A Five-Alarm Fire at a Junkyard Sent Toxic Smoke Billowing Through a Portland Residential Neighborhood. State Regulators Had Looked the Other Way.

“I can’t imagine living right next to it. That was horrific. And preventable.”

New Federal Lawsuit Alleges Gov. Kate Brown Unfairly Targeted a Portland Glass Factory for Political Gain

Meet the Scientists Who Found Cadmium Pollution near Bullseye Glass—and Turned Portland Upside Dwon

Foresters rarely make headlines. But this March, the U.S. Forest Service’s two lone urban forest researchers in Portland—Sarah Jovan and Geoffrey Donovan—pretty much turned the city upside down.

Gov. Kate Brown Orders Bullseye Glass to Cease Using Hazardous Substances

Gov. Kate Brown today ordered Portland’s Bulleye Glass Co. to immediately stop using several substances it employs to produce colored glass at 3722 SE 21st Ave. The order came after air quality monitors positioned at a day care center near Bulleye’s factory showed what Brown termed a “short-term health risk from lead levels that were … Continue reading Gov. Kate Brown Orders Bullseye Glass to Cease Using Hazardous Substances

Class Action Lawsuit Against Bullseye Glass Now Seeks Over $1 Billion in Damages

The latest filing in a class action lawsuit against Bullseye Glass seeks more than $1 billion for people living near the company’s Southeast Portland factory. The amended complaint, filed Thursday in Multnomah County Circuit Court, seeks $153,000 to pay for current and future medical expenses for each person living in the Southeast Portland area where … Continue reading Class Action Lawsuit Against Bullseye Glass Now Seeks Over $1 Billion in Damages

Study of Air Pollution in Portland Moss Could Be a National Breakthrough

The U.S. Forest Service researchers who discovered toxic levels of heavy metals in moss surrounding two Portland stained-glass factories have published their study in a national journal—where they describe a national breakthrough in spotting air pollution. The scientists describe how they found the heavy metal cadmium in moss samples. The moss tests “are a screening … Continue reading Study of Air Pollution in Portland Moss Could Be a National Breakthrough

Deborah Kafoury: Portland Has "A False Sense of Success As A Green City"

Most years, the Multnomah County Chair’s “state of the county” speech is a chance to list achievement and offer a rosy outlook. This isn’t most years. Multnomah County Chairwoman Deborah Kafoury struck a cautionary tone in Friday’s state of the county address, lamenting the state’s lax environmental regulations and the racial inequities inside the county … Continue reading Deborah Kafoury: Portland Has “A False Sense of Success As A Green City”

Bullseye Glass Violated State Rules When Disposing of Radioactive Waste

Bullseye Glass Co. was ordered to pay $6,734 for improperly disposing of radioactive waste two years ago, court records show. Bullseye sent a waste shipment that included refractory, a radioactive substance used in glass manufacturing, to a Northwest Portland industrial recycling plant—a violation of state rules. The waste posed little threat to human health. But … Continue reading Bullseye Glass Violated State Rules When Disposing of Radioactive Waste