Willamette River Chinook salmon and steelhead populations have been declining for decades. In recent years, just one to two percent of historic populations have returned to spawn in the Willamette and its tributaries. This decline is due in large part … Read More
Oregon’s air permitting regulations are past due for a major overhaul. Under the current rules, many industrial facilities are issued permits with emission limits that are well above what the facility is physically capable of emitting. As a result, these … Read More
Recent NEDC Clean Water Act enforcement actions helped fund a series of river cleanups this summer across Portland. In July, SOLVE Oregon used funds from an NEDC settlement to organize an extensive cleanup of the Holgate Channel, an ecologically important … Read More