@OregonDEQ@scmills100 Just in time for #EarthDay2024! A podcast about how you can make the switch to an electric vehicle - car, truck or motorcycle - in Oregon with the financial help of DEQ rebates. #EarthDay#EVs
Oregon DEQ and @EPAnorthwest are responding to the aftermath of a barn fire in Perrydale, OR, from May 2. The fire has caused red-colored water to flow through ditches in the Polk County community.
More info on the DEQ blog: https://t.co/Eba646j95J.
@OregonDEQ@scmills100 Just in time for #EarthDay2024! A podcast about how you can make the switch to an electric vehicle - car, truck or motorcycle - in Oregon with the financial help of DEQ rebates. #EarthDay#EVs
What do you do with an old mattress? Dump it? Recycle it?
The latest “GreenState” ep answers your questions & gives updates on the statewide mattress recycling program we’re developing: https://t.co/bxwhpj9TnG, or wherever you get your podcasts.
More: https://t.co/bDsnspgJvn
DEQ's Medford & Coos Bay offices have recently made some changes.
Medford is now open by appointment. Call 541-776-6010 to schedule.
Coos Bay is closed for security upgrades. Staff is available by phone: 541-269-2721, ext. 0.
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8 am.-noon; 1-5 pm.
Photo: Cape Arago
DEQ issued two enforcement cases today for water quality violations by the Winchester Water Control District and TerraFirma Foundation Repair Inc. during repairs on Winchester Dam late last summer near Roseburg.
More info: https://t.co/aWRT0kXs8A. #waterquality
.@OregonDEQ is monitoring smoke in the Chiloquin area due to a wildfire in a thick, overgrown area. The fire is contained but will continue to smolder. 1/2
An @OregonDEQ cleanup project manager and I will be going onto the airways in Southern Oregon, right around 9:40 a.m. Pacific, to talk about the Ashland Rail Yard cleanup. Check out the stream by Jefferson Public Radio if you're interested. https://t.co/HvD0ybRbNu
For anyone wondering, experts in weather forecasting, firefighting and smoke monitoring have all told me that recent rains in Oregon are fire season slowing, but not fire season ending rains.
Air quality advisory for Portland-Vancouver metro area!
• Multnomah County and Clark County in Washington through midday Friday.
• Northern Deschutes, central Douglas, southern Josephine counties until midday Friday.
More: https://t.co/6lbY3mORb5 InciWeb Photo: Camp Creek Fire
DEQ Director Leah Feldon joins Harry and Dylan for a conversation, which includes Feldon’s thoughts on the direction of the agency, and how she wants to prioritize antiracism and environmental justice in its mission. https://t.co/mPq9XesYwO
Recorded @UOsojc#GreenState#podcast
@ORSmokeInfo@OregonDEQ First #airqualityadvisory of the 2023 wildfire season. Smoke will be thickest overnight in southern Curry County and western Josephine County. Cave Junction may see smoke effects overnight. @RRSNF aerial photo of the Flat Fire burning along the Illinois River on Saturday. #Oregon
Today, Oregon DEQ, Southwest Clean Air Agency & @LaneRegionalAir issued an #AirQuality advisory for the Portland-Vancouver metro area, Salem & Eugene due to elevated levels of #ozone pollution, or #smog. @OHAOregon 1/3
For about 20 years, two DEQ scientists have been teaching #OutdoorSchool students in Eastern Oregon about water.
Hear why they do it in the next "GreenState" #podcast, dropping tomorrow.
Yes, DEQ's GreenState went to Outdoor School!
PLS NOTE: All Oregon DEQ offices & vehicle inspection stations to be closed Sat., 6/17 - Mon., 6/19, for the #Juneteenth holiday.
Offices & vehicle testing stations to resume regular hours on Tues., 6/20.
More info on Juneteenth can be found at https://t.co/fAss0hk29O. @NMAAHC
If you're anything like us, you love a good rebate.
Check out the new Community Charging Rebates Program from @OregonDOT. The application process is now open. Deadline is October 13, 2023.
#EVcharging#Rebates
Need a vehicle emissions test but can’t make it to one of our inspection sites? We partner with private businesses, incl. gas stations & repair service centers, so you can complete your test from wherever your car is located. It’s called “DEQ Too™.” More: https://t.co/PbPBHJm2bD
It looks like the original link to the press release about the Wildfire Smoke Trends Report may have died.
If you're having trouble accessing it, please try:
https://t.co/kJsEPiQo1b.
More details on the fuel tanker spill on Hwy 38 in Douglas County and its clean up.
***Remember to check for delays and lane closures at https://t.co/9pNAu2JV3o.
Oregon DEQ is working on cleanup of fuel tanker spill at mile post 45 on Hwy 38. @OregonDOT estimates it will be at least a week to remove & rebuild affected roadway surface & ditch.
People traveling to & from the coast should use alternate routes, esp. over the weekend. (1/2)