Oregon
The Environment in Oregon
NWEA has been involved with protecting human health and the environment in Oregon since its inception in 1969. Since then, we have worked to protect the Columbia and Willamette Rivers from harmful dredging and toxic pollution. We have sought better logging practices in its coastal watersheds where clear-cut mountain tops are the norm. We have used the Clean Water Act to provide force better protection from many forms of pollutants—from toxics to temperature—for Oregon’s streams and rivers. We have worked to limit the use of pesticides and for measures that will help recover species—such as salmon and steelhead—that are threatened and endangered under the Endangered Species Act. And, we worked for the closure of the state’s only commercial nuclear power plant—the Trojan Nuclear Plant—now shut down, and for policies that encourage the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.