Environment

Lane County leaders are asking Oregon lawmakers to clear legal hurdles to build a planned recycling and methane extraction facility known as the IMERF, or CleanLane project.

The Oregon Health Authority is cautioning people to watch out for algae blooms when visiting bodies of water this summer.

A Lane County food waste and recycling project has hit a few setbacks: The county’s building permit was rejected and one trash company has diverted thousands of tons of garbage and revenue, to its own landfill.

A Native American photojournalist is promoting a “Land Back” movement across the U.S. for territory ceded or taken during colonization.

The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County.

A federal judge denied Freres timber companies’ complaint that firefighters did not do everything possible to stop the spread of the Beachie Creek Fire

Oregon is on track to become the first state to launch a recycling program that holds businesses financially accountable for the packaging waste they produce.

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, said it was delaying the upcoming Oregon lease sale due to lack of interest.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission found Lane County Commissioners may have broken public meeting law in March. The county says its conducted its meetings that way for years.

Oregon has been granted federal relief money for infrastructure damaged during last winter’s ice storm, and for other disasters that struck the state over the last five years.

After a stretch of cooler weather and even some rain, temperatures are expected to rise to dangerous levels on Friday in much of Oregon.

Lane County Commissioners voted Tuesday to finance a planned waste processing facility.