Help Protect Waldo Lake! Please take a moment today to e-mail Oregon DEQ and request that the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission grant our petition and commence a rule-making to designate Waldo Lake as an Outstanding Resource Water. waldolake2019@deq.state.or.us For … Read More
In a victory for water quality statewide, NEDC and Columbia Riverkeeper reached a legal settlement with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) regarding the contents of the permit responsible for regulating toxic stormwater pollution from over 800 industrial sites … Read More
The final chapter has closed in the multi-year lawsuit by NEDC, Columbia Riverkeeper, and the Sierra Club against the Port of Vancouver, Washington, over a proposal to build what would have been the nation’s largest rail-to-marine oil terminal there. In … Read More
Willamette Week journalists interview NEDC Executive Director Mark Riskedahl about this preventable catastrophe. Read more.
Over the past five years, NEDC: Reviewed hundreds of agency files, containing thousands of documents, looking for opportunities to raise a voice for the environment Submitted over 115 comments to state and federal agencies on proposed permits or other actions … Read More
Reducing polluted runoff from industrial facilities continues to be one of NEDC’s highest priorities. Relying heavily on our crew of student volunteers, NEDC selects dozens of industrial facilities throughout Oregon and Washington each year for close inspection and review. For … Read More