A Biden-era program to ensure 40% of new federal climate, housing, clean energy and clean water funding went to projects and ...

Authorities in Oregon are working to extinguish a fire in the Doerner Fir, a historic coastal Douglas Fir and one of the ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will ask the Oregon Legislature for $6.5 million in additional funding to address problems identified in a state audit last spring. Auditors from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Environment Oregon lawmakers passed governor’s groundwater bill, but not without defections By Antonio Sierra (OPB) June 30, 2025 6:51 p.m.

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 ...

The Oregon DEQ said these anti-pollution measures cover thousands of segments of rivers and represent the department’s commitment to protecting public health and the environment.

Oregon has tried several times to enact a cap-and-trade program, but the Legislature has not been able to reach compromise to advance legislation. In March 2020 the governor issued Executive Order ...

Opinion Opinion: Three key initiatives in Oregon’s fight against climate change Published: Apr. 10, 2022, 6:00 a.m.

science environment Proposed Oregon Ballot Measures Could Open New Front In Greenhouse Gas War By Dirk VanderHart (OPB) Oct. 7, 2019 12:58 p.m.

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 ...