In Oregon, few environmental policies are as universally recognized as the state’s pioneering Bottle Bill. For over 50 years, this landmark legislation has allowed residents to return cans and bottles ...

Trump has withdrawn the U.S. government from an agreement to restore native fish being decimated by hydroelectric dams in the ...

Bills meant to restrict landfill expansions or operations are awaiting governors’ approval in several states, while New ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday withdrew from a 2023 agreement between the federal government, Columbia Basin tribes, environmental groups and the states of Washington and Oregon that sought to ...

A 39-page amendment added to the bill Friday neutralizes the power it would have brought to state agencies to enforce pollution regulations, groups said Groups that helped champion one of Gov. Tina ...

Everyday necessities shouldn’t come with everyday pollution. Yet the goods and resources we rely on are delivered by a ...

Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin introduced Senate Bill 726 in response to ongoing concerns about methane releases at the Coffin Butte ...

"Every student in Oregon deserves to learn in an environment free from bullying ... regardless of potential changes in federal law. The initiative comes months after a national tragedy involving ...

An Amazon data center in Boardman, Oregon. The center is on private ... protected vast swaths of public land and championed environmental initiatives. At the same time, they implicitly designated ...

The timber industry responded with three of its own initiatives ... State lawmakers, for example, passed an Oregon Environmental Protection Act in 2018 meant to freeze and stop rollbacks of ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality awarded $1.2 ... City of Bend Beyond Plastics Deschutes County “This initiative, allowing consumers to purchase reusable containers and exchange ...

As the page turns to 2025, issues related to climate, wildlife, ecosystems and natural disasters in Central Oregon are certain ... to ramp up projects and initiatives in 2025.