Gov. Tina Kotek is tweaking a proposal to raise billions in taxes for roads and bridge upkeep, a little more than a week before the bill’s fate is tested in a special legislative session.

Consumer awareness, corporate transparency, and legislative action are needed to prevent industries from responding to demands for responsible environmental practices by simply “greenwashing” ...

The Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act established new packaging fees for companies that sell products in Oregon and went into effect in July.

A 17-year artificial burrow project brought burrowing owls back from the brink in eastern Oregon. Here's what researchers have learned from studying the colony.

Oregon’s recently implemented recycling law wrongly sets fees on packaging producers and unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state producers, a group of wholesale distributors said in a ...

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors has filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of Oregon’s newly enacted EPR system.

The Scravel Hill Water Co-op has received a WATERS award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its innovative use of funding from Oregon’s Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program.

One example demonstrating how CEs hinder environmental justice initiatives involves the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The FHWA lists more than fifty types of CEs that exclude between ninety ...

A wildfire that ignited early Monday in Oregon Gulch—about seven miles north of Ketchum—set off a coordinated aerial attack Monday and Tuesday morning, at which point the blaze was reported ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 1154 and HB 3525 to improve drinking water quality and transparency, addressing water contamination and climate change concerns.