An Oregon landfill known for massive methane leaks may soon be required to regulate those emissions using advanced technology, like drones, planes or satellites.
Corvallis' statehouse delegation scores win for stricter landfill monitoring
On Wednesday, Oregon lawmakers took action that aims for more stringent monitoring at the Coffin Butte Landfill in Benton County and paved the way towards statewide improvement in the monitoring and mitigation of methane leaks.
Oregon to require advanced methane monitoring at Coffin Butte Landfill
Coffin Butte Landfill will have to improve monitoring and reporting of methane leaks under a bill passed June 4 by the Oregon Legislature.
Where the garbage goes
Amid massive rollbacks of federal environmental protections, a community battling the expansion of a local landfill seeks to safeguard its own backyard – and everyone else’s.
Waste Diversion or Legislative Overreach? Debate Intensifies Over CleanLane Project
Lane County is appealing a rejected permit and has requested legislative intervention to facilitate development.
Lane County asks lawmakers to step in after recycling, food waste project faces zoning trouble
Lane County leaders are asking Oregon lawmakers to clear legal hurdles to build a planned recycling and methane extraction facility known as the IMERF, or CleanLane project.
Residents exposed to Baxter 'catastrophe' seek public health reform
A few years ago, Arjorie Arberry-Baribeault was living out her childhood dream: turning beauty shop play into a real salon just down the road from her home in West Eugene. She had no plans to become an environmental justice activist. Then her daughter, Zion, got sick.
Polluter's Dwindling Assets Scrutinized
Baxter and its president and owner quickly whipped out an astonishing sum — more than $1 million — to pay fines to settle federal criminal environmental charges that posed the threat of serious prison time for Baxter-Krause.
Benton County staff recommend denying Coffin Butte Landfill expansion
Benton County staff have recommended that the county’s planning commission deny an application to expand Coffin Butte Landfill.
