Topic: Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Oregon's environmental regulators on Thursday approved new health-based water quality standards, touted as the toughest in the nation, for curtailing toxic pollutants in rivers and streams.The rules, subject to approval by the Environmental Protection Agency, are up to ...
Proposed Oregon ban on plastic bags wins support at state hearingOregon grocers and environmental groups already are lining up to support a proposed statewide ban on single-use plastic checkout bags next year.The proposed ban would take effect by November 2011 and require ...
As an Oregon resident I can no longer pumpmy own gas and I have to be on top of the gas station attendants, for whom itseems policy to ask to top off. The gentleman who gave me a few minutes of his ...
If you do not have a flammables cabinet, keep aerosol cans away from any other flammable or combustible material. Considerations If you need to store large quantities of aerosol paint, you may be legally required to use a flammables cabinet. In Oregon, ...
SALT Environmental groups are again asking a federal appeals court to stop a plan to build a $3 billion natural gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon. Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter and Great Basin Resource Watch filed a new ...
Environmental group files lawsuit hoping to block Wyoming-to-Oregon pipelineAn environmental group that wants to block construction of a $3 billion gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon filed a lawsuit Friday, saying the pipeline will cut across pristine land and harm endangered fish.The ...
Wash. state's deal with coal plant to use measures that feds say are not enough to reduce smogThe Washington Department of Ecology is finalizing a deal to reduce pollution at a major coal-fired power plant using measures that two federal agencies say ...
Five times a week for the past 5 years, I have been unwittingly but systematically poisoning myself.. Each lunch hour, I run for 30 minutes on a wood-chip trail in a leafy park in my hometown of Portland, Oregon. To reach the ...
While flipping through a copy of the New Yorker magazine earlier today, I came across an article written by Burkhard Bilger titled "Hearth Surgery" which took a look at the efforts of a group of scientists and engineers to create an inexpensive ...
The almost rainless summers in all but the most northerly part of the region make fire a constant threat. Although some fires are started by natural causes (mainly lightning), many are caused by human carelessness, as, for example, the great Tillamook Burn ...
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