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Republic Services should not be allowed to expand Coffin Butte Landfill, Benton County staff recommended in a report released Feb. 24.

Local environmental groups have launched a ballot initiative to establish a "Eugene Clean Energy fund," aimed at getting the biggest companies operating in Eugene to pay for local clean energy projects.

The Public Health Standards Project is a city-led effort to protect residents who live in or near Eugene’s industrial areas by adding public health considerations to land-use policy.

Environmental justice organizers announced a new ballot initiative Monday that would require corporations with operations or stores in Eugene to pay fees into a clean energy fund.

Oregon’s second most populous city is hoping to take a page out of Portland’s billion-dollar climate action playbook.

A legislative proposal aims to prevent what local environmentalists and neighborhood leaders have described as a disaster waiting to happen by placing new regulations on the distribution centers that store liquid fuel around Oregon, one of which is located in Eugene.

More than 1,000 people marched to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and call for immigrant rights on Jan. 19 in an event organized by Eugene-Springfield NAACP.

Last month, Republic won Benton County’s approval for a permit that greenlights the expansion. Then on Wednesday, Dec. 17, the Benton County Board of Commissioners withdrew its previous approval.

If you’re won­der­ing whether pesti­cides have been applied near you in recent years, a newly cre­ated statewide map has the answer.