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Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMattersThe EPA must grant a waiver before the diesel truck measure can be implemented. It鈥檚 one of California鈥檚 most controversial measures to clean up air pollution and greenhouse gases. -
Manuel Orbegozo/CalMattersThe chemical, used for decades, can harm babies鈥� developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk. The EPA issued a rare emergency order.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will more closely weigh in on the harm caused when pesticides drift away from farm fields onto nearby communities. -
Oregon is set to receive nearly $200 million to boost efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions from the state鈥檚 biggest sectors. -
Klamath County commissioners passed an agreement on July 2 to expand a program designed in part to reduce the County鈥檚 annual emissions by exchanging wood stoves with cleaner, more efficient heaters. -
Man-made chemicals known as PFAS, which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are used to make a lot of modern products. They鈥檝e also been linked to health impacts including cancer. Despite legislation, addressing PFAS contamination at small water systems remains a challenge in California. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Oregon will receive $86.6 million through the Solar for All grant. -
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the first-ever national drinking water standards for chemicals known as PFAS. Announced April 10, those rules will impact Oregon. -
Federal officials have ordered testing water for 29 PFAS-type chemicals and lithium, but the agency lacks regulations on what states should do with most results.
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A recent Supreme Court ruling rolled back federal protections for wetlands across the country. But here in Oregon, a state law from 1967 means wetlands and waterways are keeping their protected status. -
After corresponding with several state agencies, regional EPA administrator leaves door open to federal intervention -
A new proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency could add restrictions to a group of insecticides that are known to have harmful effects on bees鈥� -
Too much wood smoke is bad for you. That's well established by research, and so the federal Environmental Protection Agency regulates the particulate鈥� -
Seven states, including Oregon, are suing the Environmental Protection Agency over health-damaging air pollution from outdoor wood-fired boilers that have鈥�
