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Oregon Town Rejects Fluoride in Drinking Water Calling It Forced Medication and Environmental Threat
LINN COUNTY, Ore. — Residents of Sweet Home, a city in Linn County, have won a long battle with the local council to remove fluoride from drinking water, a methodology they describe as ‘forced medication.’
The residents first approached…
Eugene Wood-Treatment Plant Becomes One of Oregon’s Most Toxic Chemical Leak Sites
The J.H. Baxter chemical wood treating plant in Eugene, which released hazardous substances into the soil and groundwater during decades of operations, has been added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).
Poses a…
Public Worker Pensions in Oregon to Go Green as Lawmakers Shift Money Away From Oil and Gas
The Sierra Club, America’s most influential and largest grassroots environmental organization, has praised the Oregon Legislature for recognizing the economic threats that climate change poses to the retirement savings of public workers.…
EPA Awards Oregon $6.85 Million to Revitalize Contaminated Sites and Boost Local Economies
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated last week that $6,850,000 in Brownfields Grants would go to communities in Oregon. The agency’s investment seeks to provide an economic return for communities that goes hand-in-hand …
Oregon Activists Launch Campaign to Secure Constitutional Right to Clean Environment Amid…
A campaign to promote an amendment to the Oregon Constitution calling for the right of every resident to a clean, safe, and healthy environment is being launched at an event in the Salem Capitol Mall at lunchtime today.
The organizers…
More People Die in Oregon from Wildfire Smoke Than Nearly Anywhere Else in The Country
More people die in Oregon, California, and Washington than anywhere else in the U.S. from inhaling particulate matter carried in wildfire smoke, with annual death rates between 130 and 5,100 according to a study published in the journal…
Oregon Lawmakers Reconsider Senate Bill to Ban Plastic Bags and Limit Single-Use Plastics Statewide
In a broader effort to curb plastic waste across the state, the Oregon House Committee on Climate, Energy and Environment is reconsidering Senate Bill 551 that bans the distribution of plastic bags in grocery stores.
If passed, the bill…
Medford’s Volunteers Transform City Parks and Cemetery with Massive 1,400-Pound Trash Cleanup…
MEDFORD, Ore. — Twenty-seven Medford citizens spent over 140 hours cleaning up City parks and Eastwood Cemetery in March. The volunteers removed almost 1,400 pounds of trash and natural debris.
Medford’s Parks, Recreation and…
1950s Billboards Will Feature in This Year’s Keep Oregon Green Campaign
Organizers of the Keep Oregon Green campaign have decided to use billboards featured in the 1950s to make the public aware of fire safety regulations.
Together with federal, state, tribal, and local fire and emergency services, they will…
Oregon Farmers Push to Weaken Pesticide Bill as Environmentalists Fight to Protect Pollinators from…
A House Bill aimed at limiting the use of nicotinoids - synthetic pesticides designed to repel or kill insects and pollinators like butterflies and bees - is opposed by members of the Oregon Farm Bureau who are lobbying for changes to the…