"Dangerous" levels of nitrates have been found in drinking water in eastern Oregon because of factory farms in the area, a ...

Denying Oregon these investments “would blow essentially a $200 million dollar hole in our budget,” says an environmental nonprofit leader.

Senate Bill 551, the so-called “beyond the bag ban” bill, would build on regulations lawmakers approved in 2019.

The port will be allowed to spread nitrogen-contaminated wastewater on agricultural fields in an area with contaminated ...

Oregon is noted for having the largest dark sky sanctuary in the world as well as the best national park in the US for ...

When Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission approved the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule in 2021, many people celebrated ...

The last time the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality compiled comprehensive data on nitrate ground pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin was 2012. More than a decade later, Oregonians have ...

READ MORE: Oregon regulators have had decades to tackle the Umatilla Basin's water pollution, but it's only gotten worse But ...

Large farms would have to report their fertilizer use under a bill being considered by the Oregon Legislature. The goal, the ...

A surface inversion is preventing the normal mixing of air, meaning pollutants will remain trapped at lower altitudes.

The vacant Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City is now just a pile of rubble, still smoldering more than a week after a three ...

Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has introduced bipartisan legislation that would preserve coastal beaches in Oregon and ...