Pollution

Wednesday night, about 100 people attended a hearing in Eugene to find out what will happen to the old J.H. Baxter plant now that the facility has been listed on the EPA’s National Priorities List.

The City of Eugene has denied a proposal for a fuel transfer facility in the Trainsong neighborhood.

A new state law which took effect on Jan. 1 prohibits restaurants and food vendors from using Styrofoam to-go containers. Some Oregon cities already had such bans in place, while others are scurrying to comply.

The City of Eugene has pulled its approval for a new fuel transfer facility in the Trainsong neighborhood. City staff will now reconsider the application.

An energy company wants to transfer fuel from trains to trucks in Eugene’s Trainsong neighborhood. But some community members there are concerned about the risk of an environmental disaster.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture is suing a Eugene-area business over a large pile of horse manure.

In the Bethel neighborhood of Eugene, contractors are beginning the first phase of soil removal for homes near the defunct J.H. Baxter plant with high dioxin counts.

Citing a ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting investigation into toxic contamination in salmon, the Oregon senator and others across the Pacific Northwest are calling for policy changes and more funding but are lacking details on next steps.

Native tribes in the Columbia River Basin face a disproportionate risk of toxic exposure through their most important food. While tribes have pushed the government to pay closer attention to dangerous chemicals and metals in fish, that hasn’t happened. So, we did our own testing. What we found was alarming for tribes.

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

Monday's solar eclipse is drawing crowds to many public areas, including parks. So Lane County officials are asking locals and visitors alike to “pack it…

Oregon's industrial facilities dumped more than 1 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the state's waterways in 2012. In a new report, Environment…