Department of Environmental Quality to consider an applicant’s history when deciding…

Fires continue to burn across Northern California and Oregon, sending smoke and other pollutants skyward. An air quality advisory has been placed on eight…