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Jeff Chiu/APOregon will soon have more than 200 federally-funded electric school buses shuttling kids to and from school following an announcement that the state will get money for more early next year. -
Adriana Heldiz/CalMattersThe US EPA granted California’s waiver, which the incoming Trump administration is likely to try to overturn in the courts. The state’s zero-emission vehicle mandates have been the driving force behind California’s progress in cleaning up dangerous air pollutants.
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The EPA must grant a waiver before the diesel truck measure can be implemented. It’s one of California’s most controversial measures to clean up air pollution and greenhouse gases. -
The chemical, used for decades, can harm babies’ developing brains. Farmworkers and people living near fields are most at risk. The EPA issued a rare emergency order. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will more closely weigh in on the harm caused when pesticides drift away from farm fields onto nearby communities. -
Oregon is set to receive nearly $200 million to boost efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions from the state’s biggest sectors. -
Klamath County commissioners passed an agreement on July 2 to expand a program designed in part to reduce the County’s annual emissions by exchanging wood stoves with cleaner, more efficient heaters. -
Man-made chemicals known as PFAS, which stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are used to make a lot of modern products. They’ve also been linked to health impacts including cancer. Despite legislation, addressing PFAS contamination at small water systems remains a challenge in California. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Oregon will receive $86.6 million through the Solar for All grant. -
The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the first-ever national drinking water standards for chemicals known as PFAS. Announced April 10, those rules will impact Oregon. -
Federal officials have ordered testing water for 29 PFAS-type chemicals and lithium, but the agency lacks regulations on what states should do with most results.
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A recent Supreme Court ruling rolled back federal protections for wetlands across the country. But here in Oregon, a state law from 1967 means wetlands and waterways are keeping their protected status. -
After corresponding with several state agencies, regional EPA administrator leaves door open to federal intervention -
A new proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency could add restrictions to a group of insecticides that are known to have harmful effects on bees…
