Oregon lawmakers look to bypass land use rules for certain water treatment projects
New legislation sponsored in Salem could affect the land-use battle over Portland's multi-billion-dollar water filtration ...
Big crowd opposes bill requiring Oregon farmers to report fertilizer use to protect water
Senate Bill 747 would require farms larger than 200 acres to report their annual fertilizer use — including the quantity ...
Water management tops list of Kotek’s environmental priorities
The governor and her natural resources director say they're focused on addressing overdrawn water basins and groundwater ...
Kotek issues emergency order allowing Port of Morrow to violate water pollution permit
The port will be allowed to spread nitrogen-contaminated wastewater on agricultural fields in an area with contaminated ...
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Oregon roads and bridges are old and damaged. Fixing them is an expensive task for lawmakers this year
The incidents highlighted the problems facing Oregon’s beleaguered ... and old culverts are struggling to keep water off the roads. In eastern Oregon, hard-to-reach roads and bridges, which ...
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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 ...