More than a dozen fuel users groups and business organizations are uniting to oppose new rules for cleaner fuels in Oregon. Continue reading →

Filed under: Transportation, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Clean Fuels

Coal export opponents gathered at the Oregon Department of State Lands office in Salem today to ask the agency's new director to deny a key permit for the Morrow Pacific coal export project. Continue reading →

Filed under: Energy, Coal exports, Oregon Department of State Lands

Neighbors of a Daimler Truck manufacturing facility on Swan Island say the plant is putting out noxious odors that are making them sick. Continue reading →

Filed under: Air, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Good Neighbor Agreement, Daimler Trucks

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Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Bycatch, gillnetting, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Wild

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has discovered another wolf pack near Northeast Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness. The agency has received "irregular wolf reports" from the area over the past several years. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wolves

Kevin Masterson is the toxics coordinator for Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. His main job is to find ways to reduce toxic chemicals in the environment – in air, water and on land. Continue reading →

Filed under: Air, Sustainability, Water, Environment, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Toxics, Clean Water Act

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Filed under: Sustainability, Water, Clean Water Act, Clean Water: The Next Act, Depave, Stormwater

I was on Think Out Loud yesterday talking about the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's report on toxic air pollutants in the Portland metro area. As I wrote on the blog last week, most of the toxins DEQ has mapped are coming from everyday sources: Our cars, trucks, lawn mowers, construction equipment and wood stoves. Metal foundries were the main ... Continue reading →

Filed under: Air, Air pollution, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Will Portland's air be safe to breathe in 2017? Continue reading →

Filed under: Air, Air pollution, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

A company called Farm Power Northwest is building two new methane digesters in Tillamook that will turn dairy cow poop into power. One will start up next month, taking manure from cows on five dairies and turning it into 1 megawatt of electricity – enough to power about 700 homes for a year. The second, yet to be built, will ... Continue reading →

Filed under: Renewable energy, Agriculture, Farm Power Northwest, Methane, Methane digesters, U.S. Department of Agriculture