Large farms would have to report their fertilizer use under a bill being considered by the Oregon Legislature. The goal, the bill’s backers say, is to avoid situations like the one in the Boardman ...

Senate Bill 747 would require farms larger than 200 acres to report their annual fertilizer use — including the quantity ...

Oregon is noted for having the largest dark sky sanctuary in the world, as well as the best national park in the US for ...

Nitrate pollution has worsened significantly in eastern Oregon over the past decade, according to a new analysis released by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The report is the first ...

Oregon Senate Bill 551, sponsored by Democrat Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro, would phase out all plastic checkout bags -- ...

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 ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory for Eastern Lane, Eastern Linn, Eastern Marion, ...

A legislative push is underway to delay the implementation of Oregon's Advanced Clean Truck regulations that aim to reduce ...

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — Oregon is the 39th worst U.S. state for retirement, according to a new WalletHub study. The 11 ...

DEQ air monitoring stations showed "moderate" air quality across most of Portland Wednesday morning. It's expected to rapidly ...

A surface inversion is preventing the normal mixing of air, meaning pollutants will remain trapped at lower altitudes.

Daimler Truck North America is at odds with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s recently adopted medium and heavy-truck standards — even though the rules are the same in 12 other ...