COMMENTARY | Harmful diesel pollution must be addressed by Oregon Legislature Feb. 3 was a day like no other in the fight for clean air in Oregon. On that day, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced that an area of Southeast Portland had ...
27 Dec 2016 - Mary Peveto
COMMENTARY | River industry, regulators favor a do-nothing method for Willamette cleanup In a March meeting hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to offer an update on the imminent Proposed Plan for the Willamette River Superfund, the word “c ...
13 Apr 2016 - Barbara Quinn
COMMENTARY | The plant is not just the bearer of bad news, but an important neighbor They drink the water from your gutters. They creep into your garden. They whisper tales to the kale. For some, mosses are just a guest we never invited – an opportunity ...
24 Mar 2016 - Stephen Quirke
Activists want to harness heightened interest in pollution to bring reform to air quality regulations News that two local glass manufacturers spewed toxic pollution into the air while Oregon Department of Environmental Quality did nothing elicited shock a ...
10 Mar 2016 - Emily Green
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
Each day Sean Morgan wakes up just as the light of morning creeps into view — a habit he picked up from years of working as a concrete finisher. He turns on his stove, boils water in a teakettle and then pours it into a French press with three scoops of g ...
25 Sep 2014 - Emily Green
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