The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not affect benefits that go directly to individuals.

Nitrate pollution has worsened significantly in eastern Oregon over the past decade, according to a new analysis released by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The report is the first ...

Morgan said a two-year delay could mean an estimated 352 preventable deaths and $4 billion in health costs, based on a DEQ report ... Dianne Lugo covers the Oregon Legislature and equity ...

Large farms would have to report their fertilizer use under a bill being considered by the Oregon Legislature. The goal, the bill’s backers say, is to avoid situations like the one in the Boardman ...

The report is the first comprehensive data analysis since 2012 of nitrate pollution in groundwater in the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area. The area covers about 550 square miles ...

State regulators say the owner started construction without a submitting mandatory Edwards Aquifer Protection Plan application.

Large farms would have to report their fertilizer use under ... and long-term strategy development. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says part of the problem is a continual ...

President Donald Trump's across-the-board suspension of federal payments is now hitting farmers directly in the pocketbook, ...

Donald Trump has made drastic changes to the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how they could impact efforts to reform toxic hot spots across the U.S. and who will be left to safeguard these ...

The freeze paused some funding for the department’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program ... The Post’s report added that farmers “paid up front to build fencing, plant new crops ...

The impact has been immediate and wide-ranging, from cash assistance for ranchers to fix cattle watering systems to help for corn growers wanting to plant cover crops that ... him his contract with ...