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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has a plan to reduce forever chemicals in the environment.

The 2024 wildfire season in Oregon was the worst on record and the impacts of the smoke were felt across the state.

Wildfire season is right around the corner, and it’s not too early to prepare for smoky conditions.  Jennifer Horton, with the Oregon DEQ, suggests downloading the “Oregon Air” mobile app.   “Keep an eye on the air quality in your area and on any advisories that are being posted, because then you’ll be able to close your windows and doors at night, if there’s smoke expected to come in and impact y

If you want to save nearly three-thousand-dollars a year; waste less food.  An average family wastes $2,900 a year on food they throw away, and much of that can be prevented.  Jerin Dinkins, a Food Systems Specialist at the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, suggests starting with leftovers.   "You can g...

Oregon’s DEQ is relaunching the “Bad Apple” campaign, to encourage people to reduce the amount of edible food they throw away.  The DEQ’s Elaine Blatt said the on-air and online campaign is just in time for the holiday feasting season.   “We focus on mainly rais...

A proposed bill in Salem would impose a moratorium on new mega farms in Oregon.  Lawmakers are considering two amendments to either pause new licensing of all factory farms for eight years, or only the largest poultry farms for two years.  Lucy Go...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has revised the penalty against the Port of Morrow for additional violations involving overapplication of wastewater containing nitrogen to agricultural fields in the Lower Umatilla Basin, an area with longstanding groundwater contamination...

Cody Easterday has until July 15th to withdraw his application for a Confined Animal Feeding Operation permit, better known as a CAFO permit for a large dairy operation at the former Lost Valley Farm near Boardman. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and state Department of Environmental Quality have worked with Easterday since June 2019 on a permit to operate an operation with up to 28,000 anim

The Oregon Farm Bureau says legislation creating a new Department of Environmental Quality program could put farmers in the cross hairs.  House Bill 3044 would require applicators to report aerial pesticide and fertilizer application information on-line.  Th...

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission has approved new smoke rules for the state that will allow more planned burns that reduce wildfire risk by getting rid of underbrush and dead trees.  Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that the rules approved Thursday are a tradeoff between having some smoke drift into communities during the winter months and the potential for devastating wildfires in th