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Oregon Lithium Drilling Plan Near Nevada Border Faces Lawsuit Over Water and Wildlife Risks
Environmentalists are fighting a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to allow an Australian lithium mining company to build 168 drill sites, 21.5 miles of new roads, and pump 18,000 gallons of groundwater daily in the McDermitt Caldera…
Severe 2026 Wildfire Season Could Be Ahead for Oregon, Leaders Warn
At a meeting at the Oregon Department of State Fire Marshal (OSFM), Oregon wildfire leaders warned that the state is heading into what could be a severe 2026 wildfire season, and urged Oregonians to prepare now.
Severe 2026…
Hot Dry Summer Set to Push Already Stressed Oregon Trees Closer to the Edge
The Oregon Department of Forestry has noted that this summer's anticipated hot, dry weather- similar to 2015’s peak high temperatures and drought- will put trees in Oregon under more of the chronic stress they've been experiencing from hot…
Klamath Basin Farmers Told to Idle Tens of Thousands of Acres as Water Crisis Deepens
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — As the Klamath Falls Basin deals with low snowpack and limited water supplies, farmers have been asked to leave tens of thousands of acres idle, forcing them to abandon profitable crops.
Klamath Falls Basin…
Toxic Mercury in Oregon Waterways Could Rise After Trump Administration Loosens Power Plant Rules
A 21-state and local government coalition- including Oregon, a state already suffering from out-of-state pollution- filed a lawsuit yesterday after the Trump administration weakened federal limits on mercury and other toxic pollutants…
Oregon Takes Legal Action as EPA Repeals Climate Change Endangerment Finding
Oregon has joined two dozen states and more than a dozen cities in fighting the Trump administration’s decision to override a scientific finding to eliminate all greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and trucks.
The appellants…
Oregon Plants 2 Million Saplings as State Forests Recover From Massive Wildfire Losses
Following 1.2 million forest acres being lost to wildfire since 2020, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) planted over 2 million saplings this season to replenish some of the state's timber harvest decimated by wildfire.
Over…
Oregon Senator Urges Federal Action on Klamath River Water Crisis as Drought Strains the Basin
U.S. Senator for Oregon, Ron Wyden, is urging the federal government to become more involved in water management in critical water resource areas, such as the Klamath River Basin.
Wyden points out that western states, like Oregon, are…
Oregon Regulators Say Coffin Butte Landfill Failed for Years to Monitor and Control Gas Emissions
An enforcement order with a civil penalty exceeding $3 million was issued by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) yesterday for violations at Coffin Butte Landfill, north of Corvallis.
Valley Landfills Failed to…
Oregon Judge Blocks Trump Policy on Salmon Protections and Warns the Columbia River Faces…
A federal judge again rejected the government’s plans on Wednesday in his ruling that immediate operational changes be effected by the federal government to prevent irreversible harm to the Columbia River salmon.
Court Rules…