The Oregon DEQ awarded $1.2 million in grants to 14 projects for innovative waste reduction, emphasizing the importance of ...

The state paused the program in 2023 after funding ran out and reopened for a brief window in 2024. It is expected to reopen ...

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission, which is appointed by the governor and sets policy for DEQ, first adopted the ...

A new 2025 law banning statewide the use of Styrofoam to-go containers will come with an added cost to businesses and likely ...

the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has been selected to receive $6.54 million in funding to assist in the purchase of ...

Oregonians threw away a record amount of garbage in 2022, the most recent annual report from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality shows. The state’s households and businesses ...

Oregon is currently unique among U.S. states in using this environmental impact tool in its packaging regulation. Experts say the decision comes with many complex considerations, including about ...

Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) says manufacturers will have some flexibility in what they sell while the market develops new EVs, so if they don't have big EV trucks or RVS to ...

The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund's (PCEF) budget is bigger than expected. This year was about figuring out ...

Data collected by the nonprofit Deschutes River Alliance shows that two key indicators of aquatic health—water temperature and pH—regularly exceed Oregon Department of Environmental Quality ...