Environment

Oregon naturalist leads the global Docktober movement, encouraging citizen scientists to discover and document the marine life thriving beneath public docks.

Amazon is stepping up political spending and community pledges in Oregon as voters and gubernatorial candidates push for a data center moratorium.

A U.S. House committee has called out two Oregon-based environmental nonprofits for weaponizing litigation and profiting from lawsuits that challenge federal projects.

The City of Eugene says data centers are not an allowed use at the location of the former Hyundai/Hynix site in West Eugene. That comes after inquiries from an unknown contractor seeking to redevelop the property.

Conservation groups are asking Central Oregon residents to turn out their lights overnight this fall to protect migratory birds flying over.

With forecasts calling for another warm winter, concern about a second year of low snowpack arises.

Lane County officials are exploring whether to locate a waste and recycling diversion facility, the CleanLane project, at Short Mountain Landfill. The group of garbage haulers that helped block the county’s permit for its first-choice location is fighting this site too.

Oregon is lowering electric vehicle rebate amounts and capping individual limits so more residents can access clean car funding through November 2026.

A building permit for the land will appear before the Lane County Board of Commissioners on July 7. County staff have rejected it twice already, and people ranging from neighbors to state employees object.

The City of Eugene says the soil at Trainsong Park is more deeply contaminated with toxic chemicals than previously thought.

Environmental activists in Eugene have started gathering signatures to get a new climate tax on this fall’s ballot.

Lane County’s efforts to build a food waste diversion facility south of Eugene were rejected for a second time Wednesday. The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a previous zoning denial from the state’s land use board.