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Update: Fort McClellan veterans soldier on

VA acknowledges veterans’ concerns, but continues to deny claims of toxic exposure Thousands of veterans who trained at Fort McClellan say contamination at the military base caused them to become seriously ill. For more than a decade they’ve demanded the ...

27 Mar 2015 - Emily Green
Oregon’s environmental policies should be more than paper deep

Oregon has a proud history of protecting its wildlife and natural resources. We also have significant environmental problems. The latter is particularly frustrating when the best intentions are left to languish under the weight of an underfunded bureaucra ...

25 Feb 2015 - SR editorial board
Safe to swim? What the experts have to say about the risks of taking a dip in the Willamette River

Since the completion of the Big Pipe project in 2011, which stopped Portland’s sewage from spilling into the Willamette River during rainstorms, there’s been a movement led by Human Access Project to change the public’s perception about swimming in the ri ...

27 Aug 2014 - Emily Green
This land is your land... The efforts to make Portland's brownfields viable

They’re everywhere, but often go unnoticed — the empty lots and vacant buildings that dot many of Portland’s thoroughfares and neighborhoods. Overgrown with innumerable weeds or concealed by a layer of asphalt, they hardly catch the eye. But in a city tha ...

27 Aug 2014 - Emily Green