Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

On April 8, DEQ warned its staff not to click a link in a press release it had sent a week earlier, according to an email obtained by OPB. But DEQ didn’t share the same warning with media organizations, nonprofits or other people who were signed up to receive its news alerts.

Oregon is asking the public to weigh in on a plan to reboot the Climate Protection Program, which aims to reduce carbon emissions from oil and gas companies and support some of the communities that will be hardest hit by climate change.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s Climate Protection Program failed to comply, “or even substantially comply,” with disclosure requirements when adopting rules under the federal Clean Air Act, the Oregon Court of Appeals said.

Opponents say industrial poultry operations planned for Scio and Aumsville are reinforcing a trend in Oregon agriculture where only the largest farms survive.

Action by the two Northwest states creates a West Coast zone where eventually, only new trucks, cars and SUVs that produce zero-emissions can be sold.

The Oregon Health Authority has lifted an advisory for the D River Beach in Lincoln City.

Four Oregon companies were collectively fined over $78,000 for environmental violations.

The past few years have seen an increase in the number of days in Oregon with unhealthy air quality due to wildfire smoke. The Oregon Department of…

Oregon’s recycling programs would see some changes under a bill scheduled for a vote Wednesday in the state Senate. Senate Bill 582 would standardize…

This fall’s wildfires in Oregon have caused ongoing challenges for municipal water systems. Water managers outlined those issues during a hearing Tuesday…

Oregonians would have an easier time figuring out what’s recyclable under a proposal headed to state lawmakers.A few years ago, the international market…

Environmental groups are asking the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to give careful scrutiny to a natural gas plant near Hermiston that started…