The county’s building permit was rejected and one trash company has diverted thousands of tons of garbage and revenue, to its own landfill.
J.H. Baxter fined $1M, president sentenced for environmental crimes in Oregon
Georgia Baxter-Krause, president of the polluting wood-processing firm J.H. Baxter, has been sentenced to 90 days in prison and a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to federal environmental crimes.
JH Baxter president gets 90 days for environmental violations, fined $1.5 million
90 days in jail in addition to $1.5 million in fines is the sentence given to J.H. Baxter's president, Georgia Baxter-Krause on Tuesday.
President of J.H. Baxter fined, sentenced to 90 days in jail
The president of the J.H. Baxter wood products company was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Eugene.
Proposed changes to pesticide legislation spark controversy
A bill moving through the Oregon legislature that aims to limit the use of certain pesticides to protect the state's ecosystem is facing growing changes and backlash.
Gaps in Oregon landfill emissions rule allow some operators to avoid reporting, group says
Oregon implemented the strictest landfill gas emissions rule in the nation in 2021. But a report from Beyond Toxics argues exemptions have allowed private operators to avoid monitoring large areas.
Oregon corporate landfills using loophole to avoid methane monitoring, study finds
Oregon’s corporate-owned landfills are using a loophole in state law to avoid methane monitoring on an average of about half of their operating surfaces, a new study concludes.
Environment experts stress importance of state funding amid federal cuts
Environment experts from several agencies across Oregon are emphasizing the importance of state funding ahead of the 2025 legislative session.
Incineration facility closure leaves Oregon law enforcement scrambling for alternatives
A critical waste disposal facility in Oregon shut down at the end of December, leaving law enforcement agencies and hospitals across the state scrambling for alternatives to dispose of evidence that is no longer needed.
Police, sheriffs across Oregon scramble to find place to destroy drugs as incinerator closes
For more than 30 years, Portland police officers have packed up the rocks of confiscated crystal meth, baggies of weed and blocks of powdered fentanyl and made the 38-mile trek to Marion County. There, Oregon’s only municipal waste incinerator has burned them to generate power, a crucial step in ensuring the drugs do no more harm.
