News
Clean Water Victory!
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 including a major commitment in her newly-released budget to reduce Oregon’s water quality permit backlog.
Summer 2018 Newsletter
Check out NEDC’s Summer Newsletter to read more about our recent work and other news
Environmental Regulators Ignore Junkyard Fire
Willamette Week journalists interview NEDC Executive Director Mark Riskedahl about this preventable catastrophe
Willamette Dams Litigation
We are partnering with Native Fish Society, WildEarth Guardians and Advocates for the West in a new lawsuit to press federal agencies to do more to protect salmon and steelhead
Lawsuit Filed to Address “Zombie Permits”
NEDC has filed a lawsuit seeking to require Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality to address an enormous backlog of administratively extended Zombie Permits
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Cleaner Air Oregon
NEDC’s participation in the new air toxics regulatory reform effort, Cleaner Air Oregon, continues.
Oregon Floodplain Development Legal Victory
Working to manage floodplain development in Oregon to protect salmon and make our communities more resilient in the face of increasing threats from extreme weather events.
Air Toxics Testimony
NEDC’s Executive Director Mark Riskedahl was recently invited to provide testimony about air toxics regulatory oversight
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New Study Shows Mercury Controls Also Reduce Other Pollutants
NEDC’s advocacy for mercury control technology at Oregon’s only coal-fired power plant has additional side-benefit of dramatically reducing other pollutants as well
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NEDC by the Numbers
Here is a quick summary of some of the things we’ve achieved over the past five years, by the numbers.
CWA, environment, law, NEDC, NPDES, Pacific Northwest, Pollution, Portland
Seeking Stronger Oversight for Permit Renewals
Reducing polluted runoff from industrial facilities continues to be one of NEDC’s highest priorities.
Hannah Clements Named Wyss Scholar
Lewis & Clark Law School is pleased to announce that Hannah Clements ’20 is the second Wyss Scholar to be selected from the law school. The Wyss Foundation is a private, charitable organization dedicated to western public lands issues, and its Scholars Program supports graduate-level education for the next generation of leaders in western land conservation.
Appeal of State Issued Crude Oil Terminal Air Permit
NEDC along with various other environmental groups filed a petition for reconsideration asking DEQ to reconsider its decision to authorize an air permit for a major crude oil transloading facility on the Columbia River.
Clean Air Act, collaboration, environment, law, NEDC, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Pollution
NEDC files petition to redesignate Lakeview as Nonattainment
Lakeview’s persistent violations of federal particulate matter standards endangers public health and the environment.
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