One of the ballot measures backed by the environmental groups would have established a 500-foot aerial spraying buffer on all waters in the state. Timber companies worried that would be an ...

The environmental groups hope the potential for ballot initiatives will pressure the legislature to pass some version of a carbon cap during its short session early in 2020. “The Clean Energy Jobs ...

The Senate GOP walkout and the death of Oregon's high-profile climate bill dominated the end of the 2019 legislative session. But the bill was just one of many environmental initiatives that ...

Oregon has had targets for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions since 2007, but has had difficulty complying. The state is not expected to meet its 2020 goal of reducing emissions to 10% below ...

Environmental groups say Oregon's new groundwater law, meant to curb pollution, has been diluted to the point they can no ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Project has been awarded the highly competitive Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine Materials Management grant for its Reuse Bend initiative ...

Lawmakers have proposed additional measures, Senate Bills 543 and 544, that also focus on making Oregon a more sustainable state. “SB 543 would phase out expanded polystyrene foodware, packing ...

Around 100 public transit and environmental advocates descended on the Oregon State Capitol on Thursday to urge lawmakers to allocate more funding for public transit and other climate-friendly ...

Given Oregon’s green reputation, it’s jarring to see how badly the state ranks on measures of injustice in exposure to air pollution. Environmental engineering professor Julian Marshall and colleagues ...

Oregon’s signature climate policy is one step closer to being reinstated after it was invalidated last year. The Climate Protection Program, first created through an executive order by former ...

Oregon launches the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act, enhancing recycling services statewide.

Oregon has received a $197 million federal grant to reduce climate pollution, which will be used to fund projects identified in the state’s Priority Climate Action Plan, including heat pump i… ...