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Oregon is home to 4 of the top 5 smokiest cities nationwide
In addition to Medford, Grants Pass and Bend, several other Oregon cities made their top 10 list: Klamath Falls (#5), ...
Ashland approves pollution fee to cut down on new natural gas hookups
The Ashland City Council voted to charge developers a carbon pollution fee for installing natural gas heating systems in new ...
Oregon may require farms, producers, hospitals, schools others to compost food waste
A bill being considered at the legislature would require large food producers, processors and preparers to compost food waste ...
Oregon schools need 30% more funding per student to improve outcomes, new report reveals
"For FY 2022–23, Oregon school districts spent about $1.2 billion to operate their special education programs, a 21.1% ...
Recycling Today9h
Oregon approves EPR Program Plan
Under the approved plan, CAA will implement initiatives intended to modernize Oregon's recycling system, reduce plastic ...
Statesman Journal4d
Oregon could ban more single-use plastics, require washing machine filters
Senate Bill 551 would ban thicker "reusable" plastic bags and restrict single-use plastics in restaurants and hotels. Senate Bill 526 would require new washing machines to have microfiber filters ...
OPB24d
Oregon bill would ban new livestock farms in state’s most polluted areas
Those are areas with high levels of nitrate pollution in groundwater, and are designated by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Farm lobbying groups in the past have opposed attempts ...
Jefferson Public Radio8d
With Oregon’s 2 largest federal climate grants on hold — for now — state agencies are left at a standstill
Denying Oregon these investments “would blow essentially a $200 million dollar hole in our budget,” says an environmental ...
To fix what ails Oregon schools, spend a lot more money, new report suggests
Oregon needs to drastically revamp its decades-old funding formula and spend far more per pupil to come close to meeting its stated goals for student success, particularly in schools that serve a ...
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Oregon’s nitrate ground pollution became notably worse in past 10 years, report finds
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 ...