By Anna Tadio In 2018, NEDC began working to designate various lakes and rivers in Oregon as Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs). This designation protects waters with exceptionally high water quality from degradation. When bodies of water are designated as ORWs, … Read More
Visit our Diesel Petition page for details about our petition to Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission to regulate diesel emissions from indirect sources
The Portland Tribune continues to provide excellent coverage of Oregon’s evolving industrial air toxics program. “I want to voice my support for the most protective outcome that can be achieved through this process,” said Mark Riskedahl, NEDC’s Executive Director. “Environmental … Read More
Come join us out at spectacular Camp Westwind September 6-8 to celebrate NEDC’s 50th anniversary!
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
Regularly updating water pollution permits spurs innovation and progress. Thanks to the legal team at the Earthrise Law Center and to NEDC board member Karl Anuta for years of hard work on this matter, and to Governor Kate Brown 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.