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By Andrew Selsky | AP Washington Post Feb. 4, 2020 at 3:56 p.m. PST SALEM, Ore. — A state senator told demonstrators opposed to a plan to build a natural gas pipeline and marine export terminal in Oregon that he expects the battle to go to the courts if the Trump administration tries to ram the project through despite a lack of state permits. Demonstrators gathered outside […] Continue reading Oregon senator predicts court battle over pipeline proposal By Associated Press Posted Jan 29, 2020 Eugene Register-Guard SEATTLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $2.2 million grant for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to help identify sources of lead in drinking water in schools and child-care facilities. The funds are provided through EPA’s new drinking water grant program established by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act Voluntary Lead Testing in Schools and Child Care grant program. “Ensuring access to clean drinking water and protecting […] Continue reading Oregon to get $1.1M as part of EPA $2.2M drinking water program grant By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press SALEM — Oregon lawmakers will consider a bill during the upcoming legislative session aimed at curbing elevated levels of groundwater nitrates in the Lower Umatilla Basin. State Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, recently introduced Senate Bill 1562, which calls for the Oregon Department of Agriculture to form a new task force that would review existing data and recommend solutions to the area’s decades-old groundwater problem. The Lower Umatilla Basin in northeast Oregon is home […] Continue reading Bill would create task force to address groundwater nitrates in NE Oregon Tuesday, January 28th 2020 The Canadian company behind the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline apparently has decided it doesn’t need approval from the state of Oregon if a federal commission grants permission next month for the project to move ahead. We think that’s a mistake. Pembina, the Calgary, Alberta-based energy company, abruptly withdrew its application to the Oregon Department of State Lands on Thursday, after DSL Director […] Continue reading Jordan Cove withdrawal not the end January 25, 2020 Invest Records Other folks that produce their living on the waters off the Oregon circulate contain prolonged acknowledged that ocean acidification is a area. As carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean, it becomes extra acidic and carbonate ions, which many crustaceans utilize to manufacture their shells, turn into scarce. Between 2006 and 2008, the Whiskey Creek Hatchery on Netarts Bay seen Continue reading Ocean acidification is impacting Dungeness crabs, Oregon’s most-notable fishery, stare reveals By Ted Sickinger| The Oregonian/OregonLive January 24, 2020 The backers of a controversial liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay withdrew their application for a key state permit Thursday rather than face denial after regulatorsrefused to extend their decision deadline and said the application was missing critical information. The Jordan Cove Energy Project, owned by Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp., had already applied […] Continue reading Facing denial, Jordan Cove LNG project withdraws application for key state permit Posted: Jan 23, 2020 KDRV.com Posted By: Jamie Parfitt WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two U.S. Congressmen representing parts of southern Oregon were quick to sound off Thursday following an announcement from the Trump administration that it would move ahead with rollbacks on Obama-era clean water protections. Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the change on Thursday. During the Obama administration, the agency expanded protections of the “waters of the United States” (commonly referred to as WOTUS) to include smaller […] Continue reading OREGON LAWMAKERS DIVIDED OVER EPA ROLLBACK OF WATER PROTECTIONS Posted: January 16, 2020 3:39 AM YakTriNews.com by Associated Press, KAPP/KVEW Staff
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Widespread snowstorms have boosted Oregon’s previously anemic snow pack to almost normal levels statewide in just two weeks. The biggest improvements in what is called “snow-water equivalent” are in the Hood, Sandy and Lower Deschutes basins. Those areas were at 26% of normal on Dec. 30 and are now at 90% of normal. Last year saw something similar unfold in Oregon. Snowpack […] Continue reading Snowstorms boost anemic snowpack in Oregon in just 2 weeks January 16, 2020 People Magazine The company that makes Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine Spring Water has admitted to illegally handling hazardous wastes at its facility in Olancha, California. On Jan. 9, CG Roxane, LLC, the company behind the bottled water brand, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful storage of hazardous waste and one count of unlawful transportation of hazardous material. In a plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court, the beverage-maker agreed to […] Continue reading Crystal Geyser Water Pleads Guilty to Dumping Arsenic into California’s Ecosystem Elise Heron, Willamette Week January 9, 2020 It’s been an abnormally dry winter in Oregon, and snowpack levels are well below normal. According to the January water supply report from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a warm, dry first three months of the 2019-20 water year (October-January) have left the state in drought-range conditions. “November, usually one the wettest months of the year, was exceptionally dry,” the report read, “setting many records for […] Continue reading A Dry Oregon Winter Leads to Below Normal Snowpack Levels and Drought-Range Condition |
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