The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has often taken the chance to sing the praises of citizens who are actively engaged in the effort to advocate for cleaner air. Just this past week, the NW Examiner’s April edition came out with a letter from Andy Ginsburg praising Paul Koberstein’s interest in air quality and the… Read more »
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DEQ Admits: Emissions from foundry are 95% of air quality problem for neighborhood
On Thursday, the March NW Examiner featured an astounding article about the air quality issue in the NW neighborhood. For most observers it seems like stating the obvious. But for those of us that live and breathe in close proximity to industrial facilities, routinely cleaning the black dust off our porches and smelling the pungent… Read more »
DEQ’s Response to Gas Odor 2/28 – 3/1
As a service to the many who were concerned by the gas odor in the city last Sunday-Monday, I would like to share with you the response I received yesterday from DEQ. Cory Ann Wind is the NW Region Air Quality Manager, as the agency set her as the point person for the public response…. Read more »
What is in our AIR?
There has been a disturbing trend of gasoline odors in the NW neighborhood this past year. As neighbors to the Industrial Sanctuary in NW Portland, we are pretty accustomed to the onslaught of nasty odors. We even have developed our own key of association, to better help identify where they are coming from. Overwhelmingly, most… Read more »
BPA Ban fails in Oregon Senate
The Oregon Senate failure to pass the BPA ban today is a wake up call. As Jon Isaacs wrote on the OLCV blog, Feb 15th in anticipation of the passing of Senate Bill 1032: “I don’t think it’s possible for a public health issue to be any less controversial and straightforward to Oregonians than keeping… Read more »